Glock cleaning.

[emilianoksa]

I always clean mine after every trip to the range.

Last time, though, I was not feeling too good, and left after only shooting 50 rounds of jacketed ammo.

When I got home I went straight to bed, and suffered from a chest infection for the next seven days.

I've never left a fired gun uncleaned for a week, and although the Glock is supposed to be a pistol that can live with dirt, I wonder if I should avoid leaving it so long in the future.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

It's all good

It won't hurt anything to occasionally skip a perfect cleaning. A Glock will still "run" in the short term completely devoid of any lubrication.

 

[stratman26]

See what happens when you skip the cleaning? your gun should be fine, hope you feel better.

 

[emilianoksa]

Yes, thanks.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

An analogy

I didn't do my scheduled 30,000 mile service on my car until nearly 32,000 miles, but it didn't hurt anything.

 

[fxstchewy]

I hardly ever clean my glocks, just whenever i get the urge, no issues........

 

[meytind]

On another forum, they are running a test in which members clean a gun once, then fire 2,000 rounds without cleaning or lubing the gun and count the number of malfunctions that occur. Half of the guns that make it through with 0 malfunctions of any kind are glocks of some caliber or another.

 

[harmon rabb]

your glock won't give a flying rat's ass that you did that. lol.

 

[bri]

Oh jeeze, you're supposed to clean them?

 

[MikeJackmin]

Back in the old days, primers and powders were far less kind to metal, and our handguns guns were crafted of carefully polished, blued steel. It was important to keep your guns very clean. Even fingerprints would harm them.

Now? Unless you live in an unusually damp or salty environment, a glock shooting modern ammo simply does not need to be cleaned very often - you should expect to go hundreds of rounds between cleanings with no ill effects, and even wiping off the surface is, as far as the gun itself is concerned, completely unnecessary.

I probably clean my glock once a year. I wipe the crud from under the extractor occasionally, and now and then I'll put a bit of lube on the slide rails. That's all the attention it really needs.

If your gun is also a defensive weapon, you might choose to clean it after every shooting session and I certainly wouldn't blame you. If you enjoy cleaning it, of if you just feel better knowing it's clean, then do what makes you happy. Otherwise?
Shoot it lots, clean and lube it occasionally, and enjoy it for what it is - a modern, highly corrosion-resistant, highly reliable modern firearm that does not need to be babied. Their ruggedness is part of their charm.

 

[Grim Peeper]

Ha agreed. 50 rounds! A 1911 could prob handle that without much cleaning. That being said clean your guns anyway. I just use a few drops breakfree on a Q tip and some bore cleaner in the barrel on my G23 every once in a while.

 

[Mad Chemist]

When I first started carrying my j-frame instead of my G19 I decided to see how long the Glock would function without being cleaned. I made it about 4000rds before I finally broke down and cleaned the thing. It never malfunctioned, but the spent brass started flying all over the place around 3500rds. Gun is a gen2 G19.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Last time, though, I was not feeling too good, and left after only shooting 50 rounds of jacketed ammo.

When I got home I went straight to bed, and suffered from a chest infection for the next seven days.

All right, we will excuse it ... this time.

 

[W.E.G.]

 

[Grim Peeper]

I dont care what anyone says I love the glocks.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

It would be more effective if you field stripped it.

 

[iblong]

When I did not shoot much I cleaned them every time I shot them.
Now I clean and lube my 1911's and Glocks the morrning of a match only.
Otherwise Id be cleaning them 2 times a week so about every 500 rnds.
Ps.I never thought about the dishwasher tupper ware is dish washer safe.

 

[Damon555]

I keep telling myself that I will clean my G17....it just never gets done. Probably close to 1000 rounds since the last cleaning. No sign of problems at all. Unless you like cleaning it just leave it be. I'd be willing to bet you won't get a malfunction for a very long time.....if ever.

 

[JZ06]

I have owned numerous Glocks. My 21sf is nearing two weeks of age with me as its owner..900 rounds through it and I cleaned it when I first got it. Haven't cleaned it since.

I think it'll be fine. To the author of this thread...I hope you are feeling better.

 

[emilianoksa]

Much better thank you.

 

[JoeMal]

I try to clean mine after every trip, but there have been a few trips where it wasn't cleaned in between a few hundred rounds. As everyone mentioned, it doesn't affect anything. Still goes bang

 

[Hk Dan]

LOLOLOLOL--Oh man...

I went to GLOCK in USPSA about 5 years ago. On a bet, I went without cleaning my brand new G35 until it started jamming.

At 2500 rounds, I couldn't stand it any more, and cleaned it. It was filthy, inside and out, and still running like a sewing machine.

I still take crap about it--"Hey, ya gonna clean that thing or are ya startin' a carbon mine?", "Clean it before we have to draw stink lines on the pictures, will ya?" and so on.

Now--as with the previous poster, I clean 'em before a match and that's about it. Call it 500-1000 rounds or so. (I shoot 3-4 times per month)

Dan

 

[jbauch357]

I've put 2k+ rds through my GLOCK's with zero issues other than them being pretty dirty by the time I finally cleaned them - a dozen range trips and months later. My G26 I just for the first time did a slide tear down clean after (wild guess) 7-10k rounds - everything still looked good on the inside and only took me 5 min to scrub, wipe down and lube up before reassembling.

Seriously, you can run a GLOCK forever with zero cleaning and it won't hurt anythning at all...

 

[Armedleprechaun]

It won't hurt If It goes a week without cleaning. I've got three Glocks and have done the same thing. Just be sure to clean it within a reasonable amount of time. Remember it's a Gock! Here's one of mine.

 

[NWCP]

I clean after every range session. That said I don't own, and would never own a Glock. They don't fit my hand well. My dad and then the military drilled it into my head that when it comes to small arms cleanliness is next to godliness. It's never failed me for the 47 years I've been shooting. Besides, it's something you can do in a prone position instead of watching Oprah.