When I go out for a little shooting I never really put more then 200 rounds through them. More often its less than 75 rounds, because I usually take at least 2-3 pistols out. I generally go about 5 range sessions before breaking out the cleaning supplies. Every 2-3 range sessions, I field strip and give a good wipe down and touch up on the oil. But after every range session Ill give the outside and mags a good wipe with a rag to remove the residue.
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It has nothing to do with being out of touch 
All of my hunting rifles and shot guns get cleaned every time I use them.
My self defense guns rarely get cleaned. Why? cause if your runing a good gun they dont need to be to function. I'll come close to 30,000+ rounds through my carry pistol this year and maybe actually clean it twice. Lube with slip every 5000 rounds or so and it'll be fine.
My 5.45 AR gets cleaned every time becuase of the russian corrosive ammo that it shoots and it will rust if I dont. My 5.56 AR's get lubed and very rarely get cleaned.
I run mine hard through mutliple high round count classes and my own training session and they run fine. My guns get dropped, scratched, banged up, dirty, wet and abused. So i dont feel the need to shine the scratches everytime I shoot it.
Like I said in the other post, some people will sit and strip it down completly everytime they shoot it, thats cool no problems. But many of the top SD guns out there will run extremely dirty for a long period of time, so its not neccisary to do that to keep a running SD weapon.
All of my hunting rifles and shot guns get cleaned every time I use them.My self defense guns rarely get cleaned. Why? cause if your runing a good gun they dont need to be to function. I'll come close to 30,000+ rounds through my carry pistol this year and maybe actually clean it twice. Lube with slip every 5000 rounds or so and it'll be fine.
My 5.45 AR gets cleaned every time becuase of the russian corrosive ammo that it shoots and it will rust if I dont. My 5.56 AR's get lubed and very rarely get cleaned.
I run mine hard through mutliple high round count classes and my own training session and they run fine. My guns get dropped, scratched, banged up, dirty, wet and abused. So i dont feel the need to shine the scratches everytime I shoot it.
Like I said in the other post, some people will sit and strip it down completly everytime they shoot it, thats cool no problems. But many of the top SD guns out there will run extremely dirty for a long period of time, so its not neccisary to do that to keep a running SD weapon.
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Here are some pics of the inside of my 17 from a little while ago, its enough to make some cringe but still not as bad as ive seen em' lol
And still have NEVER had a failure with this pistol and it is my EDC.
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And still have NEVER had a failure with this pistol and it is my EDC.
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