RAfiringline
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My weekly range shooting is usually 50 rds. per gun. I don't field strip and clean after only 50 rds. After any shooting, I always use solvent and a toothbrush on the bolt face, the chamber face, soak up dirty solvent, then run a boresnake through the barrel, twice.
Yesterday I realized that I was pushing 900 rounds through my favorite 9mm, since the last field strip/cleaning. That seems a bit much, especially since it's also a home defense gun, not just for targets.
Does anybody have opinions about what the fired rounds interval should be, between field strip cleaning for handguns and rifles, assuming a quick cleaning after any shooting?
edit: A couple people have mentioned ammo and conditions as being important. In my case, run-of-the-mill jacketed ammo, clean conditions w/ no dirt, mud, water getting into the actions. I do use some Russian Tula and Brown Bear in my AR, which can leave behind more carbon debris.
Thanks
Yesterday I realized that I was pushing 900 rounds through my favorite 9mm, since the last field strip/cleaning. That seems a bit much, especially since it's also a home defense gun, not just for targets.
Does anybody have opinions about what the fired rounds interval should be, between field strip cleaning for handguns and rifles, assuming a quick cleaning after any shooting?
edit: A couple people have mentioned ammo and conditions as being important. In my case, run-of-the-mill jacketed ammo, clean conditions w/ no dirt, mud, water getting into the actions. I do use some Russian Tula and Brown Bear in my AR, which can leave behind more carbon debris.
Thanks
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