The gun maintenance task you always put off

[Alan]

Mine is "deep cleaning my AR's bolt carrier group". I know I should do it more often, but disassembly, scrubbing all those tiny parts, getting carbon out of every crevice, it's tedious! I do it eventually, just not as often as I should. The gun runs fine enough that I keep procrastinating on the deep clean. I am not proud of it, just being honest.

 

[Alienware]

BCG deep clean? I’ll reorganize my entire bench first...priorities are mysterious things.

 

[nksmfamjp]

Detail stripping most anything. Ugh! Most things almost never need this fortunately!

AR Bolt carrier group is fine as long as I set my ZOCD to medium first!

 

[Jay Dee]

Don't worry. It will stop running sooner or later.

 

[nksmfamjp]

As an aside, here is one you can put off….handgun cleaning…I suspect most of these only need cleaned every 2000 rounds! AR type rifle cleaning too can wait a bit. Like about 500-800 rds on bore cleaning and double that on action cleaning.

I would continue to add lube regularly and wipe the outside.

 

[David Marlin]

But doesn't cleaning your handgun or rifle keep you familiar with the weapon so you can make it functional under any circumstances? That's what my DI always told me ...