Daugherty16
New member
Several posts about new handguns talk about giving a thorough initial cleaning - okay, i get that. I also clean EVERY time i fire one of my guns - rifles, pistols, Muzzleloader, shotguns, all of them.
Then i started to see advice on cleaning the firing pin channel, or striker pin channel. This is emplaced in the slide, and i'm no gunsmith so disassembly is a disaster i'll avoid.
How do you clean the firing pin/channel, with what solvents/products, and why? How often - i have some guns i've put thousands of rounds through without cleaning that part of the slide- are they a FTF waiting to happen?
Please help - i'd like to know how you do it, what you do it with, lessons learned, advice, things to avoid, etc. Thanks!
Then i started to see advice on cleaning the firing pin channel, or striker pin channel. This is emplaced in the slide, and i'm no gunsmith so disassembly is a disaster i'll avoid.
How do you clean the firing pin/channel, with what solvents/products, and why? How often - i have some guns i've put thousands of rounds through without cleaning that part of the slide- are they a FTF waiting to happen?
Please help - i'd like to know how you do it, what you do it with, lessons learned, advice, things to avoid, etc. Thanks!