schadenfreude
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I was cleaning my 1911 today and my Brother was over and he said I was doing it all wrong. He was pretty peeved with how I was cleaning it so I thought I would run it by you folks.
I completely detail strip the pistol. Everything is taken apart and laying out on an old Tshirt that I use as my cleaning mat.
Then I spray everything down with a liberal coat of Mpro7 and let it sit for a minute. Then I take each part and scrub it down with a toothbrush and then wipe it clean with a red rag and Q tips so it's dry.
I use some Hoppes solvent on the barrel and run a Bore snake through it 3 times. (he had the most problem with that) Then wipe everything dry like the rest.
Then I take Outers Tri-Lube ans spray everything down with it. Pretty liberally. I start reassembling everything while they are wet and my hands and a rang get some of the lube off. I put some thicker oil from Hoppes on the link and the rails. Once it's all together I wipe any seeping or excess lube off of the exterior.
Thats it.
He said I shouldn't leave most of those parts "wet" and that the bore snake is crap. He said taking it apart completely that often might get it clean but it wears stuff down. On and on and on.
What do you think?
I completely detail strip the pistol. Everything is taken apart and laying out on an old Tshirt that I use as my cleaning mat.
Then I spray everything down with a liberal coat of Mpro7 and let it sit for a minute. Then I take each part and scrub it down with a toothbrush and then wipe it clean with a red rag and Q tips so it's dry.
I use some Hoppes solvent on the barrel and run a Bore snake through it 3 times. (he had the most problem with that) Then wipe everything dry like the rest.
Then I take Outers Tri-Lube ans spray everything down with it. Pretty liberally. I start reassembling everything while they are wet and my hands and a rang get some of the lube off. I put some thicker oil from Hoppes on the link and the rails. Once it's all together I wipe any seeping or excess lube off of the exterior.
Thats it.
He said I shouldn't leave most of those parts "wet" and that the bore snake is crap. He said taking it apart completely that often might get it clean but it wears stuff down. On and on and on.
What do you think?