Always clean after using!
I cant help it now. Ingrained in me.
OK I didn't do that when I was kid shooting bolt action .22 LOL
But then I moved onto black powder!
WW2 guns aint much better with all using corrosive at least sometimes, .30 carbine being the exception but also builds up fouling in little parts so worth cleaning.
"Before reporting to company headquarters, I carefully clean my carbine. ‘I want to go up and try to get that sniper,’ I say....There is a rustle. My eyes snap forward. The branches of a bush move. I drop to one knee. We see each other simultaneously. His face is a black as a rotting corpse; and his cold eyes are filled with evil. As he frantically reaches for the safety of his rifle, I fire twice. He crashes backwards....At headquarters I make my report. Then I go to the room that serves as a kitchen, take my carbine apart, and start cleaning it." Audie Murphy To Hell and Back (Chapter 17)
