I always thought Michael was Joking bout cleaning guns

[Ksail101]

So I just watched the shooting Gallery episode where Bill Laughridge from Cylinder and Slide talks about 1911s, and always thought Mr. Bane was joking he never cleaned his guns. Well then showed more than one of his custom guns that look like the Guys from Magpul just ran it through the ringer. That poor Wilson gun looked liked it had cake icing on it. LOL

Also got to finally see the Novak Gunsite that I have been asking about since he mentioned it in I think Podcast 4 or 5. Dirty and all I'd love it if you posted some pics of those customs I'll never be able to get cause I was too young to order when the master was taking new orders. Not a knock that your old, btw. Just very lucky.

[Michael Bane]

Thought I was joking, eh? No, I really did "lose" a 1911 in a bucket of Dunk-It for a year...when it came out it was very, very clean...and bare metal! LOL! It needed to be reblued anyway.

Honestly, I clean them enough to keep them running (a lot less in Colorado than Florida, to be sure). I think that's what one learns as a competitive shooter  when you put thousands of rounds downrange...what needs to be cleaned and lubed and what doesn't.

Michael B

PS: Pixs of the customs is a good idea...I'll see what I can do...

PPS: Dick Heinie is building me a threaded-barrel "upper" for my Heinie 1911 so I can suppress it...

[Solus]

Thought I was joking, eh? No, I really did "lose" a 1911 in a bucket of Dunk-It for a year...when it came out it was very, very clean...and bare metal! LOL! It needed to be reblued anyway.

Honestly, I clean them enough to keep them running (a lot less in Colorado than Florida, to be sure). I think that's what one learns as a competitive shooter  when you put thousands of rounds downrange...what needs to be cleaned and lubed and what doesn't.

Michael B

PS: Pixs of the customs is a good idea...I'll see what I can do...

PPS: Dick Heinie is building me a threaded-barrel "upper" for my Heinie 1911 so I can suppress it...

Hmmm...  "Suppress" and Michael Bane were two concepts I'd not expect to see in conjunction....but I guess we are talking about the 1911 here, not MB. 

[alfsauve]

I don't clean as much as I use to.  Though last weekend the 629 cylinder wouldn't spin.  Had so much accumulated junk I had to totally strip the cylinder and crane assemblies and scrub them down.

[mkm]

Thought I was joking, eh? No, I really did "lose" a 1911 in a bucket of Dunk-It for a year...when it came out it was very, very clean...and bare metal! LOL! It needed to be reblued anyway.

Michael B

OK, I didn't think there was such a thing as having too many guns, but finding one a year after you started cleaning it may be a sign that you have a few too many.

Unless I'm carrying all day every day in the summer, I don't clean mine as much as I should.  Unfortunately, I don't get to shoot them as much as I should either.

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[philw]

I think there would be a lot of people out there that would wear there guns out more cleaning them than shooting them

[alfsauve]

You know, when I only went shooting once a month, at best, and then probably any one gun only got shot 2 times a year, I'd scrub and clean them meticulously. 

But now I go twice a week and may spend a month concentrating on shooting one particular gun, I don't have time.   I got my 629 in July put 250 rounds a week through it for 4 weeks straight and it wasn't pristine when I got it.   Didn't have time to clean it, till the cylinder started to bind.

I clean my XD when the cartridge indicator sticks in the "up" position.    Haven't cleaned the Glock yet.....only about 1000 rounds though.

So any gun that's going into the safe that may not be used for a while is cleaned.   The ones I shoot every week, when they need it.

[MikeBjerum]

I don't clean as much as I use to.  Though last weekend the 629 cylinder wouldn't spin.  Had so much accumulated junk I had to totally strip the cylinder and crane assemblies and scrub them down.

That is a perfect example of needed cleaning, and what MB said about the learning curve.

How many shooters that give us grief for not cleaning a gun after every shot strip it far enough to take care of your issue?  I have had people rip me for not cleaning my guns right after shooting, and then I watch them do their cleaning at the range:  A bore snake, a wipe of the outside with a solvent and then oil rag, and then they put a few drops of oil where the frame and slide meet.  I don't know about you guys, but when my 1911 needs (or gets) cleaning it is stripped, and it is #1 gunk in and on the slide channels, and gunk around the firing pin and extractor that give the issues.  What good does the quit bore snake and a little added lube do?

[tt11758]

OK, I didn't think there was such a thing as having too many guns, but finding one a year after you started cleaning it may be a sign that you have a few too many.

NOTE TO MB:  I would be happy to "store" some of the overflow for ya. 

[alfsauve]

NOTE TO MB:  I would be happy to "store" some of the overflow for ya. 

Yeah, but note he doesn't know where the overflow is.