how often do you clean your glock?

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Every 500 rounds. Glocks and 1911s. Revolvers - every 1000 rounds.

I do oil the slide monthly. The carry gun gets oiled every two weeks.
 
Don't tell me I'm supposed to actually clean my Glock..... I don't have enuff time in the day for that...... maybe I'll clean it when it quits working.....
 
Don't have a Glock, but every gun I have owned/used I have cleaned ASAP after use, be it one shot or a few hundred. Once in a while when a shooting session goes into the night, I may clean it the following afternoon.

I do my best to keep my car in order as well; I make sure it is functioning properly from the engine to the brakes and overall as clean as possible too.

I would never want a vehicle or firearm to let me down due to a lack of maintenance.

My thinking is when I do have to shoot a gun hard, it should be going into that session clean and ready to go.
 
Boris bush


Do you change your oil, ATF, and other fluids after every drive too?


No but I check them regularly.

But the thing is, vehicle maintenance and firearm maintenance are not the same. I was just trying to illustrate a point. I take care of my vehicles, and I take care of my firearms. Both serve me in different ways, and I do my best to take care of them.

It is good maintenance of a firearm to clean the bore, give it a wipe down, and lube critical spots between uses.
 
I agree

I also see more problems from over cleaning and over lube in Glocks than letting it go for a while.

Glocks worst design feature is oil loves to get in the striker channel. For the shooter that wipes it down and relubes regularly will have more problems form doing just that. I see more Glocks fail from gunk like brass shavings and carbon captured from oil. I have seen chunks of brass and carbon held together by oil get in the hood area and cause the slide to fail to go into battery.

Done proper its all good. Most do not even realize the buildup is there until it is too late. Glocks run just fine dry and they gather little carbon or brass shavings when very little to no lube is used. I used to shoot 800-900 rounds a week for half a decade when I was into pins and plates. My Glocks and SIGs got cleaned every 1K. The SIG got lubed and the Glock did not.

It is more a matter of function and longevity when you shoot alot. I can understand wanting a clean gun when it sits long periods without being shot. A Glock with 700 rounds of dirt will not become magicaly unreliable after sitting 6 months though. They can and will function fine at even longer intervals. I know and shoot with guys that only clean their Glocks when they change the recoil spring every 5K. To them I clean mine too much. It all depends on exactly how it is cleaned and lubed how often it needs cleaning. Too much oil gathering every little bit of carbon and grit will require more cleanings....
 
Boris bush said:
I agree

I also see more problems from over cleaning and over lube in Glocks than letting it go for a while.

Glocks worst design feature is oil loves to get in the striker channel. For the shooter that wipes it down and relubes regularly will have more problems form doing just that. I see more Glocks fail from gunk like brass shavings and carbon captured from oil. I have seen chunks of brass and carbon held together by oil get in the hood area and cause the slide to fail to go into battery.

Done proper its all good. Most do not even realize the buildup is there until it is too late. Glocks run just fine dry and they gather little carbon or brass shavings when very little to no lube is used. I used to shoot 800-900 rounds a week for half a decade when I was into pins and plates. My Glocks and SIGs got cleaned every 1K. The SIG got lubed and the Glock did not.

It is more a matter of function and longevity when you shoot alot. I can understand wanting a clean gun when it sits long periods without being shot. A Glock with 700 rounds of dirt will not become magicaly unreliable after sitting 6 months though. They can and will function fine at even longer intervals. I know and shoot with guys that only clean their Glocks when they change the recoil spring every 5K. To them I clean mine too much. It all depends on exactly how it is cleaned and lubed how often it needs cleaning. Too much oil gathering every little bit of carbon and grit will require more cleanings....
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I agree. My view on this is a simple one. If properly cleaned and maintained there is no need to clean a modern firearm all that often. I'd much rather rely on a gun that's had a few hundred rounds through it than one that's just been cleaned. Besides, when it comes to Glocks people get crazy with the lube. Very, very little is needed.
 
Just detail strip your slide and clean that striker channel every once in a while. It's such a critical part, and it takes 5 min tops. I lube pretty heavy, and my striker stays dry.

If my life depends on it, then I'm going to try my hardest to keep it as perfect as possible.
 
I try to remember to clean my Glock 17 about every 1500-2000 rounds or so, although this summer it's been closer to every 2500-3000 or so and it hasn't been a problem in the least (zero malfunctions)... and by clean it I mean detail-strip it since it's such a piece of cake and clean it up real good. NEVER more than 5 drops of lube (I've been using the Mil-Comm TW-25B stuff and it seems to work great), I hit the connector where it meets the trigger-bar, striker-tang, both sides of the slide-rails towards the rear (racking it spreads it out), and the barrel-hood area of the slide.

Around every 500 rounds or so, or in the morning before a match if it's kind of dirty, I'll give it a few drops of grease just to keep it GTG (usually at the connector), maybe wipe off some of the crud from the feed ramp a bit with my jeans or shorts, but that's it.

Glocks will run pretty much dry, and over-lubing them is more likely to cause problems by collecting debris then neglecting them so no need to get too OCD.
 
I see more Glocks fail from gunk like brass shavings and carbon captured from oil. I have seen chunks of brass and carbon held together by oil get in the hood area and cause the slide to fail to go into battery ... Too much oil gathering every little bit of carbon and grit will require more cleanings....
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If you see this, then the shooter is not "properly" cleaning and over-lubing the Glocks.

When I field-strip/clean Glocks after range session, slide, recoil spring and barrel get pulled and inspected with following:

- Barrel/chamber is bore brushed with solvent and cleaned (DRIED with Kleenex Viva paper towel)
- Slide rail grooves brushed with solvent and wiped clean (DRY)
- Slide breech-face near extractor inspected and DRY scraped if needed (solvent used only when necessary and care used to not drip any inside the firing pin hole)
- Receiver inspected and brushed/wiped DRY as needed

That's it for cleaning and lubed lightly using Break Free or synthetic motor oil (any weight) with one "tooth pick" drop at rails, striker release, barrel contact areas - and slide racked around 5 times.

- Once a year, each Glock is fully disassembled and each part inspected and cleaned
 
whats the round count? I detail strip mine every 10K. In the 90s when I was single and shot alot that was once every 4 months. Now its once every 3-4 years......
 
I clean my glocks after every range session because they are my primary home defense guns and I want them to be in perfect working order if I need to call on them to defend my family. I also de-lent and re-lube them once a month if not fired.

That said, that kind of cleaning it is most likely not necessary for them to function, but I like the extra assurance. My .22s are mainly just range guns, with the occasional pest dispatching job, so I clean them about once a month.

I have heard some people say they never clean their glocks, but that is contrary to my general practice with mechanical devices. The better you treat your tools/machines the better they will treat you.
 
Great information thanks alot fellas!!! just when i think the thread stops... the helpful info and opinions keep coming
 
I clean after every range trip, but I cheat when cleaning the Glocks (I have 2). They get field stripped and thrown into the dishwasher silverware tray.
 
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