Extractor Cleaning

[Frederick]

How else do you know the capabilities of your weapons?

Well if your goal is to test the capabilities of your weapon, that's one thing. But I'd hate to hear a bump in the night and that's when my gun decides it's too gummed up to shoot.

Also, if it's not kept well oiled, you could bring significant unnecessary wear on your weapon.

 

[sedona]

I looked at walmart and dollar store and couldn't find any of the sensopick cleaners.Druryj where did you buy those at?

 

[D. Hargrove]

How else do you know the capabilities of your weapons?

Exactly!

 

[doctorjj]

Well if your goal is to test the capabilities of your weapon, that's one thing. But I'd hate to hear a bump in the night and that's when my gun decides it's too gummed up to shoot.

Also, if it's not kept well oiled, you could bring significant unnecessary wear on your weapon.

Well, that rule doesn't go for all my weapons. But my point was, I think most people go a little nuts with the cleaning. Most quality weapons, (Beretta, Benelli, Glock, M&P pistols, AR's, etc), will go "forever" the way most people shoot them without ever cleaning.

 

[Frederick]

Well, that rule doesn't go for all my weapons. But my point was, I think most people go a little nuts with the cleaning. Most quality weapons, (Beretta, Benelli, Glock, M&P pistols, AR's, etc), will go "forever" the way most people shoot them without ever cleaning.

Yeah, you're probably right. I only clean then after shooting, really.

 

[doctorjj]

Yeah, you're probably right. I only clean then after shooting, really.

I'll go shoot my AR several hundred rounds per weekend and I'll shoot it for several months between cleanings. It always works. Glocks, well, I really don't clean those.

 

[lasher]

must be the USMC in me but i clean a weapon as soon as i get back home with it. a dirty weapon can get you killed

 

[rc508pir]

How else do you know the capabilities of your weapons?

Part of cleaning your weapon is inspecting parts for wear or damage. That seems a far better method than shooting till it breaks. Besides, you can stil shoot it till it breaks. Cleaning on a regular basis isn't going to make a real difference

 

[FrankNmac]

Bought these at Walmart last week. Not real stout but brush end did dislodge some build-up behind the extractor that I had missed with a regular cleaning.

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[MacFromOK]

Toothpicks are handy for tight places.