Yesterday I Beat the heat by hiding in the basement where it's around 65 degrees and dry. I was at the gun cleaning bench for a long time, I say a long time as I do not like cleaning guns, I like making them dirty. I had a couple that need cleaning and a couple that needed to be wiped down. I also was going to clean all my mag's, I do not really enjoy that either. All guns that only get shot on occasion get cleaned when shot, oiled, and waxed before going in the safe. Twice a year all guns get the royal treatment of cleaned, oiled, and waxed and yesterday was suppose to be one of those 2 days a year that it will get done.
I only cleaned the pistols, long guns and mags will be another day, just hate the time at the cleaning bench, but I love the time at the shooting bench.
I will have to clean the long guns and Mags another day.
How is everyone else beating the heat?
I worked Saturday night and Sunday morning so part of the day was spent in bed trying to make up for lost sleep. That of course makes sleeping last night somewhat problematical, go back to bed at 9 pm and up at 3 am not the slightest bit tired. So in answer to your question, much of the day was spent in bed in air conditioned comfort.
I guess I'm somewhat of an oddball in this forum in that when I shoot, I clean. When I shoot I am always looking for the smallest group possible, not only on the target but in the center aiming point of any target I shoot at. All of my rifles are sub moa and I like to keep it that way. The only way to ensure that the barrel keeps shooting sub MOA is to keep it clean. With the high humidity in this neck of the woods, actually down to 64% right now, down from 95% late last week, it doesn't take long for corrosion to work its insidious destruction in short order. While all but one of my rifles have stainless barrels, they too can be damaged by corrosion, it's just not as obvious.
I had a girlfriend who moved away many years ago, actually 25 to be exact. We used to hunt and shoot together, then she got married and move to the other side of the state. Late last summer she called me, first time I had heard from her in years. She had a Winchester Model 70 sporter in 308 that would not only shoot sub moa, but consistently put three rounds on top of each other. Her son, who had turned eighteen wanted to go deer hunting with some friends and they wanted to use her rifle. When they took it to the range to shoot it the tightest group they could get was six inches. She drove down and brought me the rifle. When I borescoped it, it had more potholes and bad spots in the bore than most of the mountain roads my friends from Wyoming sent me pictures of. To make a long story short, it was a chrome moly barrel. They took it out to shoot it once after she moved away and then just put it in the corner of her closet and forgot about it. The barrel was trash, no chance of polishing it out with hopes of restoring any accuracy. There were spots all over the barrel where the corrosion had actually eaten away sections of the entire lands in several spots. I still have the rifle, she hasn't decided what she wants to do with it. They bought a new Tikka T3x in 7mm - 08. So the rifle sits in one of my gun vaults, barrel cleaned and oiled, but it's already too late.
The moral of this story is, if you want to prolong the life of your rifle, clean it after shooting and frequently when it's in storage.
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