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baldeagle wrote:After reading all the replies, I have a followup question. What do you mean by cleaning? Are you referring to field stripping and thoroughly cleaning the barrel, slide, receiver and spring? Or running a snake through the barrel and lubricating the gun without field stripping it?

I always field strip the gun and run a brass brush through the barrel followed by cloth patches soaked in solvent to remove all residue from inside the barrel. Once clean, I run more cloth patches lightly dampened with oil through the barrel.
Then solvent dampened cloth on/in the rest of the gun followed by oil.

Basically you want to clean (with solvent) all the nooks and crannys to remove any residue and oil all of the moving parts followed by a good wipe down to remove excess oil.

Others may have a slightly different method but you get the point.

Big Ben wrote:
It also says in the users manual to clean at least once a month even if not used.

Yeah, if I go longer than a month between rage visits, I'll field strip
and lightly oil the barrel, slide rails, and feed ramp just for good measure.

seniorshooteress wrote:My guns are cleaned after they have been to the range. Doesn't matter if I have shot 50, 100 or more rounds. If a shot is fired that gun is cleaned.

Same for me.