Excessive Shooting?

[micamper]

I have a Ruger 22/45 that I enjoy shooting, but it is a challenge to disassemble and reassemble for cleaning.  Only way for me to "remember" how to field strip it is to watch one of the how to videos I've found.  There are good ones on the Ruger website, but they've put out there has a statement that has me wondering exactly what "excessive shooting" is.

The guy from Ruger says “You do not need to disassemble and field strip your firearm after each shooting.  I would recommend after an excessive amount of shooting you disassemble and field strip.”

Here's the link to the video: http://ruger.com/resources/videos.html?vidID=005042

I will probably continue to field strip and clean my 22/45 after every trip to the range, but I'm curious what others would consider "excessive shooting".

[Majer]

5000 rounds or if the gun starts to act up not feeding or ejecting.

[tombogan03884]

When fouling in the blowback action starts causing malfunctions it's time to clean it.
That will vary with your ammo .
I used to have a Browning Buck mark that shot Eley match ammo quite well, but I had to clean the pistol after every 50 rounds.

[MikeBjerum]

My Mark III didn't start to give me any trouble until well over 2,000 rounds.  Since rimfires are externally lubed I find more "goop" issues in these handguns than my centerfires.  I don't have any firearm that gets cleaned after every outing, and full stripping is further out than that.

[jaybet]

I would consider excessive shooting to be continuing to shoot long after your target is incapacitated and obviously deceased.

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[alfsauve]

Excessive Shooting?

There's a scene in The Gauntlet with Clint Eastwood where they shoot so many rounds into a house it collapses.

[tombogan03884]

Excessive Shooting?

There's a scene in The Gauntlet with Clint Eastwood where they shoot so many rounds into a house it collapses.

That scene was based on a real encounter between the San Francisco PD and the Symbianese Liberation Army, (the ones who "kidnapped" Patty Hearst ) In that case the suspects escaped with out injury.

[blackwolfe]

I have put well in excess of 5000 rounds through a Ruger MKII before complete take down.
 You can always get a Majestic Arms MK speed strip kit available here and probably other places.  A friend has one on an MKII and loves it.

http://www.eabco.com/Ruger_Mk_III_Speed_Strip.html

[Big Frank]

I got my Speed Strip Kit from Dino who makes them. http://majesticarms.com/id10.html

I put a Hogue HANDALL Grip Sleeve on my 22/45 and it's a real pain in the a$$ to get off and put back on. http://www.getgrip.com/main/overview/handall.html

Speed Strip to the rescue!!! The stainless pin looks out of place on my blued gun but I don't care. I like it.

Edit: The speed strip kit is $5 cheaper at the link Blackwolfe posted. Majestic Arms is cool to look at anyway.