Forty-five
Regular Member
Some say after your normal periodic cleaning to run a lightly oiled patch down the barrel. Others say that before shooting you should run a dry patch through to remove any oil. So what do you do for your carry gun?
I use barricade wipes. They are in individual sealed pouches. "Rust protection for firearms. A take along gun cloth"
i wipe the outside with a dry cloth b4 reholstering
Yeah, what you said. I just rinse mine off every now and then with the garden hose, the ole pistola looks great.What's this "cleaning" thing?
The major wear on a modern gun is improper and too frequent cleaning.
So running a 100% cotton patch through the barrel a few times at less than 1 foot per second causes more wear than 40,000 psi accelerating copper-jacketed lead to over 1,000 fps?
Yeah...
I hear those are nice.
However, I have crossed rivers chest deep , been in salt water, snow and mud puddles with my Sig's and Glocks and not one speck of rust.
I cant imagine rust being that much of an issue wearing a gun on your hip throughout the regular day.
Sig, how do you clean your gun you said you use synthetic lube but what about for getting carbon buildup off?
I use synthetic grease (not OIL!) for the slide rails and other metal on metal parts.
I then use synthetic oil for a few of the barrel/slide contact points.
I do not oil the inside of the barrel because as a daily OC gun (Sig 229), its surprising how much gunk that can somehow find its way in your barrel.