Glock/detail strip/frequency/clean

[Pheonix]

I could not find any prior posts so I titled it in the ways I tried to find it.

How often do you detail strip and clean your Glock. I have had mine (G26) 6 months and about 1200 rds. I feel that I am due.

 

[Graystar]

Once, just to do it and know your gun. Otherwise, I personally believe that Glocks just don't need it.

 

[Navy joe]

They will function just fine for thousands of rounds without it. However, I pull mine down completely every thousand rounds or so to clean and re-grease the connector, soak/scrub the bore and clean the striker channel. The striker channel is the most important, cleaning it out will dramatically improve your trigger feel.

Seems like 6 months/1K rounds is an ok frequency.

Note: If you are the type that can break a hammer, just leave the gun alone. Get instruction on disassembly if you don't know, there is nothing that needs to be forced to take the gun apart. Do no harm.

 

[tac17]

Every 5,000 rounds whether they need it or not.

 

[Al Thompson]

I field strip and clean mine after every shooting session. I have yet to detail strip one though.

My G26 had over 1k through it without cleaning when I got it. No big deal.

 

[CWL]

This is why glocks and dishwashers are meant for each other.

I have owned a G17 since 1987 (1988?) and I have never detail stripped it. I'm not even sure if it has been cleaned since I last shot it (2000-2001?)

Don't get too caught up on these things with your Glocks.

 

[Mastrogiacomo]

Clean after every shooting -- whether you think they "need it" or not....

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Well, my personal G26 has gone 6,000 rounds with no detail strip at all and few field strip cleanings for that matter. It is mainly a safe queen now so it probably won't see a detail strip until it stops functioning (if that day ever comes).

 

[LIProgun]

Another data point

I detail stripped a G-23 that was about nine years old, had several thousand rounds through it, was carried a good deal, and had never been detail stripped before. It was amazingly clean. The owner field strips and cleans routinely, and has blown out the frame insides with Gun Scrubber a few times over the years. He also removes the striker to clean it and the striker channel periodically.

IMO, at 6 months and 1200 rounds, I don't think you need to detail strip the frame. I would pull the striker and clean it and the channel, and do a regular cleaning and lube.

 

[Mr. Chitlin]

I shoot a G35 in competition. I field strip and lube it after every couple of matches (~300 - 400 rounds). I detail strip once or twice a year, just to make sure there are no broken or worn parts. After 4 years and many k's of rounds, no problems yet.

 

[Erich]

My 33 liked the striker channel cleaned out every couple hundred rounds, to make sure that there were no light strikes from the .357 Sig primer sealer blowback. I never detail-stripped it in over 2k rounds.

 

[rappa]

I have owned a G17 since 1987 (1988?) and I have never detail stripped it.

Wheeew! I was afraid I was the only slacker around here! Owned my G19 since 1992 and never detail stripped it either.

 

[bad_dad_brad]

Never have detail stripped them (G17 and G19). I don't think you really need to. I field strip and clean only when I feel like it - when the gun gets obnoxiously dirty usually - G17, as I don't shoot the G19 that much. That trigger bar connector does need a drop of CLP once in awhile or the trigger gets stiff. Glocks are great if you are a lazy cleaner like me.