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Last week I brought home my new RIA 1911 after I field stripped it I noticed that the barrel was extreamly dirty. I know they fire some rounds out of it at the factory but it looked liked 100 rounds had been shout out of it. I had to run a bore brush several times to clean out all the muck. Has anyone else noticed this on a new RIA 1911? Anyways cleaned her up and she is now GTG.
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Not on mine
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I wonder if maybe the gun shop let someone try it out? Next time I will look down the barrel and not take the stores word that the gun is new.Comment
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Maybe it's just a little dirty? ... they probably sprayed some cleaner or oil on it including the bore before they got it ready for sale so some dirt/dust could have stuck...Comment
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Both the Rocks I've bought brand new were dirty and drowned in cosmoline. Its cool, a quick cleaning, then I go and dirty it right back up again.For those who fight for it, Freedom has a flavor the Protected will never know.Comment
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That is kind of that standard of how RIA's come... Mine was the same dirty and covered in oil in a bag with cosmoline.Comment
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Same here, tho I only own one. They drown it in cosmoline so the Phillipine climate doesn't turn it into a pile of iron oxide before it leaves the factory.
FWIW a good cleaning/oiling is standard procedure for any new gun. The oil/cosmoline manufacturers use for shipping is a preservative, not a lubricant.
Any time I hear of brand new guns failing to cycle I wonder if they've been cleaned & oiled first."He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
Originally Posted by JackRydden224
I hope Ruger pays the extortion fees for the SR1911. I mean the gun is just as good if not better than a Les Baer.Originally posted by redcliffA Colt collector shooting Rugers is like Hugh Grant cheating on Elizabeth Hurley with a hooker.
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What do you guys clean it with to remove the cosmoline?Comment
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Mine was clean out of the box. No cosmo at all.
- Rich
Originally posted by dantoddComment
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Kerosene is the classic solvent to remove cosmoline. Laquer thinner or mineral spirits will get it done as well.
Just make sure you re-oil, those solvents get all the oil off and the bare steel will rust without something on it."Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." - Benjamin Franklin
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San Diego CA - Sig Sauer P226 9mm & Mosquito, Bersa Thunder, Ruger LCR & LCP, S&W 22A, SA 1911 9mm, Beretta 92SF 9mm, Marlin 60Comment
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What about using WD-40?Comment
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WD 40 is a fine product but it is not for firearms.It's not PTSD, it's nostalgia.Comment
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