bassjam
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So I often go wade fishing where I'm standing in knee to waist deep water for hours and hours. These are midwest streams, meaning a mix of mud, sand and rock; water is clearish but certainly not mountain stream clear. Inside my pocket on these outings is an LCP, which sees plenty of time submerged throughout the day. I wanted some folks take on my cleaning procedure:
1) Field strip gun and disassemble the mag.
2) Rinse all parts under running tap water to remove river water grit, towel dry.
3) Heavily spray anything metal with WD40 to displace the tap water, wipe dry.
4) Clean with solvent to remove WD 40, normally Hoppe's 9.
5) Let dry and re-lube.
Too much? Am I missing anything? Anything you'd do differently? I used to just rinse, use compressed air to blow out the tap water and go right to re-lubing, but I figured WD 40 is better at getting into the nooks and crannies in the frame and slide than a jet of air.
1) Field strip gun and disassemble the mag.
2) Rinse all parts under running tap water to remove river water grit, towel dry.
3) Heavily spray anything metal with WD40 to displace the tap water, wipe dry.
4) Clean with solvent to remove WD 40, normally Hoppe's 9.
5) Let dry and re-lube.
Too much? Am I missing anything? Anything you'd do differently? I used to just rinse, use compressed air to blow out the tap water and go right to re-lubing, but I figured WD 40 is better at getting into the nooks and crannies in the frame and slide than a jet of air.