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<blockquote data-quote="Chris_Andersen" data-source="post: 1235523" data-attributes="member: 10303"><p>I think a good rule of thumb is to prioritize cleaning your gun based on the stakes at hand. It can be tough to clean it every trip if you shoot alot.</p><p></p><p>A few trips to the range over a couple of weeks, I dont usually bother, unless I am shooting a ton. (Thats my M&P, My STI I have to clean every 5-600 rds or so. I dont know who those guys are on Enos that claim 3K rounds without a malfunction. Those guns like to be clean.)</p><p></p><p>Local matches, I usually always clean it the night before. </p><p></p><p>Major matches, I will take them all the way down, clean everything, and go out to the range and test fire at least 50 or so through it before I leave.</p><p></p><p>Polymer guns will run for a long time with-out cleaning, but malfunctions tend to happen at the worst possible time. At a local match it could ruin your day, a major match it could mean hours of driving and hundreds of dollars wasted. I had a malfuction at the Pro-Am cost me a gun, and all I did was fail to clean a magazine BETWEEN STAGES.</p><p></p><p>If this is a gun that you carry, clean it every time you shoot it. The stakes don't get any higher than when you might need that gun to work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris_Andersen, post: 1235523, member: 10303"] I think a good rule of thumb is to prioritize cleaning your gun based on the stakes at hand. It can be tough to clean it every trip if you shoot alot. A few trips to the range over a couple of weeks, I dont usually bother, unless I am shooting a ton. (Thats my M&P, My STI I have to clean every 5-600 rds or so. I dont know who those guys are on Enos that claim 3K rounds without a malfunction. Those guns like to be clean.) Local matches, I usually always clean it the night before. Major matches, I will take them all the way down, clean everything, and go out to the range and test fire at least 50 or so through it before I leave. Polymer guns will run for a long time with-out cleaning, but malfunctions tend to happen at the worst possible time. At a local match it could ruin your day, a major match it could mean hours of driving and hundreds of dollars wasted. I had a malfuction at the Pro-Am cost me a gun, and all I did was fail to clean a magazine BETWEEN STAGES. If this is a gun that you carry, clean it every time you shoot it. The stakes don't get any higher than when you might need that gun to work. [/QUOTE]
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