PF-9 is my easiest gun to clean. It can be broken down into its four main components and reassembled in less than 30 seconds.
easy cleaning handguns?
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actually, im running lead through all my guns. I have a lone wolf barrel for my glock. the reason revolvers are harder for me to clean is b/c i have to clean each cylinder. I'm not going by how often i have to clean b/c i clean after everytime i shoot a gun. I am going by how long the cleaning process takes you, considering both handguns are exactly the same "dirtyness". For me, the more cylinders/barrels i have to clean adds more time to cleaning than anything. So my revolvers take me longer than anything to clean. Followed by my 1911 due to all the parts. I think i have a preference for guns that disassemble down to a spring, barrel, slide and frame. Its just easier for me. I guess what i should ask is what guns only have a spring barrel, slide, and frame when disassembled.
My CZ75B SA breaks down like this, and is super quick to clean. The guts in the receiver are considerably more complicated than a GLOCK - but typically you can get away with hitting those with a can of brake claen...
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That's not really cleaning the gun IMO.
That's just swabbing the chambers and the barrel.
When cleaning a revolver....
I clean the exterior of the frame, the cylinder release lever, the exposed hammer, the exposed trigger, the grips, the interior of the frame where the cylinder rests, the cylinder gap, the forcing cone, the cylinder crane, the exterior of the cylinder, the star ejector, under the star ejector, the ejector rod itself, the outside of the barrel, the bore of the barrel, and the bore of each chamber.
With my Glock or my Springfield XD....
I field strip it and then clean the exterior of the slide, the exterior extractor, the inside of the slide, the exterior of the barrel, the feed-ramp and bore of the barrel, the exterior of the frame (grip included), the exposed trigger, the magazine release lever, the grip safety on my XD, the interior of the frame, the slide rails, the locking block, the magazine well, the exterior of the magazine itself, and the exposed follower of the magazine.
Neither the revolver nor the auto are very difficult to clean, but the revolver does take me a bit longer.
As for field-stripping: my Glock and my XD are both equally easy to field-strip.
But when it comes to detail stripping, the Glock can't be beat IMO.
Check out this great clip from dakine425....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeht1NkninA
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I would have to vote for SIG's Classic P-series bottom feeders; and
Springfield Armory's XD line, as well as all Glocks~!
Springfield Armory's XD line, as well as all Glocks~!
I find a revolver to be very simple and easy to clean in the field. A Beretta 92 or a Makarov is fairly easy to field strip and clean. In my opinion, once you learn how to clean a 1911, it is fairly easy to do. A 1911 usually takes me more time than most others, though.
I cleaned a 1911 that was a major PITA. I used two cans of brake cleaner, bronze brushes, kerosene, nothing worked. I had to knock the sights out of it and bead blast it.
I'll never go 5000 rounds without cleaning again.
I'll never go 5000 rounds without cleaning again.
5,000 rounds with no cleaning, really? If so you are due for a recoil spring replacement and probably a mainspring too.
Hoppes Copper Solvent normally works well for cleaning barrels with lots of crud in them. I lubricate wit M-Pro 7.
jmorris. That cylinder cleaner is amazing. Have you used it? that could save me a whole lot of time. Anyone else have any tips/tricks like that? I'm going to start googling to see if i can find where to buy one.
I normally replace recoil springs when I detail strip and clean (now about 2K). Mainspring was changed last time I cleaned, I think...
The bbl actually cleaned up pretty easily with kerosene and a bore brush. The biggest problem area on the frame was the top of the feed ramp and the rails, and for the slide it was the locking lugs and the breechface.
I paid $500 for that kimber, and decided to shoot it till it got too gummed up to work. At 5k, I gave up and cleaned it anyway.
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easyg
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I think they are equally easy when it comes to field stripping....
After making sure that both firearms are unloaded and safe to field-strip.
XD:
1) Lock slide to the rear.
2) Move take-down lever to the 12 o'clock position.
3) Unlock and ease slide forward till it stops.
4) Pull and release trigger.
5) Remove slide.
6) Remove recoil spring and rod.
7) Remove barrel.
Glock:
1) Rack slide to reset trigger.
2) Pull trigger
3) Applying slight backward pressure on slide and hold.
4) Pull take-down levers downward and release pressure on slide.
5) Remove slide.
6) Remove recoil spring and rod.
7) Remove barrel.
And if the trigger is already in the rearward position on the Glock, then you can skip right to step 3.
C'mon think man!
Get yourself a wife so you can sit your lazy butt down in front of the tube and watch sports.
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It's called an Allison speed brush. They cost around $13 each for one with the brushes an the other with mops. I have used one once but never owned one. It just hasn't been an issue for me.
Ruger Old Army....
Whadda buncha slacker cry babies. Get a black powder cap and ball revolver and tell me your L frame is "too hard to clean".
Whadda buncha slacker cry babies. Get a black powder cap and ball revolver and tell me your L frame is "too hard to clean".
Big difference between a field and detail strip...
That said, the glock is still the easiest to detail. The 1911 is not bad but I wouldn't want to detail that in the field, neither with the HK USP series. I'd need more than one tool to take that down. The glock uses one tool for all 37 parts-I can do this blindfolded. For field stripping just about anything would be relatively manageable, if I had a manual. The HK P7 would probably be a really hard weapon to detail without tools and a manual.
That said, the glock is still the easiest to detail. The 1911 is not bad but I wouldn't want to detail that in the field, neither with the HK USP series. I'd need more than one tool to take that down. The glock uses one tool for all 37 parts-I can do this blindfolded. For field stripping just about anything would be relatively manageable, if I had a manual. The HK P7 would probably be a really hard weapon to detail without tools and a manual.
I love cleaning my pistols and revolver. It relaxes me.
Barrel and chamber, use a Bore Snake, then CLP on a patch, then Bore Snake with patches. Slide rails, use a cleaner of your choice with patch over an old credit card or pipe cleaners with cleaner of your choice and dont forget the extractor hook.
I learned back in the late '60s to just remember that you're saving your life with every pass. The cleaner the better.
Dave
Barrel and chamber, use a Bore Snake, then CLP on a patch, then Bore Snake with patches. Slide rails, use a cleaner of your choice with patch over an old credit card or pipe cleaners with cleaner of your choice and dont forget the extractor hook.
I learned back in the late '60s to just remember that you're saving your life with every pass. The cleaner the better.
Dave
A Glock with NP3 on the metal parts. Plastic frame? Wipe it down. Bore? Clean as with any gun. Metal parts wipe them down with a light oil. NP3 is slick and cleans easily, as do most Electroless nickel, hard chrome, etc. YOu might also be able to spray it with hot soapy water while at the car wash, rinse, and air dry with an air hose/compressor, then lightly lube.
Whatever one(s) I happen to borrow ( or have thrust at me) and give back to owner(s) , I find are the easiest to maintain and clean.
[darn owners tend to want any un-fired ammo and spent brass back as well *phooey*]
This also works quite well for rifles and shotguns...
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