Before you fire your new gun.

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What do you do to your brand new gun before you take it shooting for the first time? Do you clean it? Do you lube it? Do you take it appart and inspected? Do you make changes and adjustments or......simply blast it?:D
 
Teardown to the basic firing component groups, lube and put a patch through the barrel.

Not much point in shooting a firearm you if don't understand exactly how it operates and have a personal inspection.

But then again, I'm not one of those shooters with 30 junk firearms, I buy a select few high end firearms and shoot lots of rounds through them.
 
I remember a while back there was a thread in which someone had failed to clean their bore on a new center fire rifle. The barrel apparently had grease in it, which I believe they had concluded was the cause of it rupturing. Ever since I saw that thread, I believe cleaning the barrel would be the minimum requirement...
 
P90Puma said:
Teardown to the basic firing component groups, lube and put a patch through the barrel.

Not much point in shooting a firearm you if don't understand exactly how it operates and have a personal inspection.

But then again, I'm not one of those shooters with 30 junk firearms, I buy a select few high end firearms and shoot lots of rounds through them.
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i agree. regardless of the dollars spent on your new purchase get to know her a little before shooting. your going to have to take it apart sooner or later for cleaning so might as well learn the break down first.
 
went shooting

Took my brand new Mav 88 shotgun shooting today. I only cleaned the barrel before I went. In he field I’ve put 100 shells through it and it work like a charm. Not one single problem with it. When I got it home I took it all apart, cleaned it, lubed it and putt it back together again, which was as much fun as the actual shooting.
 
Prickly Pete said:
Taking it apart, cleaning and learning how it functions is half the fun.
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my problem is, I am so wet behind the ears when it comes to firearms, I am worried I might not get it back together right and it will blow up in my face on the first shot... sooner or later, I will have to do it tho
 
destructo_d said:
my problem is, I am so wet behind the ears when it comes to firearms, I am worried I might not get it back together right and it will blow up in my face on the first shot... sooner or later, I will have to do it tho
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youtube is your friend. any gun you could ever want to take apart has a tutorial on how to do it on youtube.
 
I see lot's of people shooting a new gun that had no oil or grease on it, can't imagine shooting a gun I have not taken field stripped, inspected, cleaned and lubed.
 
For most modern new firearms: a quick clean and go shoot. Once I get home I do a complete field strip, clean, lube and usually go back to the range again the next day . :)

I never modify a new firearm until I know if functions and doesn't need to go back to the manufacturer for an obvious defect from factory.

For things like Norcs and anything used: complete strip, heavy clean, major inspection and re-lube before a trip to the range. I always do a couple of complete function tests before firing along with live fire testing it before any modification (unless it is used and needs repaired but that I think is moving off topic).
 
There are lots of solvents and gun lubes out there and they are all pretty good. There are also some natural cleaners and then there are some really nice all-in-one products that do it all ie. Ballistol and G96

Read up on them and pick one.
 
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