Frequency of cleaning varied.

I knew a few guys who cleaned after the season. Others cleaned more frequently: some as often as after every match.

You have to remember that active Bullseye shooters put a lot of lead down range each season. These competitors generally weren’t the obsessive clean freaks I sometimes read about on this forum.

Serious competitors were more interested in consistency rather than squeaky clean guns. Since the gun is only spotless for one round, spotless cleanliness wasn’t desireable.

My rifle team coach made me do countless pushups for cleaning my 52-C once during the season. That view wasn’t unique to him and I’ve adopted it in the ensuing 50+ years without any problems.

I’ve frequently run over 500 rounds through pretty tight 1911’s without a problem.