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How often do you clean your Glock?

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#1 ·
I have seen people who clean every 4 times to range or every time.
New to this and trying to get a clue....
 
#88 ·
I have my wife run a bore snake 3 times while we pasting and scoring at Glock matches. I got into the habit
at I.D.P.A. and I.P.S.C. At home at my personal range I do the same when practicing. After any competition
I give a detailed cleaning and the same at home when I'm finished. I do that with anything I shoot, ARs, and all.
I'll spend about 3 hrs. to do everything 2-ARs,and 3-Glocks and my open I.P.S.C. guns
 
#89 ·
I clean everything I shoot when I get home or that night. The Glock will be barrel and unstripped slide unless I find it looks like stripping of slide is needed. The polymer part seldom gets taken apart. Running hot water through it flushes it clean, and the hot evaporates dry quickly. Then the places that need lube get lubed.
 
#92 ·
I've done this with M16 lowers. Its not like the polymer is going to rust and real hot water evaporates quickly. Never done it with a Glock. But I've never been real concerned with getting a Glock lower spotless either. I'd probably do it if I got a pile of sand or mud down in there though.
 
#94 ·
I have a range at the house and shoot at least once a week, but usually only about 50 rounds or so. I probably clean my Glocks every 500 rounds or so....never had a problem. To some extent having a clean Glock is like having a clean car...It may make some people feel better, but really doesn't affect reliability until you start getting into some really high round count.
 
#95 ·
Seems like we are seeing fewer people advocate complete strips than in previous discussions on this topic.

My practice is to field strip for cleaning after each range session. I strip the slide to check the striker channel once or twice a year; sometimes I am glad I did it and sometime not. I strip the frame for cleaning never; the open design allows completely adequate cleaning with just a field strip. Mags are taken apart for cleaning only if there is a noticeable amount of sand or grit in them. Light lube (my current favorite is Weapon Shield), reassembly, and never a problem. Not just Glocks, either - all my pistols get this treatment and they hold up well. Those who clean less often and experience no malfunctions are, I am sure, being honest, but I am a geezer who was taught by my dad to clean after each session and I still do it. Guns can last a long time if they are cared for just a wee bit. I have a rifle older than me, purchased by my dad before I was born, which looks and shoots great, and I have a revolver nearly as old of which the same can be said.
 
#96 ·
I have a unique situation where I work on a ranch and am able to shoot a magazine or two on my lunch break. I might shoot a couple of days in a row or skip some days but usually wind up shooting a few days a week. Sometimes I clean my gun that evening after work or let it go and make sure I get it at some point in the week. I don't mind cleaning it though---beats watching TV
 
#98 ·
My Glock 34, when the IDPA & USPSA season is over. Our other Glocks are carry guns and are kept
as clean as I can get 'em. Only because being able to prove we did not fire a round, could be very
important. As we carry always, and no one knows when we could be in the area of a shooting.
Has little to do with maintenance really, just my off the wall thought process I guess.
 
#100 ·
This is a good idea. We did it all the time in the Corps, we'd go into the shower use soap and one
Of those stiff brushes, bore brush and scrub away, turn the hot water up all the way to rinse good , let dry and do our thing.
I had a black powder pistol for a while. That thing was a PIA to clean. Hot, soapy water, then vegetable oil and pop it in the oven to dry, and re-assemble. It was about as accurate as a sling-shot and had a tendency to chain fire if the front of the cylinders weren't full of grease. A chain fire on a revolver is a scary thing. If the wrong chamber goes off, the gun will disassemble itself in short order, and maybe disassemble a couple of yr fingers in the process. It pulled duty as a paperweight after the second time that happened.
 
#104 ·
If I go to the range, I clean my weapon when I get home. This applies to all of my guns.
I also clean my carry gun every few weeks. This is just a quick field strip and wipe down, but I figure carrying against my sweaty body can't be good for any metal parts.
 
#105 ·
Hi Mickey--my guns are cleaned after I get back from the range. If there has been something in the safe that hasn't been shot in a while, I'll do a quick field strip to check if it is dry or not. If it is, it gets cleaned and is on the list to make the next range trip.
 
#107 ·
I have seen people who clean every 4 times to range or every time.
New to this and trying to get a clue....
I clean mine pretty much every time to the range but more because I like to disassemble and tinker with stuff.

About a year ago, I shot way over 2,200 rounds through my Glock 23 without cleaning it to see if it would malfunction. Shot my home made hand loads with five different powder/bullet combinations, and every kind of cheap ammo I could find and never had one single issue. Gun was flawless but I felt so guilty I broke down and cleaned it. If I shoot reloads with lead bullets I do run a wire brush through the barrel after every range trip.

I use frog lube on most of my firearms so most of the time cleanup is as simple as wiping off the black stuff.
 
#108 ·
I used to clean it every range visit. Now I clean it about once every 5-10 range visits. I'm just lazy about it any more. Love shooting, hate cleaning 'em afterwards. Let many guns sit far too long. Lazy lazy lazy, no excuses. My finer rifles do get cleaned every time though.
 
#112 ·
I used to clean mine after each range trip. After doing this for several years and seeing how clean (relatively) the internals were; the barrel was almost perfect, I stopped. Keep in mind that I shoot factory, jacketed rounds, so there's not much of a concern about lead build-up in the barrel or fouling in the trigger/firing assembly.

I have since started shooting glocks in USPSA (typically 120-180 rounds for local matches) and clean them after 4-6 matches or <1000 rounds. This has worked out fine for me; to each their own.
 
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