Detail Strip and Clean

To answer your question...a field strip and lube of the G23 will be benefical.

Also moved this thread to the Gunsmithing sub forum...

 

I lubed my 19 and 30 before firing it the first time. But my 19 had well over 1500 rounds through it before I did a detail strip and clean.

 

The more you pull a gun apart and put it back together, the better you know your firearm. It can never hurt (unless you can't get it back together).

 

Or if you have extra parts when your done...

 

I don't think you're going to help or hurt the gun by detail stripping it after only a few hundred rounds through it. If you've never torn down a Glock pistol before, you'll learn quite a bit from it.

 

totally +1... I hate this phenomenon.

 

Your gun needs no breakin period. What most new GLOCK owners need is to get familiar with their newly aqquired tool. Simply following the owners manual and doing a feild strip cleaning will help you and the weapon.

 

I oiled my 19 before i first fired it. And I've put about 1500 rounds through it since, never had a jam up yet. But I guess I should give her a little cleaning behind her ears

 

The other day I detail stripped the slide on my 19. I sprayed it out real good with the aerosol CLP, let it drip for a while then blew it out with the air hose. After that I washed it out with Dawn detergent and a little scrubbing with a tooth brush under HOT tap water and blew it dry with the air hose.

I didn't detail strip the frame yet...kinda skeerd...but I will. Anyways, I gave it the same treatment as the slide. Now it's all squeaky clean, and I lubed it all up...sparingly with CLP.

my gun is happy now and so am I!

That CLP sure works great and that's all I will use from now on!

 

Nice. To me, frame is easier to strip than the slide. You shouldn't have any problems. Good luck.

 

I detail stripped my 23 for the first time ever on Sunday at 3am.
It went smooth.

 

Whenever you buy a gun you should clean it before you shoot it. The grease that comes on it is a preservative not a lube.

 

Glocks come from the factory ready to eat ammunition. But as a new or experienced firearms handler it is your responsiblity to ensure the weapon is safe and ready to fire. It should go without saying, "New owners need to read the owners manual." Most GLOCKS NIB, clear the bore and get at it! I think that is why they provide the bore brush, buy the gun and go shoot it!

 

Some guy at gander told me to shoot 200 rounds before cleaning the gold grease.
Either way it got cleaned.

 

You know it took me my 6th Glock(current G30) before I detail stripped the frame of one. You know what, there's nothing to be afraid of, these guns are so simple that a 5 year old could detail strip one. It's 3 pins, locking block, slide stop and lift out the fire control parts(which comes out as a unit so nothing will get lost) and you're close enough for government work. Sure, you can pull a few other parts out of the frame but you really don't need to just to clean things up.
I say grab a small punch(something .115" or smaller since the trigger housing pin is .118" and you don't want to open the hole up any by using a too larger punch) and go for it. Today's the day, get in there and detail strip that gun, you can do it.

 

The "grease" in Glocks is most definitely a lubricant. Loctite C5A, copper-based high-temperature anti-seize. It's some good stuff; I use it on certain parts of several of my guns.

 

When I worked at Rockwell Automation in the ReOp Dept. we'd put stuff together using the Copper Anti-Seize, I still have a couple small packets of it left over. You can also get a silver color Anti-Seize from your local Auto Parts store to use on the slide rails of your gun if you want to.