I'm somewhat of a newbie to the modern handgun scene, so please excuse me if these questions are a bit on the basic side ...
I purchased an HK P30L and I've made two trips to the range, about 400 rounds total. After the first trip I carefully cleaned the gun and then a few drops of Hoppe's oil on the slide. On my second trip, I had several times when the shell casing would not fully eject and the slide ended up jammed.
Finally one of the guys working the range came up to me asked to check my gun. He looked at it and exclaimed "No wonder its jamming, she's bone dry!" He took the guy and oiled it up for me quite a bit (to me) and then I didn't have anymore problems.
So, I have two questions for you folks here:
1. How much should I be oiling the gun after cleaning?
2. Should I apply oil prior to going out to the range?
3. Can someone point me to any article or website that runs down the proper care (cleaning, oiling, etc.). I am very careful to clean my gun after each and every time I shoot and I really enjoy doing that, but I might just be doing something wrong.
Thanks all!
BTW, the range bug has hit hard and I already have two more handguns on the way!
I purchased an HK P30L and I've made two trips to the range, about 400 rounds total. After the first trip I carefully cleaned the gun and then a few drops of Hoppe's oil on the slide. On my second trip, I had several times when the shell casing would not fully eject and the slide ended up jammed.
Finally one of the guys working the range came up to me asked to check my gun. He looked at it and exclaimed "No wonder its jamming, she's bone dry!" He took the guy and oiled it up for me quite a bit (to me) and then I didn't have anymore problems.
So, I have two questions for you folks here:
1. How much should I be oiling the gun after cleaning?
2. Should I apply oil prior to going out to the range?
3. Can someone point me to any article or website that runs down the proper care (cleaning, oiling, etc.). I am very careful to clean my gun after each and every time I shoot and I really enjoy doing that, but I might just be doing something wrong.
Thanks all!
BTW, the range bug has hit hard and I already have two more handguns on the way!