Hi Truffle,-------- sorry mate , from now on it will have to be TH or the full monica, otherwise my street cred goes down the swanny 8)
I`ve had a 17 for two years and I love it; flat shooting, hard hitting and as accurate as a match rifle.
You will pick up tips on rifle cleaning from everyone, varying from, "never, never,ever," to "every time you fire a shot" and of course everything in between.
Everyone with their own views and ideas and the crucial point is; they must all be hitting what they are shooting at, otherwise they would not offer their method as working! ---or would they?
So, after owning one and trying all methods, I find mine shoots better clean but you can rattle off a fair number of shots before the group opens up, Good luck, good shooting. Tony M.