Posted: 4/1/2017 8:46:06 AM EDT
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How often do you guys take down and inspect/clean your EDC gun? I got my XDs 9 3.3 about a month ago, I took it to the range and fired 2 mags (12 rounds) I took it home and cleaned it. I have not been to the range with it since and I also have not field stripped for cleaning or inspection...
I think I clean my range guns more often and better than my EDC... I hear stories about some guns that are carried for a long time and have a build-up of lint and just plain dirt... I might just make it a weekly thing to at least break it down for a quick inspection, wipe, and dry fire... |
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If I shoot it at the range I clean/inspect/lube it when I get home.
Just carrying it gets it clean/inspect/lube job every couple of weeks, or sooner if I have a crawling around in the dirt/brush episode or get caught on in a heavy rainstorm or on those hot miserable muggy summer days I sweat it wet. When I come home and pull it out of the holster and the sweat is beaded up like this you bet it gets field stripped, wiped down and re-lubed before putting it away for the night. 
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I generally carry 1911s. At the end of the day, I'll give the pistol a quick wipe-down with an oily rag and secure it. This is more important to me with my blued Colt Commander than my TRP or my stainless Delta Elite.
About once a week, I'll pull the slide off and see if anything needs additional lube. After done firing, I'll take it home and detail strip/inspect/clean it. Detail stripping a 1911 doesn't take much more time or effort than a field strip, and I'm anal anyways. If my life might depend on my sidearm, I'm damn well going to keep it in tip-top condition. |
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With most modern pistols super frequent cleaning or detail stripping is a waste of time. Yes every couple weeks unload and inspect and maybe clean once a month ( if you are not shooting your carry gun once a month requiring cleaning after you're wrong in my book)
A quick five minute or less cleaning followed by a functions check is all you need to do. Served me just fine in Iraq where everything got dirty daily. Detail stripping in general and for the novice in particular I would strongly advise against, as there is very little in a modern pistol that needs care you can't reach with a routine field strip and I have seen countless stories of overly anal OCD types going for spotless detail stripping making an error in reassembly that causes functional problems. A gun does not have to be spotless to be depended on regardless of what you may have been told in boot camp. In fact if the only way you can trust your gun is if it is spotless you need a different gun. |
| Usually every 500-1000 or so rounds of shooting. If I see build up on the feed ramp or lint accumulation I will clean. If my pistol cannot go a few range trips between cleaning I need to look for a better carry sidearm. I also use grease on my lube points so the lube stays put and does not run off and attract as much dust and lint. |
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When it starts to look like it needs it. Which isn't very often these days. I mean even after 500 rounds I'm not sure if it really needs it. If I shoot lead in my revolver, I'll clean it regularly. But I don't shoot a lot of lead lately, so......
Most guns can go quite a while before they need to be cleaned. IMHO. I don't really find a lot of lint in my guns for some reason. Even the ones I carry regularly. Here and there but not enough to matter. |
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Yes every couple weeks unload and inspect and maybe clean once a month ( if you are not shooting your carry gun once a month requiring cleaning after you're wrong in my book). Quoted:
Yes every couple weeks unload and inspect and maybe clean once a month ( if you are not shooting your carry gun once a month requiring cleaning after you're wrong in my book). Quoted:
I shoot a couple of mags through it every week, may clean it once a month. |
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This is an interesting topic (to me at least) that I've seen differing opinions about here. Some people seem to advocate testing their carry pistol with a few hundred rounds to make sure it's functioning properly and then rarely shooting it after that, instead having a second, identical "training" pistol for use at the range. I personally prefer not to spend too much on duplicate pistols and instead keep track of periodic maintenance (like spring replacement). However, none of my pistols have more than a couple thousand rounds through them so far. I'd probably prefer not to subject my carry pistol to tens of thousands of rounds, so maybe the training pistol isn't a bad idea. The two guns I have the most counted rounds through, are the Taurus PT111 and PT 140 G2's. I didn't think they would stand up to the abuse... I was wrong. lol I put 2000 rounds through each of them, trying to break them, they held up fine. Of course they could break at any moment, but I'm fairly confident they will be GTG. I have a few guns I carry regularly, G23, G27, XDS-45, CM-40, but mostly a FNS-9c. Every range trip has one or two of these in the box, they are all similar in form and function and I shoot them all equally well. They all have a pretty good round count, I've just never counted, they get 2-3 mags each range trip. Unless my wife stops me, I'm going to find a new carry gun every few weeks. :) No worries about round count. |
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I'm not into the "training" gun and I'm not likely to put 10,000 rounds through a carry gun. Nothing wrong with that, just not something I'm gonna do. The two guns I have the most counted rounds through, are the Taurus PT111 and PT 140 G2's. I didn't think they would stand up to the abuse... I was wrong. lol I put 2000 rounds through each of them, trying to break them, they held up fine. Of course they could break at any moment, but I'm fairly confident they will be GTG. I have a few guns I carry regularly, G23, G27, XDS-45, CM-40, but mostly a FNS-9c. Every range trip has one or two of these in the box, they are all similar in form and function and I shoot them all equally well. They all have a pretty good round count, I've just never counted, they get 2-3 mags each range trip. Unless my wife stops me, I'm going to find a new carry gun every few weeks. :) No worries about round count. |
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I'm surprised to see someone else here mention the Taurus PT111. I mentioned the Taurus PT111 in another thread in this forum a while back and you'd think I had committed an unpardonable sin. I too have a Taurus PT111 9mm and have been impressed with it for the price ($250+or-). I didn't realize Taurus had such a bad reputation around here... of course, I have a few Glocks, so maybe there is hope for me yet. I have 2 Glocks... Meh. I don't normally sell my guns, so they'll stay, but they'll stay in the safe for the most part. The FNS compact is a much better gun IMO. |
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They get cleaned after they get shot and I shoot my two carry guns every time I go to the range, even if it's just a mag full.
