What kind of competition did you shoot???

I shot an Anschutz worth more than MY net worth at the time in college. In 4 years I never cleaned the bore. 5th in the nation, seems it didn't hurt me so much.

One of my teammates made the mistake of cleaning his bore once. It took him several boxes of ammo to get the accuracy back in it.

Since all my guns are stored in a proper environment I only clean when a) they are taken out in a corrosive environment, or b) accuracy starts to go. For my centerfires, this can be as little as 20 rounds with a factory (ie porous) barrel. With a .22, I have a couple which have NEVER been cleaned (bore), with thousands down the bore.

I have a 10/22 I bought 20 years ago on which I have never touched the bore, and it is as accurate as it was the day I bought it.