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Lets face it guys! Most of us who clean our guns after every range trip are probably just obsessed with the process. They don't need to be cleaned at all unless there's some serious carbon buildup. I don't clean mine all the time but I have noticed that I'll completely break down some of my guns every now and then just to do it for fun. I'll be watching TV and decide to clean and lubricate a gun that's been sitting in my safe that's already clean. lol It doesn't take longer than 5-10 minutes to clean and lubricate a gun anyways. If it does then you're playing with yourself. :) I guess I like sitting at home playing with myself sometimes! hahahaha! Plus it's good to get use to learning about every part of your gun and being able to put it back together quickly. You get to check out the wear on it and basically just admire the engineering that went into the design. I'm not even going to lie. Sometimes I enjoy doing things like this almost as much as shooting. I should have probably chose to become a gunsmith or firearms engineer when I was younger. On the bright side I've never needed to bring any of my guns to a gunsmith. I can do it all myself! Even thinking about getting into reloading soon but that's going to cost! For now I'll just have to loose all my money to quality ammo. I probably won't be able to reload as good anyways but the cost of .300 blackout and other types of ammo seriously has me thinking about buying some equipment to get started. Ammo cost is getting ridiculous!

Keeping your guns clean isn't as important as keeping them properly lubricated. As long as you don't run the gun dry or over lubed then it should be good to go. With that said I'm OCD with keeping some of my guns cleaned. I clean them after every range trip and lubricate all of the moving parts with wheel bearing grease. Especially the slide rails! Grease doesn't burn off like oil does and lasts a lot longer. I've been using Lucas Red and Tacky for years now and it's worked great. It's cheap and you can find it at any auto parts store. I wouldn't even bother with cleaning the barrel unless you start exceeding 500+ rounds fired or if the gun has been exposed to a lot of moisture. Then I'd probably clean it and run a bore snake thru it just to be thorough when cleaning. Also put a few drops of gun oil over the parts listed in the manual for that firearm. That should prevent anything from seizing up or failing. As long as you function test the trigger and make sure the barrel is clear after cleaning then the gun should work flawlessly. If not then you need to replace it with a better gun.