Don't be like me...

[yqtszhj]

Clean and check your guns functions regularly.

So today me and the wife go to the gun range. I decided to carry a LCP that I had not shot it in longer than I remember. I still carry it about 30% of the time.

I pulled it out and loaded it with some FMJ and started shooting. I had light primer strikes something terrible. I have never had this problem with my LCP. Also had some FTExtract. The primer strikes got a little better as the session went on but it was still bad.

When I got home I took it apart and it was basically dry. Also the breech face had turned a tint of green from unseen brass that was on it after the last cleaning. Cleaned out the firing pin channel and lubed it up real well and that should take care of it.

Everyone do yourself a favor. Clean and dry fire your guns regularly even if you don't shoot them. You'll be glad you did.

[jocko]

nice post. most might never come forward and post what u did for it might make people think ur an idiot, which ur not--but truthful u are..

[muggsy]

Geez, now Jocko sounds like Yoda. +1 on keeping your guns clean and lubed. I've seen auto-loaders stopped by pocket lint.

[yqtszhj]

My inital thought was maybe I now have too many handguns. Then I realized I would be an idiot to think that so my goal now is to shoot EVERYTHING more often then clean um up.

[Bawanna]

Did someone call?

[Longitude Zero]

I clean all mine as soon as I get home from shooting.

[Tinman507]

Geez, now Jocko sounds like Yoda. +1 on keeping your guns clean and lubed. I've seen auto-loaders stopped by pocket lint.

http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o542/tinman507/JockoYoda.jpg

[les strat]

It never ceases to amaze me that some guys do torture tests to see how many rounds before fail they can get out of their pistols of rifles before cleaning. Murphy's Law says that would happen right when you needed it to fire most.

No thanks. I'll clean mine after every range session and at least once a month on the EDC even if not fired.

[yqtszhj]

Yep, that's the thing. It was cleaned well after the last outing (maybe a year ago) like always but not cleaned since because it hadn't been shot or dirtied up. There is stuff there that we don't see. The light primer strikes are from just sitting in my opinion. I ended up with an old slot machine one time that was seized up from non use. Just like a car, if it has been sitting for a year you better not just jump in and expect to go for a drive, and also make it back.

We not only need to clean them, but function test them too (shoot em) if going to carry them. At least a few rounds.

Have I said lately I like my Kahrs better than anything else???

[Alfonse]

Great reminder. I clean my guns after each use, and at least once a year. If I am taking one out to shoot or carry that I haven't used or cleaned in the last two months, I take it apart and clean it up before shooting too.

That also gives me a chance to practice with it dry firing and re-familiarize myself with it too.

[LorenzoB]

I did that before with my Beretta 92FS. I hadn't shot it in years, then took it to the range, and had a lot of FTE's. Thought I was limp wristing or something. Then I saw it was dry as a bone when I stripped it. A little lube, and wa-la... Perfect. I shoot all my guns more often now, and clean them after each session, AND now I know to check them before I go shooting if I havent gone in a while... to avoid embarisment. ;)

[AIRret]

Fortunately, we go to the range at least 3 times a month (sometimes more). We are very lucky.
ANd, we try to shoot at least one mag., (or one load in the revolver) out of each gun every month and then they are cleaned.
However, we don't shoot the long guns every month. I guess we will have to re-evaluate how we handle these weapons.

[Popeye]

Clean and check your guns functions regularly.

So today me and the wife go to the gun range. I decided to carry a LCP that I had not shot it in longer than I remember. I still carry it about 30% of the time.

I pulled it out and loaded it with some FMJ and started shooting. I had light primer strikes something terrible. I have never had this problem with my LCP. Also had some FTExtract. The primer strikes got a little better as the session went on but it was still bad.

When I got home I took it apart and it was basically dry. Also the breech face had turned a tint of green from unseen brass that was on it after the last cleaning. Cleaned out the firing pin channel and lubed it up real well and that should take care of it.

Everyone do yourself a favor. Clean and dry fire your guns regularly even if you don't shoot them. You'll be glad you did.

Thanks for your honesty.
I'm one who treats my P3at worse then any gun I own. I'll admit it, and I've said it on this forum more then once, but it never failed to operate the way it should. I once found a piece of a cooky in it:o (long story)and though I really need to take better care of my CC pistols. Since then all my gun know matter if I shoot them or not get cleaned or at least inspected every couple months. More then likely they will get shot every couple months as I do not have any designated safe queeens. I can see how things like this can happen to owners who have kids, or who have jobs that take up a large portion of there time leaving them with limited time to devote to cleaning there pistols. In my case it was pure laziness and at my age you'd have thouht I'd know better. Good post and reminder that a clean gun is a happy gun.

[downtownv]

I learned the hard way too.... Sigs LOVE Lube!

[340pd]

ALWAYS spray the striker channel after firing the gun. The crud that gets into that area amazes me.

[AIRret]

ALWAYS spray the striker channel after firing the gun. The crud that gets into that area amazes me.

Spray it with what? Brake cleaner?
I'm just wondering if there is something else out there that I don't know about,
I'm always trying to learn.

[jocko]

non cholorinated brake cleaner is fine, what ever floats ur boat. Gun scrubber is also fine, but more expensive. Just use that little clean out hole on the bottom of the slide to keep that striker channel spiffy clean. (no oil after that though). dry is good..

[AIRret]

Thanks, Jocko.

[jocko]

no problem. I have a U. S. phone number like red Cross does. if u wanna reward me.

Just dial JOCKO-SUCKS and the amount and it goes right to me account. Just sayin all donors will get in the mail a gold plated horsehead on a key chain..:banplease:

[mr surveyor]

no problem. I have a U. S. phone number like red Cross does. if u wanna reward me.

Just dial JOCKO-SUCKS and the amount and it goes right to me account. Just sayin all donors will get in the mail a gold plated horsehead on a key chain..:banplease:


I just tried the number....it's busy..... any idea what the best time to dial is?

[MW surveyor]

That number is always busy. There is no good time to call. You just have to persevere.

[QuercusMax]

I clean every one of my guns as soon as I can after shooting.

After 1K rounds through my MK9 (with only 1 malfunction - a stovepipe), I thought it was time for a more thorough job, so I decided to give it the "striker channel enema" as recommended and described by jocko.

Yikes! I was astonished at the amount of junk that came out!

If I had not been following Kahrtalk:

1. I would not have known that I should do this, and
2. If I had somehow decided to do it, I would have been in a panic after seeing the huge amount of brass shavings that came out of the thing.

I'm still a bit uncomfortable about all those shavings, but the experts here have said many times that they are normal and nothing to be concerned about, so I'll go with that. And I'll clean out the striker channel more often.