I probably wouldn't carry a gun that I wasn't shooting at least every 3 months, but if I did I'd probably wipe it down once a week and field strip, clean and inspect every 3-6 months. If it required more than that I'd probably consider it too finicky for daily carry and consign it to a nightstand/home backup role. |
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Taurus has the reputation they deserve, both good and bad. If you get a good one, you love it, if you get a bad one, you hate it. I've had no issues with either of the G2's or the 85 I have. I have 2 Glocks... Meh. I don't normally sell my guns, so they'll stay, but they'll stay in the safe for the most part. The FNS compact is a much better gun IMO. While you might luck out and get one that has decent workmanship, where the parts are all in spec (or the assembler or part time QC guy threw out ones that aren't), fit together and work properly, you can't get past the low quality of the source materials, because that covers all of them. You can make the best machined part in the world, but if it's made out of shit steel it's going to fail long before it should. BTDT with Taurus, never again. The ultralight, 9 shot 22 revolver that failed within 500 rounds (but worked great up till then!) is the last Taurus I'll ever own. Same goes for KT. I'll save my money for another few weeks or months and buy a quality piece. And no warranty in the world can make up the difference. |
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I clean all my guns no longer than 2 month intervals.
In the humid summer I give my EDCs a quick air blast to remove lint and lube no less than every month, often bi-weekly. After fishing trips, mountain biking, backpacking, getting caught in a rain storm or any physical activity causing me to sweat a lot they get a lube wipe down before the end of the day. I chamber a practice round and once it has been removed for cleaning and rechambered the second time I discard it the next cleaning for a new round. All rounds in the mag are SD rounds. |
I have to confess. I finally rusted my EDC Glock. 
I've been carrying this G23 for about 16 years almost everyday. Sometimes I'd switch it up with a 1911 or another Glock, but basically its been the G23 since 2001. The gun is in good shape but does show some wear on the outside. Years ago what started as a dare, then turned into a test, I went 6 months without cleaning the gun. I took pictures of the gun after a month and then found lint and dust bunnies only get so big and then stop growing. When I finally did shoot the gun at the range, the lint and dust were gone after the first shot and the gun performed perfect. After that test, I went back to cleaning the gun monthly and wiping down the outside when needed. So I was surprised last month when I found I finally got the Glock to rust. I had last shot the gun in December. It was cleaned and then back to EDC duties. I hadn't shot the Glock since then because my range is still flooded out and I've been playing with a SIG P320 45 when I do get to a range. Anyway, I had been wiping the gun down and keeping the outside and sights clean. I ignored breaking the gun down and cleaning the internals. 
Last month I figured it was time to break the G23 down and give it a cleaning. February was a very wet month here in California. I don't know how, it was probably my own sweat combined with the abnormal humidity here, but the OEM recoil spring rusted.  The rust was beginning to spread to the slide and the barrel. After a good cleaning and replacing the recoil spring with a new one, the gun is back in shape. Unfortunately the barrel has a pinpoint of damage from the rust. I'm surprised the rust spread so fast in about two months of EDC.
Yep, I was embarrassed. If I'm carrying a 1911 it gets thoroughly cleaned weekly or more if needed. I got a cavalier attitude about the Glock and thought it wouldn't rust. It did, and now I'm cleaning it weekly needed or not. |
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I'm in the unfortunate group that doesn't get to shoot their EDC much. I want to, I should, but don't have/make the time and we're trying to save piles of money, so I don't want to be spending much on ammo, so mine gets shot every couple months.
I field strip and clean monthly. |
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Bi-weekly wipe down just to get any dust/dirt/grime it's picked up being carried around the farm, and a drop of lube on the rails, barrel, etc....
