My method for cleaning the classic 1911 pistol.
This particular pistol is a blue Colt Series '80 Model 1991.
VIDEO HERE (19:14 minutes)
My method for cleaning the classic 1911 pistol.
This particular pistol is a blue Colt Series '80 Model 1991.
VIDEO HERE (19:14 minutes)
We've got a Series 80 over here that has the firing pin blocker. Theoretically.
ReplyDeleteInteresting
ReplyDeleteI’m lazy, I have a Glock.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how much simpler it is to care for a modern plastic pistol. While my 1911 starts to function differently around 500 rounds, I have a Glock 19 that I have never cleaned (I do pour some oil in when it gets sluggish) since I bought it…fifteen years ago. Tens of thousands of rounds and it still fires. It’s disgusting.
DeleteBut you do disassemble it on a regular basis so you can check for parts that are showing abnormal wear and/or are about to break, right? RIGHT?
DeleteAlternate disassembly method:
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/3DrkQ6808bE?t=321
That's the way I do it.
DeleteThat's the way I will be doing if from now on.
DeleteEvery 300-500 rounds, should remove the firing pin retainer and the firing pin and clean the pin and the pin channel. It is under firing pin spring tension. While the retainer is out, use a small flat blade screwdriver to gently pry out the extractor, and clean it and the extractor channel with a solvent-soaked q tip. Dry it, and then check tension on the extractor by pressing it back into it channel. It should mildly resist being pressed into the channel. The extractor is actually bent (bowed) slightly, making it firm in the channel. Too loose and it cannot grip a case rim to perform extraction, too tight and a new live round will have trouble slipping its case rim under the extractor hook during the feed cycle. Too dirty and it just won't work.
ReplyDeleteSaw BCE poast about Ed's Red a while ago. I have been using it ever since. Great stuff. I have a stainless steel surgical tray big enough for all 1911 parts to fit in, and the bolt carrier groups from 5.56 and 7.62 ARs. I just soak all the parts in that stuff, then wipe clean with patches, Q Tips, pipe cleaners etc. Excess is removed with acetone on a cloth. It leaves enough lubrication behind because of the ATF (essentially hydraulic fluid) so you really don't need to add more when reassembling (but of course you can do what you feel is best).
ReplyDeleteOne of the best things about Hickok, is his videos are not all about Hickok. So many annoying firearms videos where the talking head makes sure you know how impotent (not a spelling mistake) he is.
I save the used Ed's Red elixir, filter it, and use it on other things as well (but only virgin stuff for cleaning a firearm).
https://www.hensleygibbs.com/edharris/articles/EdsRedRecipe.htm