Probably because nobody had the cajones to stick their hand in there and fish it out..ewww..BUT I'm guessing that if they did..a takeapart and clean would make it happy again...briandg;6675952 there is one event that took place and rendered a glock 17 completely unshootable. [B said:
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How big an issue is lint in the barrel?
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There would have also been the problem of one being hung upside down from the roof of the outhouse, crammed through the seat, and suspended in the tank while holding one's breath for as long as it took to locate the thing just by feel.
One of the people who learned about this offered the advice that a heavy magnet could have been dropped into the potty cellar and rummaged around for a little, thus capturing and recovering it.
That's just plain silly. Everyone knows that glocks are plastic guns, that they can't show up on x ray devices, that they are non magnetic, and will melt if you spill nail polish remover on them.
What was that? That's all nonsense? Ooops. My bad.
One of the people who learned about this offered the advice that a heavy magnet could have been dropped into the potty cellar and rummaged around for a little, thus capturing and recovering it.
That's just plain silly. Everyone knows that glocks are plastic guns, that they can't show up on x ray devices, that they are non magnetic, and will melt if you spill nail polish remover on them.
What was that? That's all nonsense? Ooops. My bad.
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Another suggestion for keeping a bore clean and dry. Sponge ear plugs can be pressed down to bore size for anything bigger than a .22 and stuffed down the barrel if you wanted something a little longer lasting than tape and a bit more sensible than a condom. Once again, the first poof of air as the bullet moves down the bore should blast it out of the way before it exits the bore.
There would have also been the problem of one being hung upside down from the roof of the outhouse, crammed through the seat, and suspended in the tank while holding one's breath for as long as it took to locate the thing just by feel.
One of the people who learned about this offered the advice that a heavy magnet could have been dropped into the potty cellar and rummaged around for a little, thus capturing and recovering it.
That's just plain silly. Everyone knows that glocks are plastic guns, that they can't show up on x ray devices, that they are non magnetic, and will melt if you spill nail polish remover on them.
What was that? That's all nonsense? Ooops. My bad
That is why RETENTION is so important when it comes to ANYTHING, not just firearms. Years ago, I would have cheap Velcro and stitching cases on my belt where I would keep utility cutters, penlights and other accoutrements related to my work. I lost a beater phone this way. I had just finished manhandling an overloaded hand truck filled with sacks of rice, tossed the dolly back onto my truck, got inside and drove almost 3 miles before I realized that a pouch on my belt containing the phone was gone.
Yep, pouch and phone and all. It must have been bumped and jostled by me shoving and manipulating the hand truck down the sidewalk into the restaurant basement. The cheap loop on the back just could not take it anymore and the whole thing was swept away. It was just a beater phone with only text/talk function and it was no big hassle to get it replaced. Only inconvenience was that I could not get in contact with my dispatcher for the next 3 hours and the truck had no GPS tracker, so back at the depot they were wondering what the hell happened to me.
I learned my lesson though and started investing in utility/tactical pants and jackets with LOTS of pockets. No more cheapo pouches and holsters. If I had lost my handgun in this fashion I would have been VERY pissed. I use a shoulder holster for concealed carrying. Got one for my 1911 and Remington 1858. They are not retention holsters but have secure thumb-release locking loops. As someone who does a lot of physical work, having items loosely dangling from my belt does not sound reassuring in any way or fashion.
As for lint getting on guns, I deal with that on a constant basis. My EDC knives also tend to attract lint and random dust, even inside non-shedding utility clothing. My solution? A basic field strip and wipe down with a rag soaked in Birchwood Casey SHEATH every couple of days. It doesn't take more than a few minutes, and a swab of the bore with a long handled Q-tip keeps everything running smoothly.
I carry a gun on my ankle and it gets cruddy after a while. a quick wipe down on the outside and a dry brush down the barrel every month is what it gets as a minimum. I shoot it "cold" when qualifying, as in no prep or anything. I need to know it will work when I need it to under the conditions its carried.
Lint in the barrel isn't much of a concern. My guess is that the gases escaping past the bullet will blow it out before the bullet even contacts it. ...
I usually end up with a few pieces of lint smaller than the head of a pin after cleaning, as checked with a borescope. If I run the borescope down the barrel after 1 shot, she's clean as a whistle.
(now if the barrel is packed solid with lint.... that might be a no-bueno day)
Once the bullet starts moving down the barrel all the air inside the barrel will start moving down the barrel. Unless the lint is resting on the bullet it’ll never even touch the bullet. And if the lint is resting on the bullet it won’t make a difference anyways, it’ll just get blown out.
Even if the barrel was full of lint the only thing different you’d probably notice when shooting is the smell of burning lint on the first shot.
You can watch slow motion videos of guns firing and before the bullet exits the barrel you will see a blast of debris exit. This includes any unburnt gun powder from the previous round, gas blow-by from the current round, and of course any lint that happens to be hanging out in there.
Even if the barrel was full of lint the only thing different you’d probably notice when shooting is the smell of burning lint on the first shot.
You can watch slow motion videos of guns firing and before the bullet exits the barrel you will see a blast of debris exit. This includes any unburnt gun powder from the previous round, gas blow-by from the current round, and of course any lint that happens to be hanging out in there.
Tactical Jackalope
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Lint is the only thing that keeps me potentially cleaning my gun once a month (hammer-fired) or every few months (striker-fired) depending on how bad it accumulates. Deodorant gets in there, lint, humidity from my geographical location, etc.
Now would it hinder the weapon? You can't say. Logically we say no, but if it gets in the right spot like say the little door in the VP9, no bang, no click, just thunk. Obviously that'd have to be a bit of a chunk. And yes, I have found a chunk in a duty weapon before. And I have accumulate a good amount in my Glock as well. Again, not likely. But not outside the realm of possibilities. It's cheap insurance to just check your EDC gun every now and again.
Now would it hinder the weapon? You can't say. Logically we say no, but if it gets in the right spot like say the little door in the VP9, no bang, no click, just thunk. Obviously that'd have to be a bit of a chunk. And yes, I have found a chunk in a duty weapon before. And I have accumulate a good amount in my Glock as well. Again, not likely. But not outside the realm of possibilities. It's cheap insurance to just check your EDC gun every now and again.
stinkeypete
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I have a piece of strong twine that I tie to a long rectangle of old clean t-shirt fabric. For “big bore” I get fancy and crimp am old .22 shell on the free end. Poor man’s bore snake. For my .22’s... first of all, don’t clean them but once a brick unless lint or seeds or dry leafy stuff got down the tube... but if you worry, a gentle swipe with that little rag doesn’t seem to unseason my .22 barrels.
When I was skeet shooting, the fellas thought this was genius as after a couple of boxes, you should see all the black sooty crud that wipes out easy when the barrel is still warm... and a boresnake, while better, gets fouled up yet costs maybe ten thousand times more than an old rectangle of t-shirt rag that you can stuff in any ol pocket and throw away when it’s nasty.
I like making stuff. And lint won’t hurt, but I like my stuff neat.
When I was skeet shooting, the fellas thought this was genius as after a couple of boxes, you should see all the black sooty crud that wipes out easy when the barrel is still warm... and a boresnake, while better, gets fouled up yet costs maybe ten thousand times more than an old rectangle of t-shirt rag that you can stuff in any ol pocket and throw away when it’s nasty.
I like making stuff. And lint won’t hurt, but I like my stuff neat.