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When I got this gun about 11 months ago I don't remember whether I even took it to the range for some break-in shots. I think I took it directly to an IDPA competition.
I told myself I'd do my own sort of torture test; not throwing into bricks or lighting farts at it, but just simply not cleaning it and running a lot of rounds through it. I shoot in the rain, have rolled around in the dirt with it (yes I know don't ask).
Test:
Maintenance:
Reliability:
Reason for Cleaning:
Cleaning:
I told myself I'd do my own sort of torture test; not throwing into bricks or lighting farts at it, but just simply not cleaning it and running a lot of rounds through it. I shoot in the rain, have rolled around in the dirt with it (yes I know don't ask).
Test:
For the next 11 months I kept shooting and shooting. This was my primary range gun as well as competition gun.
I shoot IDPA on weekends when I can. I shoot maybe once a week. Sometimes twice a week. Hell, sometimes 3 or 4 times if I was feeling frisky. If I wasn't shooting IDPA I might find some steel to shoot.
Maintenance:
I would use a drop of break-free on the slide rails and then a drop on the barrel itself. I would wipe the exterior of the slide down so it wouldn't dirty my safe. It has never seen a patch down the barrel.
Reliability:
Never any issues ( I had a mag issue before but that was it)
Reason for Cleaning:
It finally ate away ate me: I couldn't bear to have the gun so dirty inside. I broke down and cleaned it yesterday.
At this point I wasn't too sure how many rounds have been down the pipe. My guess is maybe 4000-6000 rounds. Mostly FMJ but also some Copper Coated.
I've wiped the outside of it down so I wouldn't get my safe dirty.
Cleaning:
Upon inspection there seemed to be a light coat of crud everywhere except inside the barrel. I was wrong. It was a really heavy coat, especially on the feed ramp. I even found some remnants of Glock factory lubricant on the back end of the slide.
The barrel cleaned after 1 patch ran through it. I was pretty amazed. I ran a total of 4 patches before it was pretty damn clean. Rifling looked perfect.
I soaked the barrel in a small film canister of Hoppes for a few minutes to try and loosen up some of the dingleberries. Worked well.
I ended up detail stripping the slide and cleaned it.
I wiped the inside of the frame ever so slightly. Maybe I'll clean the frame in more detail next year or the the year after...or may never.
I really don't think I needed to clean this thing. It was much better than expected, even with a slide cutout that exposed the barrel and frame to the elements.
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