Question about cleaning

[maxmonster]

I have been doing some research about cleaning a gun since there are less than 5 days before I get my Glock. My question is when I run the bore brush through the barrel do I come back through the barrel with it? Or do I only clean from breech end to muzzle?

[Citadelonline]

Only clean from the breech end whenever possible to protect the muzzle from the cleaning rod. If using a brush, push it all the way through/out the muzzle then back through the barrel and out of the breech end.
You want to let the bristles un-flex before pulling it back and pushing through the barrel again.

[Munk]

All the way through, and all the way back. Avoid steel on steel collisions. Use a non-steel cleaning rod if you can, as an added safety measure (brass aluminum carbonfiber fiberglass).

[370z]

Since you mentioned that you're getting a glock, and you're interested in learning about cleaning, may I suggest that you check youtube.com for cleaning videos and detail stripping videos of glocks. They are one of the easiest guns to completely strip and clean, although they don't really need it. I like to check the firing pin channel every once in awhile just to make sure that the striker is able to do what it needs to.

[Fishslayer]

You haven't been paying attention. Glocks NEVER need cleaning or oiling.

Seriously, as has been mentioned, chamber to muzzle, then back out again. What you're doing is protecting the muzzle crowning. Very important to maintain accuracy.

[Greg-Dawg]

Bore snake...nuff said.

[ir0nclash86]

Bore snake...nuff said.

To me, sticking a dirty snake through a barrel doesnt make sense. I know you could wash them but are you gnna wash them after every pass? Nobody uses the same dirty cleaning patches to clean their barrel. Some people like them but not me. The way I look at it is would anybody brush their teeth with chocolate syrup or no tooth paste?

[cyclenut]

To me, sticking a dirty snake through a barrel doesnt make sense. I know you could wash them but are you gnna wash them after every pass? Nobody uses the same dirty cleaning patches to clean their barrel. Some people like them but not me. The way I look at it is would anybody brush their teeth with chocolate syrup or no tooth paste?

I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but have you actually used one? Try running one once or twice through your barrel, then stick a cleaning patch in there. I bet little, if not nothing will be on the patch.

[trickyvic]

I'm a big fan of boresnakes, a couple of passes with one is all it takes to clean a barrel.

[ir0nclash86]

Its cool, yeah I've used one before. Didn't like it at all neither did my friends. Its just my personal opinion though. I just prefer the old fashion way.

[G-forceJunkie]

Buy a bronze bore brush brush an use the plastic glock cleaning rod that comes with it. It works perfectly. Glocks are very easy to clean. Buy a bottle of Breakfree CLP, it is all you will ever need for a Glock. After you field strip it, put a couple of drops in the barrel, a few on the brush and from the chamber end, run it in and out 3-4 times. Then remove the brush and push a couple of clean patches through with the rod. Wet a patch (2" x2" work good) with CLP and wipe down the barrel and inside of the slide. The frame will only have a light dusting of powder around the top of the mag well. A dry toothbrush and a dry rag (old t-shirt works good) will get everything off. Then wipe down everything with the dry t-shirt so every surface is bone dry. Glocks don't need lube covering everyting, it just attracts crap and makes it harder to clean. To lube before assembly, you will use a total of about 1 1/2 drips of CLP. Thats all. Put half a drop on your finger tip and wipe the top and bottom of the barrel where the wear marks are from the slide. Wipe your wet fingertip down into the roof of the slide where the barrel slides along. The recoil spring should be dry as a bone, never any lube of any sort. Finally, stand the slide on its front face and put 1/4 of a drip into each rail cut on the sides of the slide at the rear of the slide. Let gravity pull it down the slot. On the frame only put about 1/4 drip of oil where the connector touches the trigger bar. Thats all, assemble it and wipe off any oil anywhere on the exterior. If you keep your Glock running this dry, it will never crud up or be hard to clean.