Do you clean a new firearm?

John Y Cannuck

John Y Cannuck

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Having just purchased and cleaned a new Savage 220, I was wondering how many folk just take it out and shoot it rather than cleaning it first?

In the case of the Savage I just cleaned, the first and second jags came out very very black, with evidence of dust and dirt as well.

Frankly, you do not know if your firearm has been test fired, if it's been out of the box on the dealers shelf, or whatever.

In my case, (being a gunnut) I also removed it from the stock and checked that out as well. Taking the opportunity to crank the accutrigger to my preference. Gave it a touch of lube and reassembled it.

I must be getting old. I've had it a week and not fired it yet. Well Ok, I have no scope mounts yet, so it's sightless, but that hasn't stopped me in the past :)
 
Oh yeah, take it apart and clean it and figure out how to put it back together. It's way too easy for some debris to have gotten into it somewhere, or for it to have been dropped.
 
I have not bought many new firearms, but the few I have, all barrels and chambers were cleaned.
I have seen many other new firearms have problems due to "out of the box, into service" use.
 
I'll wipe the packing grease off everything I can reach, then run of few patches through the bore to get the crud out of that. If there's going to be be problems with a new rifle I want to be able to say that I never had it apart, and can't be accused of messing with it. I've had that issue in the past, and its easier this way.

Usually by the second range session the stock has been off and trigger set.
 
Never fired one without cleaning the bore, and they have always needed cleaning, judging by the gunk that always comes out on the patches.
 
I sure do.
Never know what you may discover.
Way yonder, we did what was called a PDI on new equipment.
Pre Delivery Inspection.
Amazing at what you could find......or not find.
 
I always clean and inspect a new-to-me firearm before shooting it. Some barrels come with preservative, some are dirty, some are clean but all are clean before I shoot them.

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I don't disassemble them but certainly remove the bolt, clean it up and lube the locking lugs, run a couple patches through the bore (last one lightly oiled), rag out the chamber and tighten the action screws. If the trigger is too terrible then it comes out of the stock for tweaking.
 
c-fbmi said:
I don't disassemble them but certainly remove the bolt, clean it up and lube the locking lugs, run a couple patches through the bore (last one lightly oiled), rag out the chamber and tighten the action screws. If the trigger is too terrible then it comes out of the stock for tweaking.
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Same here ^^^^
 
Bore cleaning is a must with a new gun. A friend of mine bought a new Remington 700 .300 Win Mag. a few years ago and took it straight to the range to try it. First shot ringed the barrel about 2/3's of the way out. Most bores have some kind of oil or preservative in them and the bullet will push it ahead until it jumps past it, fluid doesn't compress and he got a ruined barrel out of it.
 
I'm new to this world of guns so please bear with me.

Can someone comment on this video for proper technique for cleaning a rifle? I have never cleaned one and am kind of afraid I will do something wrong.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks they would like to share? I appreciate all helpful comments.
 
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