clean your ccw guns

[beast556]

Clean your ccw peice even if it looks clean. Took my daily carry hand gun out over the weekend, pulled the trigger and got a click instead of a bang. Looked it over all looks good shot some rounds and kept getting light strikes. Took the whole gun down at the bench and found a peice of pocket lint in the main spring, cleaned it all up and back to normal. It would of really sucked or cost my life if I would of needed it to go bang. Just a reminder to keep a routine cleaning secudal for your ccw peice.

[hurley842002]

Good reminder! Even the most robust/reliable of firearms can have issues if foreign obstruction occurs. May I ask what your carry piece is (not really relevant just curious)?

[beast556]

I carry a naa pug 22mag mon-fri, and a s&w sheild weekends and after work. The naa pug was the one that had the issues.

[ray1970]

See. This is why I carry a Glock. You never have to clean them.

[cstone]

Shoot more often.

Currently we are on quarterly requals, which means that most only shoot four times each year. Some clean after each range session, some never clean their issued. Its just how it is. I always looked forward to the first round of a requal when right after the first round was fired by everyone on the line, a small cloud of lint and dust would rise just about head height along the line. Working as an RSO gave me a good view of the lint cloud.

Shooting more frequently will give you more reason to clean and clear the lint and dust from your carry.

Be safe.

[SouthPaw]

What kind of carry piece is it?

[hurley842002]

Shoot more often.

Currently we are on quarterly requals, which means that most only shoot four times each year. Some clean after each range session, some never clean their issued. Its just how it is. I always looked forward to the first round of a requal when right after the first round was fired by everyone on the line, a small cloud of lint and dust would rise just about head height along the line. Working as an RSO gave me a good view of the lint cloud.

Shooting more frequently will give you more reason to clean and clear the lint and dust from your carry.

Be safe.

Good post.

I don't get to shoot nearly as often as I'd like every couple months if I'm lucky, plus quals. I do inspect my CCW pistol at least once a week, it's crazy how much crap gets trapped in the nooks and crannies of a Glock.

[hurley842002]

What kind of carry piece is it?

I carry a naa pug 22mag mon-fri, and a s&w sheild weekends and after work. The naa pug was the one that had the issues.

[beast556]

I wish I could get out and shoot more often, I make sure to run a mag and cylinder out of my carry guns every range trip then clean them. For the first three to four years I carried I would clean my ccw guns every two weeks but for the last few years I have slacked off.

[Doc45]

I don't think I've gone longer than 3 weeks without shooting so at the minimum that's how often I clean. Otherwise I clean after every range session-a habit instilled in me a looong time ago by a very wise and experienced old head. The stainless revolvers take a bit more of a scrubbing but the Defender is pretty quick to clean-I don't have to go crazy as it's rare I shoot more than 100 rounds through it at one session. Same with the M&P.