cleaning the glock

[sweetcaddy]

I know the basic wait to clean and lube the glock but should I clean or lube the parts inside of the of the slide?

What im asking is should I detail strip the glock slide, remove all of the parts, wipe them down clean?

Should I then lube any of the parts I have wiped clean?

Thanks

[Greg-Dawg]

Cleaning the slide? Sure why not?

I detail clean my Glocks after 1K+ rounds or so.

As for oiling, stick to the 5 areas per the manual.

[C.W.M.V.]

Dishwasher.
Soap and hot water+scrub brush. Works for M16's, M4's, M2's, M107's, 60mm mortars etc...
Good enough for glocks.

[sweetcaddy]

My main question is should I detail strip everything in the slide and wipe them clean? like the firing pin, should I wipe it clean when I remove it??

[tacticalcity]

At about 1K round count it is a good idea on any gun, just to be safe. There are video guides online that show the proper way to detail strip and clean a Glock.

This is not something you need to do very often.

I do know an instructor who has a test Glock at about 5K round count that he has never cleaned. He is doing an experiment to see how many rounds he will need to go through before it has its very first malfunction, and he trains very hard, to the point I am surprise human error has not cause a missfeed - slamming all the magazines that fast while running and gunning can lead to not properly seating a magazine. To date, not a single misfeed or malfunction. However, he cleans the guns he carries concealed regularly.

[tacticalcity]

Dishwasher.
Soap and hot water+scrub brush. Works for M16's, M4's, M2's, M107's, 60mm mortars etc...
Good enough for glocks.

That's just lazy.

Cleaning the guns and detailing them is half the fun. Love your guns and they will love you back.

[sweetcaddy]

so I detail stripped the slide and cleaned it out, WOW TONS OF GREASE AND GUNK, im glad I choose to clean it. I used a pen to mark my brass when I first started reloading and when I looked at the firing pin it was all red from the pen on the back of the primers and brass. I got all of that off. All clean for now, until tomorrow when I shoot it again.

[Greg-Dawg]

You either bought it used or don't know how to properly maintain it.

[sweetcaddy]

You either bought it used or don't know how to properly maintain it.

Both wrong. When you shoot 3k rounds within a few months everything will get dirty.

[Big Jake]

Just put it in the dishwasher but use mild soap!

[NeoWeird]

Avoid cleaning the rails in the frame with any product that contains ammonia. Not an issue on older Glocks, but definitely an issue on newer Glocks.

[huckberry668]

what's the issue? can you share more?

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

That should be part of the annual inspection. Glock, of course, would like to to take it to a certified Glock Armorer, but it's not that hard to do as has already been pointed out.

I wouldn't do it with every cleaning (speaking as an armorer), but do so with my Glocks at least annually, or if the weapon were exposed to extreme conditions (dropped in the mud, accidentally thrown into a cement mixer, etc.) or was a carry weapon, which tend to accumulate lint.

NeoWeird, I'm also interested in hearing about the issue with ammonia/newer Glocks. What's the story?

[DaveFJ80]

I detail clean my Glocks after 1K+ rounds or so.

This is the norm for Glocks. When I first picked mine up, the previous owner said he put around 750-800 rounds through it. The slide itself didn't look that dirty inside, but once I took the firing pin out and detail stripped the slide, I could see there was a decent amount of build up in the channels and on the springs. And while I was cleaning it, you could see the gunk come out as I sprayed it down.

Now, whenever I go to the range I always about around 250-350 rounds through the gun. And since detail stripping the Glock slide is so easy, I usually do it after every range visit now since it takes a few seconds to take it all apart. Now when I "hose it down" with some cleaner and spray it into the channels, and q-tip the channels and brush the springs, there's still some build up but nothing near what was originally in there. The other reason why I'll detail strip my Glock and clean it is because I don't go to the range all the time, so I don't want a dirty Glock sitting in my GunVault that I would use for HD (although that's a personal preference, as it's highly unlikely the Glock would fail because of it being 'dirty' after my range use).

The point being, you don't need to detail strip it after every range visit. But if you put a lot of rounds through it on each visit, it won't hurt to detail strip it and give it a quick cleaning.

[1911Operator]

Dishwasher.
Soap and hot water+scrub brush. Works for M16's, M4's, M2's, M107's, 60mm mortars etc...
Good enough for glocks.

so nothing will rust from doing this? I remember at the end of basic training we got a oil spray table that we just put our m16's in and let it sit in there for 5 mins, but never heard of dishwasher. sounds good to me, but not sure if the internals will rust.