lint in the barrel isnt a big deal, but lint in a pocket pistol and in a spare mag carried in a pocket can be.I clean my guns after using them, but somehow the barrels get fuzzy with lint pretty easily anyway.
How big a deal is lint in a barrel? Could it compromise a weapon in an emergency?
I often carry a spare magazine in one pocket and I make sure that it's free of lint before I put the magazine in.
I would expect it to under those conditions. For it to have any effect, it's going to have to work its way into the "guts" of the gun or magazine and build up. I don't see lint being a problem in the same way sand is where even brief exposure to sand can cause issues. Exposure to lint needs to be longer so it can build up in the areas where it can potentially cause problems.I actually did a video dunking my P-10C in a bucket full of dryer lint, dog and cat hair. Worked just fine.
I would expect it to under those conditions. For it to have any effect, it's going to have to work its way into the "guts" of the gun or magazine and build up. I don't see lint being a problem in the same way sand is where even brief exposure to sand can cause issues. Exposure to lint needs to be longer so it can build up in the areas where it can potentially cause problems.I actually did a video dunking my P-10C in a bucket full of dryer lint, dog and cat hair. Worked just fine.
The point is that simply immersing a gun into a bucket of lint doesn't replicate the action of a magazine in a pocket where the lint is worked around and into the magazine by the motion of the magazine and the person wearing the clothes.I didn't feel like leaving my sidearm buried in a sock drawer for ten years...