Anyone else find it just as fun to take apart, and or clean guns as much it is to shoot them? I'm more mechanically oriented, so I love stripping them down and giving them some love!
The smell of Hoppe's #9 is a subtle reminder that I just had some fun at the range.
When I am in the mood, I do enjoy cleaning them and detailing them, I no longer do it after every range trip, actually haven't for years. You can over clean them by constantly taking apart and re-assembling them.
I learned to do this in the Marine Corps. Then much later in life realized they have a much larger budget than I do, and trained armorers to repair and replace them. When I was in I had an M16A1, that was really "loose" from the constant full auto fire and the constant cleaning.
I now have my guns in a rotation of range trips, I will take the same 4 or 5 guns to the range for several range trips, before picking the next set to take, yes I have a decent sized collection.
Once the one set comes out of rotation, I thoroughly clean and properly oil/lube, yes some require grease as well as oil.
For me it allows me to really get to know my weapons as opposed to just one or two trips to the range. Lately I have been taking my Glock 31 chambered in .357sig and I am now on the fence with selling it.
Sometimes I have to really shoot them a few times and decide if I really want to keep it/them. So for me my one and only Glock could be on the chopping block.
Sorry didn't mean to get off track. I do enjoy the smell of the cleaners and oils as well.
Carry on and enjoy your firearms.
The smell of Hoppe's #9 is a subtle reminder that I just had some fun at the range.
Looks like I'm the weird one with your guys experiences
Anyone else find it just as fun to take apart, and or clean guns as much it is to shoot them? . . .
The smell of Hoppe's #9 is a subtle reminder that I just had some fun at the range.