How Often do you clean your gun during hunting season

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Postby Cephous » Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:25 pm

Depends on what it looks like. Don't want to abuse my gun anymore than I need to.
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Postby digger » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:16 pm

If I get soaking wet I break down and clean other than that pull a bore snake through the barrel's I shoot an o/u.I use RIG 2 it dry's and leaves no residue to gum up or frezze.
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Postby duckkiller » Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:18 pm

As often as I can, but usually once a week unless I drop it in da water
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Postby GulfCoast » Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:49 pm

Used to, almost never. Seriously, I would clean my BGH twice a season. But after it spent 10 hours in saltwater during Hurricane Katrina, I feel like I owe the sumbeatch a spa treatment every time it kills me a limit (and 'cause MSDuckmen told me to clean the snot out of it if I did not want it to rust up after that saltbath).
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Postby Greenhead22 » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:40 pm

I give mine a Krylon coat.......not Teflon. :lol:

I use that olive grab camo spray paint and paint the entire gun, no rust, no hangups, nunca nada zilch. :lol:
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Postby rebelduckaholic » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:47 pm

If it is not real cold just dip it in the drink and pump it a few times. Then at the end of the year give it a cleaning.
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Postby astorey » Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:10 am

Ever heard the exspression "fine tuned machine"? Every fine tuned machine is some sort of metal which creates friction, oil reduces friction on working parts, therefore I clean and oil mine as often as necessary depending on hunting conditions of course and no I'm not a Castrol rep..

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Postby Cotten » Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:10 am

My matt finish synthetic A5 ends up getting wet on almost every hunt. Working the dog and handling the ducks causes this (along with dry cracking hands). I spray it down with Rem Oil after most hunts and clean it at years end. I also have a Browning Gold that my brother uses when he comes to town and I clean it after every other hunt or so or every time it gets wet.
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Postby DoublePslayer » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:15 am

I cleaned my 870 one time in the middle of the season. Couldn't hit a thing with it the next day. I think I P!ssed it off!
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Postby rustypjr » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:47 am

After it get real muddy and you can hear the dirt when you pump it.
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Postby woundedduck » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:06 pm

i shoot one of those damn cannon nova's and it gets cleaned after the season. those guns kick like a mule but i have found i shoot better with it than anything else. guess it patterns better but i have never even compared. if it ain't broke.....
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Postby STIHL » Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:10 pm

I clean mine if i hunt in the rain just to make sure it wont rust and so i wont have a single shot the next hunt. Other than that clean it bout 2 times a year. Never have any problems out of it either
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Postby Joe Kain » Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:48 pm

QUACKERS wrote:i clean mine after every two or three hunts. has only let me down once and that was last week but it was my fault put the trigger mechanism back togother wrong. :oops:


Same as QUACKERS.....after every two or three hunts (outside and internal)
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Postby Koz » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:23 pm

Just at the beginning of the season. I knock the dried mud off of it before every hunt though.
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Postby duckshot » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:55 pm

twice a season.
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