What is the first thing you do when you get a new Gun?

[05CarbonDRZ]

I am curios what other members do when they get a new Gun.Do you take it to the range? Clean the bore and cylinder? Wipe it down with oil? Completely detail strip and clean? Stick it in the safe? The reason I ask is because when ever I get a new Gun it is detail stripped,Completely cleaned and oiled then reassembled followed by cleaning the bluing or Nickel with Flitz followed by two coats of Renaissance Wax.

EDIT:I guess I should clarify "New" I do not mean a new production Gun,I mean a new Gun for your collection.

 

[JPriest]

If it's a S&W I think most of us take photos and post them here on the forum before we do anything else.

I generally will spend some time inspecting it, then field strip it and clean it, or if its a revolver just clean it, then take the time to feel it in my hand and get used to it, and then get to the range ASAP and try it out.

 

[Arik]

Wow that sounds like a lot. If I can't go to the range that day it goes in the safe. Otherwise I go to the range. I have yet to see a gun SOOO dirty that it couldn't go to the range before cleaning. Also most of my guns are Glocks and HKs, they don't need lube to run at the range....As long as they have had some within a reasonable time period

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[chaparrito]

I hide it away from SWMBO and figure out plausible deniability for the missing $$.

 

[coltle6920]

What is the first thing you do when you get a new Gun?

First thing I do is change out of my drool soaked shirt....Then I give the gun a treat.

 

[MH8675309]

Shoot it!!

 

[arjay]

Fondle it :-D

 

[Old Seabee]

New Pistol

The wife knows most of what I have & don't care , she just loves to ask what are you going to shoot with that one or which one did you trade . Do you have to buy more dies etc . Just busts my chops a little. Oh I would go outside & shoot it

 

[Louchia]

Depends on the gun. My Glock went right to the range out of the box.
My S&W M&P22 was so heavily lubed it had to get a good cleaning first.

 

[sps282]

I know this will be hard for some folks to fathom but if it is a new gun I'm not familiar with I will read the manual first thing.

 

[DCWilson]

Absolutely depends on the item. If it's a prewar specimen, odds are about 10 to one that the first thing I do is give it a complete teardown cleaning. It's amazing how many high quality old guns still have fossilized oil and carbon deposits inside them. You can generally tell with a single pull of the hammer or trigger in DA if it needs attention, but even if it doesn't I will open it up anyway.

Recently I bought a 90-year old Colt 1908 VP that looked brand new, but when you pulled the slide back (with difficulty) you could see structural crud everywhere. Turns out a previous owner -- maybe even from before WWII -- had taken a grease gun to the action and lubed it up with bearing grease as though it had a zerk fitting. I had to soak that thing in Kroil and go after it with toothpicks and wipes for a couple of hours before I got all the lubricant out, which was about the consistency of earwax. No wonder the gun felt stiff!

Feels fine now.

 

[wbraswell]

Usually, I grin real big and handle it profusely. Especially when it's a Smith.

 

[Doc44]

I always clean the bore and the charge holes in the cylinder.

Bill

 

[gm272gs]

I know this will be hard for some folks to fathom but if it is a new gun I'm not familiar with I will read the manual first thing.

Me too. What a concept.

 

[RonS]

Close examination to see that I didn't miss something important at the gunshop. Then swab out the bore and do any lubrication recommended in the manual, then a wipe down. More than anything, if grips can come off they do and the grip frame gets wiped down to prevent rust.

 

[gripper]

Mine go into an ultrasonic cleaner. They are cleaned, rinsed, and then back into the cleaner for a lube bath. The lube is not real oily, but helps remove any moisture from the gun. I then wipe of remaining lube (which is dry by now), wax the gun, including inside of both barrel and chambers, drop a few drops of oil into the action, and then off to a shelf in the gun room.

Chad

 

[05CarbonDRZ]

Thanks for the responses,I have my ritual I go through and was curious to see if others do the same.I know that every Gun in my collection is properly cleaned,lubed and protected...It makes me sleep easier

 

[DWalt]

Depends on what it looks/feels like. If it seems cruddy and the action isn't smooth, I will do a detail strip, soak everything in mineral spirits to clean it, lubricate, and reassemble. If it looks and feels clean, I don't usually do much other than remove the grips, wipe down everything with mineral spirits, and clean the bore and chambers, followed by waxing using Johnson's paste wax. Actual shooting may not take place until several weeks later.

I haven't bought a new gun for many years. If I ever do, I'd follow the same procedure.

 

[klausinak]

Read the manual, if unfamiliar, at a minimum clean the bore. If a new caliber order dies & @ least 500 ea sticks of brass. Figure out if I have any powders that will work & see if there is a bullet mold that I'm going to have to own.

 

[05CarbonDRZ]

I guess I should clarify "New" I do not mean a new production Gun,I mean a new Gun for your collection.