New Glock question

[Eljay]

You definitely want to lube it before shooting it. That protective grease does its job but you need a little oil on that connector bar hook (see your manual or Google it) or the trigger is awful and I guess it wears poorly. Basically there's four or five places you're supposed to lube a Glock and the grease is only on the rails. You just need a couple of drops but it'll smooth things out quite a bit.

[FeuerFrei]

A friend (really!) just bought a new Glock 26. Picks it up on the 23rd. Was told by the store person not to clean it until 500 rounds have been shot. Supposedly pointed to the part that should not be cleaned. I have no idea what part it was.

Does this make any sense?

500rds?

Keep it simple.
Have your friend follow the instructions that are listed in the owners manual.
26 is a good gun.

*Leave the copper colored lube in place and it'll go away with use.

[Che762x39]

https://us.glock.com/documents/gun_maintenance.pdf

found this - may be helpful

Very helpful. I would guess 50% of Glock owners do not read, much less read the owners manual.

I like my Glock 19.

[ElDub1950]

Obviously from the varied responses it probably doesn't make much difference. I doubt anyone above can point to any failure caused by any clean/lube method they recommend or recommend against.

I've done both, out of the box and straight to the range. Take home and thoroughly clean/lube before the first shot's fired. Half & half - out of the box a light lube on the barrel because it was dry then a couple hours range time. There's no detectable difference, at least not by me.

If you're concerned about it, clean and lube before firing, just like the Glock doc states.