How many rounds do you shoot before cleaning your M14?

i used to be uber anal about all my guns, but now i'm a lot more lax. M305 gets a cleaning every 6 months, need it or not, my 1911 every few thousand rounds, same with my revolver. My .22 got cleaned for the first time in two years a month or so ago, and my XR 100 gets a swab after every shoot.
 
cleeee-in? never heard of that...

yeah, it's good habit to clean your firearms after every trip to the range whenever you can. in fact, cleaning your gun meant life or death in Vietnam.

sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate, KNO3 residue, from your basic gun powder, does not do too well when it sits in your barrel. so keep it clean like it's an extension of your body :D
 
akelies said:
cleeee-in? never heard of that...

yeah, it's good habit to clean your firearms after every trip to the range whenever you can. in fact, cleaning your gun meant life or death in Vietnam.

sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate, KNO3 residue, from your basic gun powder, does not do too well when it sits in your barrel. so keep it clean like it's an extension of your body :D
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"I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready.

We will become part of each other. We will...

Before God I swear this creed."
 
i field strip and clean after use. just like in the old green machine. but i have read posts on some american forums. most only strip and clean after 500 or so rds. not sure why, possibly because they are nm and glass bedded?
 
I clean all firearms after a range session....so a minimum of 6-8 boxes of factory FMJ (I like 10 boxes) I wont take out a toy only for a couple of boxes (except for my M700P) because cleaning is a big job to me (1hour for my M1 Garand/M14/AR-15) if I give it the full treatment (which I always do)...it takes time

To me, cleaning my toys after a range session is almost as fun as shooting them :)
 
according to the way the kit is set up, it's every 100- you're supposed to carry enough ammo on your belt to support you during the day, reloading from the ruc at night- that's 2 pouches at 2- 20 round mags a piece, plus the 1 20 in the rifle itself- that's 100- and it's supposed to be done EVERY NIGHT - but that's battlefield conditions
 
i sort of agree, but some or most of us are under the influence of the army (green machine). i personely couldn't sleep if i took any thing to the range and didn't clean it right after, or atleast soaked parts in breakfree for the morning. is all that cleaning necessary (or what were used to from btl sch)? like i said on some of the u.s. forums (cbt vets, & nm shooters) are stating it is only needed every 500 or so rounds. but they also stated in the service the rifle was cleaned daily. just trying to get a thread going, me personaly, will continue to clean after use. if not used, every so many months (3) inspected, pulled threw and wiped).
 
king66 said:
i sort of agree, but some or most of us are under the influence of the army (green machine). i personely couldn't sleep if i took any thing to the range and didn't clean it right after, or atleast soaked parts in breakfree for the morning. is all that cleaning necessary (or what were used to from btl sch)? like i said on some of the u.s. forums (cbt vets, & nm shooters) are stating it is only needed every 500 or so rounds. but they also stated in the service the rifle was cleaned daily. just trying to get a thread going, me personaly, will continue to clean after use. if not used, every so many months (3) inspected, pulled threw and wiped).
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properly done, it takes less than 10 minutes to clean and re-oil the m14- i was issued one- that's what the little kit in the buttstock is for- while it's a terrible kit insofar as cleaning is concerned, it DOES get the job done- basically, everything except the barrel itself is just wipe off the crud and re-oil- the barrel and bolt take a few more minutes- then you check for piston rattle , and snap the works back together- i always carried at least 2 complete kits - one in the buttstock and 1 in my ruc- the buttstock door can be a b*tch to get open- you can also make a small hammer by putting one big honking bolt through the holes in the combo tool- just incase you need a hammer for something
 
the m14 isn't that much differant then the fnc1 or the c7 for field cleaning times. i spent 7 years in the reg cbt arms. just stating what some of the vietnam vets said. personely i don't care i will continue to clean after every shoot. gee you no in the FRG i can remember at one time as a recce dvr/comm in charge of a carl g, gpmg and my own rifle (plus m113 and maintain and operate 3 radios, also take care of a wo and a young lt). after 40 plus hours of recce and drv/comm (drinking ration pack coffee mixed with german coke). i can honestly say i hardly cleaned my weapon. carl g was wraped and never saw daylight (as my rifle). the g-pig on the other hand i scrubbed with steel wool made sure it was functioning (headspaced and timed) and poured artic oil on it daily. we were on the go all the time. if we stopped i dropped my seat and rested my head against the tiller bars and fell to sleep. think on average i lost around 10/15 pounds between phases of the ex.
 
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I inspect the bolt rails, chamber, and bolt. If there is no crap in there, I shoot it until it needs it.

If there is brass shavings, or grime in the chamber/feedramp/ bolt rails, I clean and relube.

If it was wet, it is cleaned.
 
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