Cleaning question

5367 Views 14 Replies 10 Participants Last post by Don Glock, Apr 17, 2011

Seraph

Discussion Starter · May 11, 2010

OK, so the instruction manual says don't remove the copper lubicrant.
Every Glock cleaning video I've watched has had everyone cleaning it in such a manner that I'd be surprised if they didn't remove the copper lubricant: spraying cleaner everywhere and scrubbing it clean with a brush. And to be honest, there isn't even that much copper lubricant on the slide so I can't really see ho it facilitates "long-term lubrication" as the manual states.

So, is it really bad to take it off, or will it be OK to remove it during the cleaning process? I can't really see a way to avoid it coming off AND cleaning the slide/frame properly.

Thanks for any tips.

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mvician

· #2 · May 11, 2010

removing it is fine

blackriderhank

· #3 · May 20, 2010

What he said

Tailhunter

· #4 · May 21, 2010

Might as well leave it there. It hurts nothing. When It is time to clean, it can go. I always replace it with a little syn bearing grease.

ConquestN98858

· #5 · Apr 15, 2011

I usually clean it after the first firing session of the gun...
I just couldn't sleep putting a firearm away a dirty Glock et all, that copper stuff is a good break-in for the first rounds (my opinion)!

G23SNT

· #6 · Apr 15, 2011

Like the guys said above it doesn't matter on or off..

Eventually you'll shoot it so much it'll come off.

blackriderhank

· #7 · Apr 15, 2011

What they all said

VolGrad

· #8 · Apr 15, 2011

You guys do realize this thread is a year old, right?

G23SNT

· #9 · Apr 15, 2011

hahaha... No I Just noticed it was at the top of the Portal

That's too funny

Mr.Knickerbopper

· #10 · Apr 15, 2011

If it comes off cool, if not no biggie.... im not gonna spend all nite tryin to get it off, but i will put forth a little extra effort to get as much off as i can without making a big deal outta it

mvician

· #11 · Apr 16, 2011

Year old or not.......it was moved into a new subforum and those that never saw it before are now seeing it and replying

Don Glock

· #12 · Apr 16, 2011

mvician said:
Year old or not.......it was moved into a new subforum and those that never saw it before are now seeing it and replying

this topic was stickied months ago. no point in digging up a year old thread where the OP hasn't returned since. let it die, and refer to the sticky

mvician

· #13 · Apr 16, 2011

Don Glock said:
this topic was stickied months ago. no point in digging up a year old thread where the OP hasn't returned since. let it die, and refer to the sticky

As I said, this topic was moved into a new subforum, thus some people are reading it for the first time.
Also as a member of many forums and running a few myself, not very many actually read the stickies, and when they see a topic, they reply. Or they start a new thread asking the same questions that have been cycled many times. All in all,

NO HARM, NO FOUL.

Rob

· #14 · Apr 17, 2011

Hey don.. you're not gonna turn into one of those 'use the search!!!' guys are ya?

Don Glock

· #15 · Apr 17, 2011

Rob said:
Hey don.. you're not gonna turn into one of those 'use the search!!!' guys are ya?

absolutely not, forum search engines blow lol.

simply clicking on the sticky will suffice for this topic

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