guyfromohio
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When I clean (which is frequently, if not after every time I shoot), I swab a liberal amount of solvent into the hammer, trigger mechanism, magazine well, and anywhere else that I see crud. It's hard to then make sure that I've cleaned up the solvent.
1) If I don't get it all, am I damaging the gun?
2) Am I using solvent incorrectly?
I tought myself to clean 25 years ago and have never felt that anything has gone wrong, but I'm second guessing. *Edit: same routine for plastic guns, polymer, steel, aluminum, etc... all of them.
My routine:
Wipe down dry patches and cotton rag.
Dip brass brush in solvent and run through barrel, slide rails, cruddy areas.
Let sit for a minute or two.
Dry patch throughout.
Gun oil in barrel with patch.
Dry patch through barrel.
Oil the metal-to-metal... slide, hammer, trigger.
Wipe excess oil after racking slide repeatedly.
Light oil to rag and shine up the outside.
Thoughts?
A search didn't bring up my specific questions. This surprised me, so go easy on me if this is like an oil thread on a motorcycle forum.
1) If I don't get it all, am I damaging the gun?
2) Am I using solvent incorrectly?
I tought myself to clean 25 years ago and have never felt that anything has gone wrong, but I'm second guessing. *Edit: same routine for plastic guns, polymer, steel, aluminum, etc... all of them.
My routine:
Wipe down dry patches and cotton rag.
Dip brass brush in solvent and run through barrel, slide rails, cruddy areas.
Let sit for a minute or two.
Dry patch throughout.
Gun oil in barrel with patch.
Dry patch through barrel.
Oil the metal-to-metal... slide, hammer, trigger.
Wipe excess oil after racking slide repeatedly.
Light oil to rag and shine up the outside.
Thoughts?
A search didn't bring up my specific questions. This surprised me, so go easy on me if this is like an oil thread on a motorcycle forum.
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