Posted: 12/5/2013 5:42:29 PM EDT
| How often do you strip the slides - pull firing pins, springs, etc. to do a deep clean? Do you do this every time out - or once in a while when the urge strikes? |
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I know it's easy to take apart a glock beyond the simple barrel, guide rod, recoil spring, etc. But every 1-2k rounds I take it to a smith for him to do that and deep clean it. Any other time (like after a range trip), I just do aforementioned strip and clean it.
ETA: This is for a Glock, sorry forgot to mention 
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I've only done it once, and that was to my edc Glock 19 after about 1500 rounds. It didn't need it, but we'd been to the beach for a week, so I thought I'd do it. It was easy, so I'll probably do it again in another thousand or two rounds.
My other pistols aren't shot enough to matter. Maybe one day... |
| Virtually never. I've done it to all my Smith revovlers, mostly to prove to myself i could do it. I've never done to any of my autos and I doubt I'll start anytime soon. I do clean my guns after every range trip. A quick five minute field strip and scrub does the trick. |
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Detail strip? Most guns never need it. I don't really pay attention to that. I have done it on my Glocks once or twice. I have no idea on rd counts. I did it just for the sake of doing it. Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I completely stripped (nothing was left assembled other than the serial number chit) a G19 that sees mostly range time and I felt a little foolish after finding basically pristine innards and nothing to clean beyond the barrel and the breech-face. However, a daily carry piece will pick-up all manner of lint, dirt, gummed-up lube, corrosion and other junk and should receive regular inspection and attention to cleaning, |