New Glock, Clean or Shoot first?

[tacksman]

cleaning is for those sissy nickel plated guns...

[gogohopper]

It has a slight inherent abrasive property.



I've always gotten the same answer from Glock. Whether it's from a Tech, Sales, or my Armorer School Instructor. I've also gotten that same information passed down from several PD Armorers. That compound is put there to allow the pistol to break in properly. Oiling prior to break-in is not advisable with this platform.

Thanks for the solid advise. Mine has 8 more days till I get to bring it home. New Glock 17. Glad this thread came up, great timing.

[HighLander51]

I have been running Glocks since 1992, and have owned over 20 different models. The highest mileage ones I have are 2 G17's with over 75,000 rounds and a G21 with over 125,000 rounds. You don't need to clean your new Glock, but you need to lube it. Wipe off the anti seize grease, put a drop of oil on each frame rail, at the trigger/connector interface, barrel hood, barrel OD and at the groove in the slide where the rails meet. Then run at least 500 rounds before cleaning, and repeat. I clean the barrel ID after every match and lube the gun, but only detail strip once a year.

Here is one of the G17's at about 8 months of USPSA matches, looks dirty, but as long as they are lubed they run fine.

[Vanguard]

Here is how the responses in this thread are going....

"Don't clean it, just shoot it"
"Always clean every gun before you shoot it"
"Don't clean it, just shoot it"
"Clean it first before you shoot it"
"Don't bother, just shoot it"
"You should definitely clean it before you shoot it"
"It's a Glock, just shoot it"
etc, etc, etc....

Funny.

I'll add my voice to the just shoot it crowd.

[k1dude]

It's a Glock. It just doesn't matter.

That being said, when my G19 was new, I didn't clean it before shooting. At about 100 rounds it was acting up. There were no stoppages, but you could tell it wasn't happy. So I cleaned/lubed it and it was far smoother than it had ever been from the start.

All my other Glocks ran fine from the start. Some I cleaned first, most I didn't.

[SNCaliber]

should be good to go from the factory, but for me personally, i like to wipe off the factory grease, lube, and then go to the range

[Lead Waster]

I keep hearing about the copper colored grease. But, the Glock rails are plastic with just those four little metal pieces, right? If it were some lapping compound, wouldn't it really wear down the plastic rail?

What does the manual say? I have 3 glocks, but I bought them all used.

[bruss01]

As long as your pistol is in the condition it was shipped from the factory, you do NOT need to clean it. Inspect your bore, make sure nothing is in there, dirt, dust, etc. If that is fine, you just need to shoot it.

You will notice on your frame rails and on the interior of the slide there is a copper coloring. That is a grease applied from the factory for a reason. You want to shoot your Glock dry until that grease as worn away or is damn near gone. Usually that is between 300-600 rounds. After that point, then clean the entire pistol and enjoy.

^^^ this ^^^

Usually it is a good policy to clean and lube a new gun prior to the first range trip. However, Glocks come with a special break-in grease on them. If the gun is truly factory new, just shoot it for 4-500 rounds, and then clean it as you normally would. Just inspect the barrel and observe that everything looks as it ought to.

[Ninja45]

My first Glock was a G23. I read the manual, disassembled it, then saw the copper rust looking thing on the slide. I thought it was rust, so I scrubbed it off using a toothbrush and gun oil. LOL

I then wipe the sucker clean, then proceeded to shoot two boxes of RELOADS. hahahaha I was such a newb 25 years ago!

[fullspeed1]

I like apples

[ak7]

Drop it in a tub of used motor oil and shoot it..

[Plisk]

I keep hearing about the copper colored grease. But, the Glock rails are plastic with just those four little metal pieces, right? If it were some lapping compound, wouldn't it really wear down the plastic rail?

What does the manual say? I have 3 glocks, but I bought them all used.

The 4 metal rails imbedded in the polymer frame is all the slide rides on. There is no polymer rail the slide rides on.

As we stated in earlier posts, it is not a true lapping compound. It is a Loctite anti-seize compound. If certain tolerances between the slide and frame wear more, the anti-seize has a slight inherent abrasive nature that allows those bearing surfaces to begin to wear together.

[003]

This is the best answer relative to the OP's question.

Do not remove the copper colored grease - - the factory put it there for a reason.

As long as your pistol is in the condition it was shipped from the factory, you do NOT need to clean it. Inspect your bore, make sure nothing is in there, dirt, dust, etc. If that is fine, you just need to shoot it.

You will notice on your frame rails and on the interior of the slide there is a copper coloring. That is a grease applied from the factory for a reason. You want to shoot your Glock dry until that grease as worn away or is damn near gone. Usually that is between 300-600 rounds. After that point, then clean the entire pistol and enjoy.

[HotelCommiefornia]

At least check the barrel first, you never know, the assembly monkey may have gotten some dried up jism in the barrel clogging it up. Do you want the gun to blow up in your face with monkey jism?

[Glock4T6]

thank you Plisk, you have the best answer so far, I'll pick up my Glock 19 in 6 more days, and will follow your advise :-)