Cleaning a Gun?

[Barang]

Hi! How often do you clean your gun? Let's say I'd just shot 200 rounds of 9mm. Can I wait for 2 more weeks or more and shoot 200 more rounds before cleaning it?
I just don't want to be fanatic in cleaning or overdoing it.
So what is the acceptable way of cleaning a gun?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
By the way, I own sig p226 and S&W 686plus.

[border.bandito]

with that low of a round count, the truth is, its all about how valuable your time is.
i can run anywhere from 100 to 500 rounds through my XD45 without cleaning it and it still goes bang bang perfectly every time. and i'm willing to bet, i could go up to 1K+ rounds through it and it would still fire just fine...., but personally i do prefer to clean if after shooting a few hundred rounds, if time permits.
the only time i clean immediately after shooting, without exception, is when shooting corrosive ammo (i.e. Mosin Nagant, ect.).

besides that ^, a few hundred rounds isnt going to do do jack to the operation of the gun.

[BigL]

I clean my guns everytime I come back from a shoot because gunpowder is corrosive. You should too.

[Ladyrr]

If it is a 1911 (or any weapon for that matter) every time you are done at the range. If you cc every day to make sure you have nothing in the barrel.

[surreptitious]

I also clean my guns after every trip to the range.

[trigger945]

I tend to clean my guns less often now and don't find any issues. And I value my time a lot so it has worked out. I tend to clean them in batches. Maybe after 300 or so rounds each? Maybe more?

[heidad01]

Every 1000 rounds is a good point to take them apart and clean the inside and the rails and light oiling every 300 rounds or so. I do not take them apart just because I can. Frequent disassembly/re-assembley takes time and also increases the chances of you scratching the finish for which you will never forgive yourself. That is how I do it because I do not like guns with take down marks, dings or scratches on them unless if it is issued to me by the armorer and is ment to go into cambat.

[seasnake]

Get a bore snake for your caliber and at least run that through the barrel after your range time .

[mofojoe]

Do you wipe after each poop? That's your answer

[ocabj]

The reason why I clean after every range session is because I don't know when I'll be shooting it again.

I'm not going to run 250 rounds through a gun, then just stick it in the safe and leave it dirty for months.

Maybe if I know for a fact I'm going to be shooting again the next day, I won't clean the gun. But considering it only takes 30 minutes of time, you may as well just do it.

[Mr. Magoo]

After every trip. If you shoot outdoors it is not just burnt powder and brass getting into your firearm.

[Ghost_Maker]

my 1911 has about 4000 rounds thru it and i still havent cleaned it... still functions flawlessly...

[indetrucks]

Every time I shoot it and know it's going back in the safe for any extended period of time.

[Thunder]

Do you wipe after each poop? That's your answer

Wouldn't that analogy be like wiping after every round?

[Gothboy]

^^^ Yeah, should be After ecvery trip to the "pooping" range.


Guns?
Everytime I think about it and have time. so... about once a month, unless I feel ive been to the range ALOT, then about.....Once a month. I do all the ones I used at that time.