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Since 05-20-08

USCCA GEAR REVIEW

 Last week, I got an email from someone who reads the Armed American Report that said something like this:

Hello Tim,

I was just wondering what kind of tools you use to clean your pistol? I've always done it my own way, but I realize that it might not be the ONLY way....

 

That's a GREAT question... and the answer is- I shoot a GLOCK, so I never have to clean my pistol. Relax, I'm kidding! Everyone needs to clean their guns at certain intervals. By NO means am I perfect, so you might read this and think 'well that's just not right!'. If you do, that's okay, but so far, this has worked pretty well for me... Here goes!

In order to comply with 'USCCA Gear Review Standards Section 13 Article 9', let me first tell you the gear that I use to clean my gun:

1) Hoppes Universal Gun Cleaning Kit (the thing in the silver box.. all I REALLY need from this is one of the lengths of brass rod, some patches, and the patch-attachment... so ANY kit will do)

2) 4oz aerosol can of Remington "Rem Oil with Teflon"

3) 1oz bottle of liquid "Rem Oil".

NOTE: I'm not dead-set on Rem Oil- it's just what I happened to buy last time. So far, it's worked just fine.. I've heard a LOT of good about 'gun butter', and I'm working on getting a sample to test with. I'll keep you posted!

Okay... here's a picture of what my 'gun-cleaning station' looks like:


Okay, basically, I first just field strip my GLOCK (do I even need to tell you to make sure it's unloaded?) and try to remove any gunk that I can see from the gun's 'innards'. I usually use Q-Tips (which are probably the single most useful gun-cleaning tool that I have ever found) and the aerosol Rem Oil for this. Now, sometimes I might pop the pins and take out the trigger assembly and the forward set of slide rails, but only if it's been a while since I cleaned it, or if it became VERY dirty the last time I used it (you know... if one of my secret ops had me crawling through a muddy field or something).

Once I'm satisfied that I've removed all the gunk, I use my liquid bottle of Rem Oil and touch the tip of the oil-bottle to each of the four slide rails- just enough so that they get the thinnest layer of oil on them. It's not nearly a full 'drip', and if there is ever enough to run or drip, I just wipe it off and try again!

Then I reassemble it, spray the outside of the slide, dry it off / polish it, and that's it!

Well there you have it, that's how I clean my GLOCK. Thanks for the question!