Taking care of your carry gun.
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Moby Clarke
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Post subject: Taking care of your carry gun. Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:34 pm |
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I carry a Glock 19. I have 2 so I alternate shooting them when I get to the range. Unfortunately, I do not get to the range very often as I have 2 daughters, one who is 2 and the other 5 months. So it may be 4-6 months between firing my carry gun. My question for all is how often do you actually examine, check, clean, your carry gun? I know with Glocks, it is really not necessary to do much with them, but I am just curious. I do check it to insure that the magazine is locked in place and that there is no lint or other barrel obstructions. What do you guys do if anything?
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lastgunshop
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Post subject: Re: Taking care of your carry gun. Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:41 pm |
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Moby Clarke wrote: I carry a Glock 19. I have 2 so I alternate shooting them when I get to the range. Unfortunately, I do not get to the range very often as I have 2 daughters, one who is 2 and the other 5 months. So it may be 4-6 months between firing my carry gun. My question for all is how often do you actually examine, check, clean, your carry gun? I know with Glocks, it is really not necessary to do much with them, but I am just curious. I do check it to insure that the magazine is locked in place and that there is no lint or other barrel obstructions. What do you guys do if anything? I check my sig once a week, take it a part and wip it down and oil it up.....takes about 4 mins...
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cobb
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:57 pm |
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I am fortunate, I am rural and have a small acreage with a range basically in my back yard. It varies with me, I wipe it down regularly, but I try clean my carry weapon and check it's function monthly. I will field strip it, clean and lube, then run the mags of ammo through it that I have been carrying to check function, reload two other spare magazines with fresh ammo, recharge my carry weapon and I am good to go.
This seems backwards to some, but I clean first and test fire second to make sure that everything is good after my tear down and cleaning. Test firing first and then cleaning, well how can I be sure that I didn’t do something quite right when reassembling my carry piece, chance are things are just fine, but firing after I clean always gives me a warm and fuzzy.
Last edited by cobb on Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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hammAR
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:16 pm |
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Joined: Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:54 pm Posts: 1941 Location: N 44°56.621` W 093°11.256 (St Paul)
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Weekly, whether I use it or not.......................tear-down, wipe, swab through the tube, 5 drops of lube, reassemble.......unload mags, shuffle ammo, reload, and charge weapon.........
It's fun and just an old habit....besides you can never be too familiar with your weapon.......and yes, I sleep with it too!
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chunkstyle
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:23 pm |
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Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:28 pm Posts: 2362 Location: Uptown Minneapolis
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You're gonna LOVE taking your girls to the range when they get older. I know I did mine.
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Macx
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:20 am |
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Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:37 pm Posts: 1757 Location: Whittier
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Quote: I check my sig once a week, take it a part and wip it down and oil it up.....takes about 4 mins...
You crack me up. 4 minutes. I can detail strip, wipe down, and reassemble my Makarov in that time. Five minutes if ya blindfold me.
Seriously though, in answer to the question, I take my safety and firing pin out and practice draw and dry fire a few times a week. Usually pull the slide off just for giggles at some point in that process.
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lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become
a law unto himself; it invites anarchy .” Olmstead v. U.S., 277 U.S. 438
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Dave Matheny
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:59 am |
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Since my carry gun is a small revolver (Taurus, J-frame-size, 5-shot titanium .38 Special +P) there's not much that needs to be done.
Even so, I still wipe it down, and run a patch wrapped over a brass jag through the bore and charge holes about once every 10 days. While it's empty, I also dry-fire it rapidly a few times. Then oil it lightly, re-load, and it's back to its nylon pocket holster.
Which reminds me, I need to get some snap-caps in .38 Special. Anybody know offhand where I can get those?
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lastgunshop
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:01 am |
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Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:50 am Posts: 544 Location: minneapolis
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Dave Matheny wrote: Which reminds me, I need to get some snap-caps in .38 Special. Anybody know offhand where I can get those? Right here you can.
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Moby Clarke
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:20 pm |
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I guess I am not that far out of line. My monthly check to insure no lint and to lube it seem ok.
And yes, I am very much looking forward to taking my girls to the range. I hope they learn to enjoy shooting with their old man.
_________________ It is about Liberty!
Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
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ttousi
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:21 pm |
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Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:20 am Posts: 3311 Location: St. Paul, MN.
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lastgunshop wrote: Dave Matheny wrote: Which reminds me, I need to get some snap-caps in .38 Special. Anybody know offhand where I can get those? Right here you can.
Gander Mt also...........but Mark is probably cheaper and loads more fun to visit.
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IDPA Shooter
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Post subject: Love to see the lint fly! Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:13 pm |
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Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:40 pm Posts: 346 Location: St Michael
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Moby Clarke wrote: I guess I am not that far out of line. My monthly check to insure no lint and to lube it seem ok. And yes, I am very much looking forward to taking my girls to the range. I hope they learn to enjoy shooting with their old man.
Every once in a while someone who must pocket carry fires off some rounds and out flys the lint! Was not sure if they left a cleaning patch in the first time I saw it, but a buddy told me it was probably pocket lint.
_________________ Bob Jahn
NRA Certified Pistol Instructor -PPITH, PPOTH & RTBAV BCA Certified Training Organization under PPA Minnesota Permit to Carry Instructor Utah Certified CFP Instructor NRA CRSO, IDPA CSO
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Srigs
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:07 am |
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That reminds me I got to clean my carry guns tonight!
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