Every how many rounds do you clean your gun?

[blackcash88]

I clean after every time I go shooting, regardless of the number of rounds. Since I don't get to the range that often, I will periodically field strip, run a bore snake down the barrel to remove crud, and re-lube. Same goes for the guns that rarely make it with me to the range.

I find it very relaxing to sit down and clean my guns in the evening after a shoot with a nice beer or bourbon. Please, spare me the gunz n' booz rhetoric. No ammo is even in the room when I do this.

 

[ndh87]

Every time i finish shooting it. That could mean 1 round or 300.

EDIT: and sometimes just because i feel like it.

 

[Orange_Magnum]

After each trip to the gun range, which in my case is once a month. The guns need to be cleaned and get new oil on them or they will rust faster, especially the one I carry concealed next to my body all the time.

 

[sammy]

This is an experiment I am trying. This is my Les Baer TRS after 700 nasty rounds of my lead reloads. I opened it up to make sure the rails still had lube and the barrel wasn't getting too much lead. The barrel was clean except for a minimal amount on top of the chamber and the rails still had clean oil on them. The gun has not had a single malfunction since break-in. All I did was relube the rails, barrel hood and closed it back up. If it starts failing I will clean it but I am willing to bet I can get at least 2000 rounds through it without any problems.

 

[Zach S]

I doubt my 5" Kimber has ever been as tight as a LB, but it went a little over 3k with only lube. It was so dirty that brake cleaner, hoppe's, and brushes still couln't get the frame clean. I had to bead blast it. The slide was a bear, but I didnt have to blast it. Never got the breachface clean though.

Still smooth as silk.

 

[Steven Proshop]

i clean my Vanguard and AR-15 after every trip. i rarely ever clean my WASR-10 or 10/22, usually when i start getting malfunctions or am bored. i clean my shotguns and Winchester Model 61 whenever the action feels grainy. i clean my revolvers after every trip. same with my only autoloader, as i carry it just about every day.

 

[Lamb of Gun]

I clean them after every trip to the range.

I usually don't bother if I'm firing off a round or two in the backyard for whatever reason.

edit: or what I feel like it and every Labor Day

 

[jdc1244]

Living where I live I clean to prevent corrosion regardless of rounds fired. It could be a few months before some of my guns are taken to the range again.