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baldeagle wrote:After reading all the replies, I have a followup question. What do you mean by cleaning? Are you referring to field stripping and thoroughly cleaning the barrel, slide, receiver and spring? Or running a snake through the barrel and lubricating the gun without field stripping it? Or something else?

And thanks for all the replies so far. They've been very informative.

After each range visit, brush the magazine well, the underside of the slide, the feed ramp and around the hammer area with a dry toothbrush, then add a drop of your chosen lubricant into both rail grooves in the slide (where the slide engages the frame) so that it smears down the rail when you reassemble. You can really strip it down and clean more thoroughly every few sessions, but a quick scrub 'n lube like this each time will keep it pretty clean and stop the carbon build-up.