Re: How often do you clean your rifle
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Placebo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">hey everyone I have been reading all over here and read some people, me included clean our rifles after firing whereas some say they might do it every 100 or more rounds. Could I get a consensus on this. Am I taking some life out of my barrel by cleaning every time i come back from the range. Hope this is the right section to post in.
Thanks in advance.
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I do not think that you can 'over clean' a rifle. I just find it hard to believe that an incredibly hot chunk of metal can tear through a barrel at 2,800 FPS, but that cloth patch with Rem OIL and Hoppe's No.9 on it is going to damage your rifle.
Do whatever makes you happy brother. I would however recommend a bore guide, and to use the copper solvent crap sparingly.
Personally, I will clean my rifle after I get back from the range. It is part of the whole experience for me that I enjoy..