Overcleaning?

[Barth]

If you take care of your weapon? It will take care of you.

I clean all my weapons after every shooting.
Regardless of how few rounds fired.
Not a detailed strip.
But a quick clean and lube.
Really takes just a few moments to do.

Although my Glock, with self lubricating Fail Zero nickel boron, can run dry.
I've found my stainless Kahr MK40 like to be well lubed to run like butter.
With my life potentially on the line?
I like it to run like butter.

[Glock23]

Re: Overcleaning?

I have all my handguns double treated with the frog lube paste (full application with heat, cure time, etc).

After a trip to the range, I'll hit it with a few light sprays of gun scrubber and wipe it down, hitting tough to reach spots with a q-tip or acid brush, with a patch/brush through the barrel.

Then I put a few drops of the frog lube liquid on a patch and wipe everything down with a light coating, again with a patch/brush through the barrel, then follow up with the microfiber rag to wipe it dry.

Takes me about 5 minutes per gun this way... figure I'll do another "full treatment" of frog lube paste every 500 rounds or so.

[7shot]

maybe overrated after every range shoot. but i've gone a month without cleaning my pistols after a trip to the range. but then i only go maybe 3 times a month tops. of course with the ammo shortage it's only once a month now.

[ripley16]

You too can go a year without a bath.
Your climbing rope can be left in the sun for years.
Your tires will run till bald.
Your mower oil will last years.
Your gun will funtion when dirty.

But why would you treat your stuff this way? Cleanliness is next to reliabilty, (apolgies to B. Franklin).

[OldLincoln]

Or if you can find it, get a bucket of "Panther Piss" and just store your gun it that. Fish it out blow it dry and go shoot it as if you had stolen it. Of course it may dissolve so beware.

[Sage]

If you keep at it let us know how it goes. Maybe we should start a pool on the round count it fails on. I say 825. l

[b4uqzme]

Just passed 700. Anyone else want in the pool? :33:

[b4uqzme]

Update: broke down and cleaned it. Final round count 750.

Conclusion: while it is reassuring that this firearm will handle (what this OC user deems) abuse, I do not recommend it. Some pistols might be more sensitive to regular cleaning and I wouldn't want anyone to make a mistake on my account. Plus it's more fun and responsible to keep it clean, lubed and ready.

[jpshaw]

Just don't try this with your EDC piece. Function aside, if you happened to be somewhere that a shot was fired by someone else I personally would want a clean, non fired gun on me.

[b4uqzme]

Just don't try this with your EDC piece. Function aside, if you happened to be somewhere that a shot was fired by someone else I personally would want a clean, non fired gun on me.

Agreed. It was an experiment. What I really learned is that some guns are reliable under most any circumstances - even dirty and neglected. That's the gun I want for EDC. This K40 has proved itself.

[b4uqzme]

I also recommend shooting your EDC candidate a lot. Not sure why people complain about a 200 round break in. I've got >1000 rounds thru this one and can truly say I trust it.

[Fodder]

Overcleaning?

I also recommend shooting your EDC candidate a lot

Agree 100%.

IMHO, a fowling shot after cleaning is always a good idea for your carry weapon system. You never know what can happen during disassembly.



RB

[ReManG]

I did this kind of test on a S&W 4006 I carried, I did not have much experience with S&W pistols at the time, so after a couple of break in sessions and post range cleaning, I went over 800 rounds between cleanings. No problems what so ever and it definitely increased my confidence in the platform. Carbon can act like a lube to a certain point, and only the buildup that interferes with function would be a problem, finding that level is past 800 rounds gave me confidence in the design. I have gone this route on new pistols and run over 400 rounds without cleaning. It helps with the bogey man that whispers "will it function" in your ear after life gets in the way post range time....

[berettabone]

I clean all my weapons after every shooting.
Regardless of how few rounds fired.
Not a detailed strip.
But a quick clean and lube.
Really takes just a few moments to do.

Although my Glock, with self lubricating Fail Zero nickel boron, can run dry.
I've found my stainless Kahr MK40 like to be well lubed to run like butter.
With my life potentially on the line?
I like it to run like butter.

You are correct sir............................................... sure wish I had all his free time

[jocko]

over cleaning, IMO once you get that striker channel good and clean and thencontinue to use that clean out hole, , leave that area alone. After that any cleaning of ur kahr is now basic and u won't have all those little parts flying all around. IMO a clean gun is a happy gun, but I agreewith one poster here that after a cleaning a few rounds downrange tomake sure allis well id good practice and I must say I probalby don't do that near asmuch as I should for it means goin back tothe rang eto maybe shoot a mag full. LAZY is my middle name to.