How many rounds before cleaning your AR?

[Slamfire]

I clean mine after every 88 round across the course match. Never had a malfunction due to a dirty rifle.

When I talk to vets, they kept their rifles clean because they were betting their life on the thing.

 

[Girodin]

I am not sure what he is saying can exactly be called universally accepted.

Perhaps, but given Mr. Hodnett's experience and the sample sizes he is basing things on, to say nothing of the results he and those he trains consistently achieve I am going to be inclined to believe him over most folks.

I clean mine after every 88 round across the course match. Never had a malfunction due to a dirty rifle.

I keep this rock nearby to prevent tigers from attacking me. I've never been attacked by a tiger yet.

A quality AR can go a lot of rounds before dirty becomes an issue, lubrication is the bigger issue. The gun will dry out and need more lube in most cases long before it gets too dirty and has issues based on dirty.

Ask any of the instructors that get to see hundreds or thousands of students shoot 10s of thousands of rounds each year. They will tell you lube is what is the issue much more so than clean or dirty.

 

[Ehtereon11B]

I think the most rounds ever put through my issue AR between cleanings was 2000 but that was a heavy range weekend. On average it gets cleaned about every 200.