My main hunting rifle might have 3 to 5 rounds a year through it on game and 4 or 5 to check the sights so I don't clean it unless I get it wet. I like hunting with a pre-fouled bore.
My target rifles that I shoot a lot get cleaned every 250 rounds for CF and every 1000 for Rimfire so they get cleaned pretty often. Center fire Gopher guns get cleaned every 1000 rounds unless the groups start to open up. I only had one 17 FB that needed to be cleaned every 500 rounds, the rest in 17 FB, 204 Ruger, 221 FB, 223, 22 H or 17 HH, seem to work fine with cleaning at 1000. I have never tried to go more than that between cleanings. The bore scope also tells me that Wipeout patchout version does a great job a getting out all the copper.
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