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I used to be a "clean it after every range session" person before I got into competitive shooting. My competition gun will routinely go 3k-6k rounds without so much as a field strip. I have even pushed that out to 10k without issues. A full disassemble and cleaning only happens once a year and I hand it off to a gun smith for that.

I'm about to switch to a 1911 for competition, so I know that cleanings will be getting more frequent than they are currently. I doubt I will ever do the amount of cleaning you all are describing.

My main EDC gets cleaned 2-3 times a year regardless of number of rounds fired through it. Carbon seems to be much less of an issue than lint is.