How often do you lubricate unused "guns at the ready"?

I used to use Hoppe’s oil. I cleaned the slide(s) on both the frame and slide with alcohol and re-lubed once a month. The oil was always dried up at this interval.

That interval has increased to about every 3 months after I changed to G96 Synthetic oil. The oil still has not dried up, but I remove it with alcohol and re-lube anyway.

I always perform a complete function test with snap caps after reassembly. I then do some dry fire training before reloading because I probably have not spent any quality time with the staged firearm in a while.

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