colorado_handgunner
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Not if you won't be able to put it back together (like me!)
Maintaining it is one thing. How many people take their car apart periodically? I've got a Mustang since new with almost 200,000 miles. Only engine part replaced is the water pump and spark plugs. Will it last another 200,000 miles if I take the engine apart and clean it?
I've seen this happen twice with Glocks on the range before I retired. We wound up taking all the slides apart to clean it out. We found that those who used Gunscrubber or an immersion in solvent on a regular basis had little or no crap in the firing pin channel.
More guns are damaged by periodic detail stripping by people who think they know what they're doing than are worn out.
This is what I do and the only time there is a need to take a firearm down completely is when it's broken. I have guns I've had for over 20 years with over 20,000 rds thru them that have never been apart more than fieldstripping.
I attribute it all to the military. They required the white glove cleaning at one time because it was necessary. They've retained it just because it gives them one more thing to scream at recruits over and keep them occupied with.
along with buffing the floors.
To OP, I was surprised how clean the innards were when stripped down. I say if you are bothered by not doing it; go ahead: it's an education anyway...and KP! (I was in the old Army before they went commercial)..
What makes your experience more valid than his?
This is what I do and the only time there is a need to take a firearm down completely is when it's broken..... I did not recommend not cleaning. If the gun is cleaned properly to start with there is no need to detail strip.
Gun dropped in the mud or immersed in water? Sure there's more cleaning to do but in either case a good cleaning with WD40 to chase out the water followed by Gunscrubber and proper lubrication does everything a detail strip will do.
if they were all detail stripped on a regular basis that's all I would have had time to do.
I stand firm on my position, Cleanliness is next to godliness. Keep it clean, Keep it lubed, and drive it like you stole it.