shotgun maintainence?

[tsteve9999 456]

As a newcomer to shotguns and shooting in general, could anyone give me an idea if my gun needs to be maintained by a shop on a regular basis?

I've bought a new Lanber and anticipate shooting around 3000 or so cartridges a year, so is basic cleaning all that will be needed or would it benefit going into a shop for more thorough examination at certain intervals?

 

Thanks, Tom.

[danebrewer10 6]

nope, just clean it every time you use it, get every last bit of crud out of the barrels, oil them, oil the action inside and out, outside of the barrels,, chokes, and anything else you can get to and you'll be fine, only take it to the shop if it breaks or you feel you aren't doing it right or need some advice!

 

Cheers

DB

[tsteve9999 456]

Thanks mate, I thought that would be the answer but wasn't certain.

On a similar vein, how many cartridges would I expect to be able to fire before there was a problem of some sort?

[gundogbob 1]

hi mate

i will give you my latest experince with my gun

i havent took it to a gun smith for 3 years and the other day went shooting and only one barrel would fire took it in and when they took it apart it was very rusty inside the action needed to be cleaned and new parts in mechinism i thought that just oiling and cleaning was all i needed to do.

so in my expirence take it to gunsmiths once a year for service unless you can clean in side and out your self with out damaging the screws

atb

[danebrewer10 6]

hum.... i didn't think they'd get rusty inside.... I leave my guns out of the safe for quite a while if they've been in a damp environment to get all the moisture out, but even then i don't think you can be absolutely sure... you could get some of those scilica gel pouches to distribute around the safe, remembering to dry them out at least one a week on the radiator or by the fire...

I don't know how much shooting you can expect before a malfunction... I would have thought a lot!! there's not an awful lot to go wrong, Tom Knapp, a Pro shooter for benelli has a benelli M1 I think that has 480,000 rounds through the same gun, but with an OU? I don't think you'll have any problems for quite a while, I have a mate who has a Lanber, I have shot it, and they seem solid guns built on proven schools of thought. so going on 480,000 rounds? that'll give you 160 years of shooting!

 

DB

[jelly4_ 0]

hi mate, i had a lanber for 15 year, broke 3 ejectors on it and had to have it tightened up twice in that time, it was second hand when i got it and was still going when i traded it, there good guns

[SportingShooter 0]

From my experience, one of the worst things you can do is oil inside the action of a shotgun or a rifle. Grease the hinges and other moving parts but oiling inside the action will attach dust and other muck and it will grind inside the action.

 

I follow a basic routine with the shotguns of cleaning the barrels until squeaky clean, oiling them. Wiping down the action and re-greasing the hinges and then it goes back into the cabinet barrels down to let anything run off onto the cabinet mat.

 

I take the stock off perhaps at the end of the game season and clean the action with oxygen in a can (I know, sounds exciting!) but it blows the crud out.

 

Normally serviced professionally once every two years.

[dicehorn 38]

From my experience, one of the worst things you can do is oil inside the action of a shotgun or a rifle. Grease the hinges and other moving parts but oiling inside the action will attach dust and other muck and it will grind inside the action.

 

I follow a basic routine with the shotguns of cleaning the barrels until squeaky clean, oiling them. Wiping down the action and re-greasing the hinges and then it goes back into the cabinet barrels down to let anything run off onto the cabinet mat.

 

I take the stock off perhaps at the end of the game season and clean the action with oxygen in a can (I know, sounds exciting!) but it blows the crud out.

 

Normally serviced professionally once every two years.

 

I would second what SS has said. The only thing I differ on is grease, as I prefer to use vaseline as it is less messy.

[Deker 3,478]

Shotguns need cleaning every time you use them!

 

Most manufacturers will give you a cleaning and parts and stripping guide with your new shotgun.

 

Follow this and you will not go far wrong, tends to be a bit like car services, routine, extended, major!! If you are not happy, then by all means take to a dealer, but it will cost a lot and for most shooters will only be required every few years.

 

I have been running a couple of Berettas for years and at one time both the Semi and the O/U were each using about 5000 carts a year, neither has ever been back to the dealer and they work every time!

 

ATB!!

Edited February 6, 2010 by Deker

[danebrewer10 6]

when I say oil the action, I don't oil it like I do the barrels, I just have a cloth that smells of oil, (as I've used it so much) so that when you rub it over the action it just deposits a very thin film, hardly even that on the action, just to keep the rust at bay

[David Dey 2]

Hi Tom.

If it's a multichoke don't forget to remove your chokes and clean and oil them after every outing. It's not the threads that are the problem it's between the choke and the barrel that seizes. A pal of mine didn't clean his regularly and we had a right job getting them out, ruining the choke but luckily the barrell was ok.

 

David Dey

[SportingShooter 0]

Hi Tom.

If it's a multichoke don't forget to remove your chokes and clean and oil them after every outing. It's not the threads that are the problem it's between the choke and the barrel that seizes. A pal of mine didn't clean his regularly and we had a right job getting them out, ruining the choke but luckily the barrell was ok.

 

David Dey

I'll second that

 

Friend of mine had a hefty bill after having to pay a gunsmith to remove a seized Teague choke from his Browning B2G