Even though I take multiple guns to the range, I always try to shoot at least a couple mags through my carry gun (S&W 9mm Shield) just to stay in practice with it every trip. I usually don't clean after that. About every 4th trip or so to the range, I leave all other handguns home and ONLY bring my EDC, just so I am not tempted to play with some thing else. And it gets a good workout and cleaning afterwards. |
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If I shoot it at the range I clean/inspect/lube it when I get home. Just carrying it gets it clean/inspect/lube job every couple of weeks, or sooner if I have a crawling around in the dirt/brush episode or get caught on in a heavy rainstorm or on those hot miserable muggy summer days I sweat it wet. When I come home and pull it out of the holster and the sweat is beaded up like this you bet it gets field stripped, wiped down and re-lubed before putting it away for the night. http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/zsrbest/IMG_01621_zpspsbe2ilk.jpg |
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I live in Florida and my carry guns don't end up with that much sweat on them even after walking a couple of miles with the dogs. Quoted:
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If I shoot it at the range I clean/inspect/lube it when I get home. Just carrying it gets it clean/inspect/lube job every couple of weeks, or sooner if I have a crawling around in the dirt/brush episode or get caught on in a heavy rainstorm or on those hot miserable muggy summer days I sweat it wet. When I come home and pull it out of the holster and the sweat is beaded up like this you bet it gets field stripped, wiped down and re-lubed before putting it away for the night. http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/zsrbest/IMG_01621_zpspsbe2ilk.jpg |
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On hot days and I'm outside alot working or hiking my guns have been as wet, if not wetter. Even in New England. |
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I'm surprised to see someone else here mention the Taurus PT111. I mentioned the Taurus PT111 in another thread in this forum a while back and you'd think I had committed an unpardonable sin. I too have a Taurus PT111 9mm and have been impressed with it for the price ($250+or-). I didn't realize Taurus had such a bad reputation around here... of course, I have a few Glocks, so maybe there is hope for me yet. If I was just looking for a stash gun, I'd probably go find the cheapest police trade in that is available at J&G or one of the other places that gets them in.....and buy the cheapest sig, glock, or whatever respectable brand they had. Preference being Glock. I don't care to roll those dice, because while I might save $250 + or -, I might be out $250 + or - and now have a headache of tracking a gun through a CS department that is more likely to lose my pistol than it is actually fix it. |
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Taurus's reputation has more to do with their shitty customer service than much of anything else. They CAN produce highly functional firearms, and they often do. The problem arises when you get one of their (more common than more respected makes, but not common enough to lump Taurus into the "always shitty" category) lemons. Hold on and enjoy the ride. If I was just looking for a stash gun, I'd probably go find the cheapest police trade in that is available at J&G or one of the other places that gets them in.....and buy the cheapest sig, glock, or whatever respectable brand they had. Preference being Glock. I don't care to roll those dice, because while I might save $250 + or -, I might be out $250 + or - and now have a headache of tracking a gun through a CS department that is more likely to lose my pistol than it is actually fix it. I've had only one experience with Taurus CS, which was many years ago, when I bought the pre-owned PT99 from a gun shop. I didn't notice it at the gun store, but when I got home, and upon further inspection, I noticed some pitting inside the bore of the barrel, like someone used corrosive surplus ammo and didn't clean it properly. I shipped it back to Taurus and they installed a new barrel free of charge, no questions asked; took about 2 weeks. All it cost me was the shipping to them; they paid return shipping. But this was back in the late 1990s. I recently bought the PT111 G2 based on reviews I had read and the price. ($209 from PSA). Of course, it was closer to $240 with shipping and FFL fees. Of the two, I like the PT99 (Baretta M92 clone) the best. The machining on the PT111 G2 is a bit sloppy; especially compared to the PT99, which has the nickel plated slide. I bead-blasted the stainless barrel they replaced, along with the aluminum frame, and I like the looks of it. Plus it shoots great, and never any failures. However, you are right... there are better options out there... |
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With most modern pistols super frequent cleaning or detail stripping is a waste of time. Yes every couple weeks unload and inspect and maybe clean once a month ( if you are not shooting your carry gun once a month requiring cleaning after you're wrong in my book) A quick five minute or less cleaning followed by a functions check is all you need to do. Served me just fine in Iraq where everything got dirty daily. Detail stripping in general and for the novice in particular I would strongly advise against, as there is very little in a modern pistol that needs care you can't reach with a routine field strip and I have seen countless stories of overly anal OCD types going for spotless detail stripping making an error in reassembly that causes functional problems. A gun does not have to be spotless to be depended on regardless of what you may have been told in boot camp. In fact if the only way you can trust your gun is if it is spotless you need a different gun. I do a quick wipe down and relube after each range trip (2-3 times per month). And if you're not sure what I mean, I follow Glocks recommended field strip and lube points after each range trip. Nothing more required. |
