subject: How To Clean Your Pistol When You Don't Need Professional Glock Services [print this page] As a child, you may have played cops and robbers with your friends, or perhaps you are young enough that you played the games on a video game system rather than the school playground or your back yard. Now that you are a little older, you may own a real fire arm. No matter what firearm you own, you know that you have to be responsible with its use. Your responsibility is to fire it under the strict provisions of your office or your conscience. One more thing you are responsible for is to make sure the firearm is in good working order.
One of the most popular firearms is a Glock pistol. They are manufactured in several models and are one of the major firearms used by police officers. In order to keep it working well, the Glock must be stripped and cleaned regularly. Some people prefer to have it done professionally through a dealer that offers Glock services, while others prefer to do it themselves.
Cleaning a Glock pistol is not difficult; it requires compressed air, a silicone rag, and a few drops of oil. The main difficulty is in disassembling and reassembling the weapon. Your best bet is to look online for a video that will show you how to do this, but here is a series of steps that can aid you in the process:
1.Drop the magazine by pressing the mag release button.
2.Make sure the chamber is clear by pulling back on the slide. (Very important)
3.Pull back on the trigger until it sticks.
4.Put your right hand behind the grip and put your thumb in the groove on the opposite side of the grip.
5.Wrap your other fingers around the top of the gun and pull back on the slide about one eighth of an inch. You will hear a click.
6.Hold that position and pull down on the slide release tabs with your other hand.
7.While holding them down, slide the slide forward and off the gun.
8.Clean the base of the gun with compressed air and a silicone rag. Put a drop of oil on the trigger mechanism.
9.Pull out the guide rod and spring, along with the barrel.
10.Clean under them and remove any residue.
11.Make sure the firing pin is clean.
12.Drop a little oil in the grooves of the slide.
13.Clean out the barrel and use a little oil.
14.Polish to your heart's content.
15.Reassemble in the reverse order.
So there it is. The most important step is to make sure the gun isn't loaded. Do this and your gun should last you a long while.
