I believe in the theory of shoot until accuracy goes away, then clean. It seems to be the general consensus around here.
I've just recently begun having fun with my bolt gun (#10PH .223) at the range and I'm getting results I'm very happy with.
Since mounting up the new scope, I now have 50 rounds through it. I did see a noticeable shift in groups once the barrel had a few rounds through it, and it's shooting as tight a group now as I'm capable of shooting. 1/2 MOA is as good as I can personally shoot, and that's fine with me for a stock rifle. FWIW, Hornady 55 V-Max ammo.

I'm really hesitant to clean it. So I'm just wondering how many rounds you guys actually shoot before your accuracy goes away.
Then, do you do a full de-copper/scrub clean, or just a few wet/dry patches/bore snake type cleaning?
If the later, how often would a real de-copper type cleaning be required?

I know this is all fairly relative to your particular rifle/load, but I'm hoping for a rough idea of what to expect.

Thanks.