I clean mine after every outing. Some may say that's excessive, but it's a hard habit for Vets to break. Besides, who's to say that if you're in a humid environment, have to leave your dirty rifle unattended for an extended amount of time- that it won't cause problems the next time you take it out? If nothing else, I would at least clean the bolt and chamber after every trip. How else are you going to familiarize yourself with the innards of the rifle and be able to check for excessive wear, damage, loose gas key, aligned ring slots? Plus, cleaning a "kinda" dirty rifle is a whole lot easier than cleaning one that was let go until it had a stoppage.
But hey, it's really your choice. Guys that let them run till they slow down or stop altogether seem to be OK with that. If you want to let it go without cleaning- be sure to take a cleaning kit and a carbon scraper to the range with you. Having your range trip cut short because your rifle found it's non-cleaned round limit kinda sucks.
But hey, it's really your choice. Guys that let them run till they slow down or stop altogether seem to be OK with that. If you want to let it go without cleaning- be sure to take a cleaning kit and a carbon scraper to the range with you. Having your range trip cut short because your rifle found it's non-cleaned round limit kinda sucks.