I’m not too good at expressing myself properly, but, in my humble opinion, and having been taught by, arguably the best, things need to be kept in mint condition. When you sharpen a knife and then use it, it needs sharpening again. When you use optics they may suffer a slight bump so need .22 / 223/224/306/308/300Winmag all got the same treatment. Clean clean clean. Jok.