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I've noticed that my 870 gets extremely hard to cycle, as in I have to beat the butt on the ground, when it gets filthy.  That's how I know when to clean it.  Honestly, I don't clean anything but black powder guns as long as they are working correctly. 

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On an over and under you need to clean off the grease on the hinge pins and other metal to metal contact points after each use and re-apply.  Otherwise, you can get galling and have trouble down the road.  Also, need to clean the action and other internals when hunting in very dusty conditions (such as Oklahoma dove hunting).  Also clean more after a firearm gets wet/used in the rain.  And obviously you don't waterfowl hunt.

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1 hour ago, DaveTN said:

I clean all my guns after every shooting session. I did however read on Al Gores World Wide Web that you never have to clean an AR; they will shoot forever without cleaning. How cool is that!?

I hate cleaning AR's more than shotguns but it gets done, lol.

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