Handgun trigger has gotten a bit "sticky" after the first range trip + cleaning

[johngalt2]

The gun is a Walther PDP. Pretty new. Just one range trip and subsequent cleaning.

Not sure how to describe this. At first, it felt gritty. I found out that you are supposed to keep lubricants etc. out of the striker channel. So, I took the striker assembly out and cleaned it up.

The grittiness seems to have resolved, but the trigger now feels "sticky" (not smooth like when it was new). Is there anything I can do to go back to the clean, smooth break like it used to be? Other than getting a better trigger (or getting a 1911 ).

 

[drgrant]

Was @Reptile with you?

 

[EddieZoom]

So, I took the striker assembly out and cleaned it up.

Cleaned with what ?

Pull the striker out again. Double check the channel and the striker spring.

If really new gun, putting more rounds through it may make the problems go away eventually.

Stop cleaning so much ;-)

 

[snax]

Firing pin block? Gunked up?

 

[powerman]

What lube are you using?
Try different oil or grease. Sounds dry

 

[71montess]

Do you have hairy palms ?

 

[MadatMarek]

This firearm is defective and must be submitted for destruction please contact me and I’ll arrange to pick it and dispose of it for you.

 

[Fixxah]

How many rounds through it? A box?

 

[johngalt2]

Was @Reptile with you?

I would like to understand that inside joke.

 

[johngalt2]

How many rounds through it? A box?

300 so far (6 boxes).

 

[johngalt2]

Firing pin block? Gunked up?

New gun, one outing? And it seems to push up smoothly with a finger. So, not so sure about that one.

Besides, it's the creep (not the take-up) that seems worse than before.

 

[johngalt2]

Cleaned with what ?

Well, since I was cleaning out any lubrication that might have gotten in there, I mostly just wiped it clean.

Pull the striker out again. Double check the channel and the striker spring.

Check what? That it is clean and lubricant free?

If really new gun, putting more rounds through it may make the problems go away eventually.

BTW - if you are not supposed to get any lubrication into the striker assembly, are you supposed to just run it dry? That seems counterintuitive to me.

 

[Fixxah]

Well, since I was cleaning out any lubrication that might have gotten in there, I mostly just wiped it clean.


Check what? That it is clean and lubricant free?


BTW - if you are not supposed to get any lubrication into the striker assembly, are you supposed to just run it dry? That seems counterintuitive to me.

Graphite maybe?

 

[FPrice]

I would like to understand that inside joke.

No, you don't. Trust us on this one.

 

[Rick O'Shea]

WD40 evaporates and leaves a film

 

[SpeedwayMike]

I have never removed and cleaned my striker device I hope I’m OK lol prob 700 rounds

 

[johngalt2]

WD40 evaporates and leaves a film

But does it then attract dirt after?

 

[Rick O'Shea]

It is for displacing water, and is not a gun lube.