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Stanton Hillis
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#614222 04/26/2022 1:40 AM
by Lloyd3
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Perhaps it's age, but I have developed some rather odd gun-cleaning biases. I scrub my dainty English 16 pretty much after each use when hunting, but I let my Turkish target stackbarrel sit for days after use (& sometimes very hard use) and...I must confess that I have been known to treat some of my pump shotguns almost as callously (heavy sigh). I'd never thought about this much before but I suspect it's a deference-thing being shown to the older(and hand-made & more-expensive) English gun over the machine-made units. I don't even sweat the cleaning all that much on my lovely little .410/28 Dickenson (it's much newer and Turkish as well). I certainly don't abuse it (and clean it immediately if hunting in inclement weather), but I clearly treat it differently. It's finishes and modern steels are significantly more-resistant to wear & tear than the 100 plus year-old gun (& is part of my attraction to it). Different horses for different courses as the old saying goes. Am I alone in this malady?
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by Lloyd3
Lloyd3
Stan: Appreciate the confirmation on the chrome-lined bores in the Turkish guns (I knew that, but had somehow forgotten it). In the world I grew up in, guns needed to be over-oiled because of the terrible humidity we experienced nearly year-round there. The downside of all that was lots of wrecked stock heads in some doubles (and even some pumps & lever guns). I got into the habit of storing guns barrels down to keep the excess oils from running down into the stocks and still do it to this day. The care & feeding components of many older guns is more-stringent than a lot of the more-modern stuff and I have responded accordingly. In dry climates, it's a bit of a no-brainer (a bore-snake and a quick wipe-down are all they need), but in more-damp places I'd be watching far more carefully. In the end, the cleaning habits ingrained by strict fathers (and/or the millitary) is still a very good policy.

There seems to be an emotional component to all this as well, as I notice that I treat some guns w/more affection than others. It's a wonderful combination of the art/history (& the price tag). I clearly love some guns for their utility and others for their art. On a sliding scale, all my firearms seem to fall somewhere on that pantheon.
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by keith
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I agree almost 100% with Stan's observations on gun cleaning, and feel that obsessive and repeated cleaning of already clean guns may indicate mental problems in some individuals.

The only slight deviation I have from Stan's ideas on gun cleaning is his use of RIG to protect the bores of black powder guns. I used to occasionally have slight after-rust with my muzzleloaders, no matter how carefully I cleaned and oiled the bores. A clean patch ran through the barrel a few months after cleaning would often be tinged with rust color. So I also began using RIG for longer term protection, which helped a lot. Then I switched from petroleum based patch and bullet lubes, and began using Thompson Center Natural Lube. Now I clean my black powder guns with nothing but hot water, dry the bores thoroughly, and give them a light coat of the same Thompson Center Natural Lube. My after-rust problems are a thing of the past.
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