Gun cleaning as business

[RECIT]

As a business you must have a license though, I lend pistols to my Dad all the time to test, play with, try out, but he does not charge for testing...A while back TAM posted a thread about his son doing a great clean up job on the trigger of a 1911 and he offered his son's services to other forum members, but was quickly informed to charge for modification and take possession of a handgun that is not his would require an FFL.

[Abraham]

I'd not pay a fee for someone else to do a simple field stripping and cleaning, cuz hey, I can do that...

I'd happily pay $20.00 to have my Glock cleaned - if it was detail stripped and cleaned or ultrasonically cleaned. (assuming ultrasonic cleaning does as good a job, if not better, than detail stripping and cleaning)

[rm9792]

Ultrasonic cleans way better than by hand. It gets into places you cant see. It will also break up small carbon deposits.

[Beiruty]

Ultrasonic cleans way better than by hand. It gets into places you cant see. It will also break up small carbon deposits.

Does that apply for the bore too? or do you need to clean the bore manually?

[Broncrider]

I can drop my gun off to my friend (if I had one), your Brother or whoever (as long as they are legally eligible to have a gun). If they clean it for me, then more the better. If they keep it for a year or overnight, no problem and no transfer required.

You are correct. But if that person was charging you for a service, then to be legal they would have to be licensed.

[rm9792]

Ultrasonic cleans way better than by hand. It gets into places you cant see. It will also break up small carbon deposits.

Does that apply for the bore too? or do you need to clean the bore manually?

It wont get fouling out but does get loose stuff. Fouling is pretty difficult to get even when scrubbing by hand. The Ultrasonic is best for the frame and slide.

[dac1842]

As lawsuit happy as our society is and there being no shortage of plaintiff attorney's looking for any angle to sue someone, I would be afraid of someone suing me or their stupidity. The courts are full of that already,

[MechAg94]

The only guy I know who gets someone else to clean his own guns does so because he is not confident at all in his mechanical ability to disassemble the gun and put it back together. I, personally, thought that a bit strange.

I think it may have gotten him in trouble once because he sold a gun that was detail stripped by his cleaner and his cleaner didn't put it back together quite right which made it unreliable. That is something any business of this sort will need to be very careful of.

[drjoker]

Ugh, I HATE cleaning anything, guns included. I have had this AK for months and never fired it yet because I dread cleaning that awful cosmoline off. Ugh. Plus, I have to hunt for videos on youtube to see how to clean it because the owners' manual was written by some peasant in a third world country. It is totally illegible. You can tell that the owner's manual is not written by an American because it is politically incorrect, "To enjoy greater killing power, you should use high capacity magazines."



An American would've written instead, "To avoid the hassle of reloading frequently at the range, you may use high capacity magazines."

Tell me when you start your business and I'll be your first customer. Just do like the ice cream trucks and park in front of the gun range in a van. Clean the guns from your van. You don't have to have a FFL if you clean them while the customer is there with you (IANAL, lawyers may call me out if I'm wrong). Set up some stools, a TV, and serve them sandwiches while they wait to have their guns cleaned. Good luck!

[jeeperbryan]

This idea could be lucrative if a gun country club was involved. Maybe a high class, private gun range. I used to work at a golf course and the rich guys would pay us $5 - $20 to wipe down their $1000 set of clubs pretty regularly. Around the holidays they'd sometimes tip $100 for 2 minutes of work. If gun country clubs were as common as golf country clubs then I could see it being worthwhile.

[WildBill]

This idea could be lucrative if a gun country club was involved. Maybe a high class, private gun range. I used to work at a golf course and the rich guys would pay us $5 - $20 to wipe down their $1000 set of clubs pretty regularly. Around the holidays they'd sometimes tip $100 for 2 minutes of work. If gun country clubs were as common as golf country clubs then I could see it being worthwhile.

Unless associated with a high-end gun club, I don't see gun cleaning as a profitable business plan.

[Purplehood]

I hated cleaning my weapon in the Marines.

I hated cleaning my weapon in the Army.

There, I said it. I feel better now. I actually agree with DrJoker.

[RECIT]

This idea could be lucrative if a gun country club was involved. Maybe a high class, private gun range. I used to work at a golf course and the rich guys would pay us $5 - $20 to wipe down their $1000 set of clubs pretty regularly. Around the holidays they'd sometimes tip $100 for 2 minutes of work. If gun country clubs were as common as golf country clubs then I could see it being worthwhile.

Unless associated with a high-end gun club, I don't see gun cleaning as a profitable business plan.

But getting affiliation with a private or high end range would involve you for fitting some of the little profit you will make. No business will let you run your business on their grounds and not want a cut...

[WildBill]

I just thought of a brilliant idea. How about starting a gun cleaning school. Students would pay to have you teach them how to clean guns. You could get them to pay you to clean your guns.

[KinnyLee]

I may have OCD, but I would not let anyone clean my firearms. I would have to really really trust you to do that. Beside, it's something I can do myself, and I'm cheap. lol I think it's like trusting someone to work on your car. I like to do the work myself if I have the means.