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<blockquote data-quote="ninefan" data-source="post: 1238209" data-attributes="member: 2401"><p>My 2011 will take a lot of negligence as far as cleaning goes even with extremely light springs in the gun. The magazines are the only part that I clean religiously (any time they hit the dirt/sand). The rails & barrel get cleaned every 1500 rnds or so unless it's a big match, the extractor, firing pin & bottom end gets taken apart every 5-6,000.</p><p></p><p>My glocks will run the same without problem, but the light glock triggers will get to feeling nasty a lot sooner than the 2011 trigger does. I would take the bottom end of the glock apart about every time I cleaned the top end. The glocks will tolerate dirty mags a little better, but with the loose factory chambers & tolerances that is to be expected.</p><p></p><p>I try to give my guns a shot of oil on the barrel and rails before every time I hit the range. If the ammo is right (big if) and the mags are clean I don't ever anticipate any problems.</p><p></p><p>Edited to add:</p><p></p><p>I feel that there are two reasons to clean a gun.</p><p></p><p>Reason one is to keep it operating properly.</p><p>Reason two is to keep it from rusting/oxidizing.</p><p></p><p>My safe queens get cleaned and then covered in Eezox immediately after a range visit. My competition pistol (whatever I happen to be shooting at the time) doesn't get cleaned as often simply because I am handling it at least every other day. They don't seem to get any oxidation when they are being handled constantly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ninefan, post: 1238209, member: 2401"] My 2011 will take a lot of negligence as far as cleaning goes even with extremely light springs in the gun. The magazines are the only part that I clean religiously (any time they hit the dirt/sand). The rails & barrel get cleaned every 1500 rnds or so unless it's a big match, the extractor, firing pin & bottom end gets taken apart every 5-6,000. My glocks will run the same without problem, but the light glock triggers will get to feeling nasty a lot sooner than the 2011 trigger does. I would take the bottom end of the glock apart about every time I cleaned the top end. The glocks will tolerate dirty mags a little better, but with the loose factory chambers & tolerances that is to be expected. I try to give my guns a shot of oil on the barrel and rails before every time I hit the range. If the ammo is right (big if) and the mags are clean I don't ever anticipate any problems. Edited to add: I feel that there are two reasons to clean a gun. Reason one is to keep it operating properly. Reason two is to keep it from rusting/oxidizing. My safe queens get cleaned and then covered in Eezox immediately after a range visit. My competition pistol (whatever I happen to be shooting at the time) doesn't get cleaned as often simply because I am handling it at least every other day. They don't seem to get any oxidation when they are being handled constantly. [/QUOTE]
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