Keeping your gun in good working order will help it stay reliable and maintain its value over the years. But how often should you clean your gun and to what lengths should you go to keep it in the best condition?
There are different views on the way guns are cleaned and how often. For example, my own gun is cleaned after every use, whereas at the shooting school where I coach the guns that are out every day are lucky if they get cleaned once a month. But these bare facts could be misleading. My own gun may get a quick once-over when it gets cleaned, but the school guns have a full strip on their monthly clean.
What you do with your gun is up to you, but the more you keep
