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Doc Holliday 1950

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Picking up my new Glock 19 gen 4
Tomorrow. Question is do I automatically
Clean & lube it, Or can I go straight
To my range & Shoot a 100 or 150
Rounds provided that when I go
home I clean it? I know it's been shot
By Glock before it's sent to the dealers.
 
Yes you can. If it were mine, I would probably bring some oil and just lube it up real quick. Nice choice by the way.
 
Considering that at the moment the gun is coated with preservative and is unlubricated, I'd clean and lube. But that's just me. I do that with every gun that is new to me, regardless if it is used or factory new. Why wouldn't you? It takes all of about 10 minutes and you could do it at the range.
 
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It would be a good idea to put lube on the important parts and pull a patch through the barrel...

For a new gun, I usually field strip, then wipe down, run a patch, and then lube properly. I don't "clean" perse. I can do this at the range in just a few minutes, and it gives me a chance to look everything over.
 
Every new gun to you, whether it be new or used, should be field stripped and cleaned before shooting. One never knows what type of grease or packing the manufacturer packs into its guns. And the used guns may have had something stuck in the barrel.

Metal on metal creates heat and friction. You wouldn't run your car without oil, why would you risk running your gun without lubrication?

It is my Golden Rule to Field Strip, clean and lube before shooting. Many moons ago, I transferred to a new Government Agency. My class had 60 Agents in it. We were each issued a brand new, out of the box, HK LEM .40. No field strip. No Lube. I cringed. We shoot 6000 rounds before allowed to field strip, clean and lube. It spoke volumes of the gun reliability. It still rubbed me the wrong way to do that to a gun but that's just me.

And when I am finished shooting any gun, I take it home to clean and lube. If my life depends upon my gun, I want it running. No operator induced malfunctions by not cleaning for me.
 
Great advice everyone. One probem for me is I've never field stripped
a semi.

But, I wil make sure that I check the barrel for obstructions and try to do a simple clean/oil the area that I can get to untill I get sombody to show me how to do a field strip.
 
There's plenty of youtube videos on field stripping it.
Not a big deal, just remember Glocks need to have their trigger pulled in order to release the slide from the frame.
So be careful with that.
As far as cleaning before using, I always do that, and dry fire, rack the slide and check the trigger action, just to be sure.
It's a mechanical device and built on a high volume assembly line.
So, there's really no guarantee it's as it should be without checking before actually using.
Enjoy, the 19 might be the best thing Glock makes.
 
Picking up my Glock 17 Gen 4 tomorrow too .
I will take it home, inspect, clean and lube . My range is only 15 minutes away.
 
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I've done it both ways and it didn't seem to make a difference. The RIA 1911 was shipped to me in so much oil/grease/whatever it was that I had to clean it before I could handle or shoot it. Some looked like the LGS had already cleaned them for display.
 
Glock is easy peasy to feild strip. Pull slide back about 3/8", pull down on take down latch, let slide forward, pull the trigger push slide off forward.

Good idea to look and lube.
 
I'd clean it before I took it to the range, but with a new Glock I'd want to shoot about 300 rounds of some really dirty stuff like that Winchester USAForged steel-cased 9mm, just to make sure it will shoot anything I load into it. Then it will look like you dragged it through a coal mine and you'll really need to clean it. I can't tolerate a Glock pistol that won't shoot cheap aluminum or steel-cased ammo, and the 17, 19, and 21 that I have will all shoot any type of ammo I load into it.
 
Picking up my new Glock 19 gen 4
Tomorrow. Question is do I automatically
Clean & lube it,
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New, meaning new in box with an owner's manual. That would be a good place to start.:D
If you are OCD, especially with the lube part, remember if you think you haven't put enough oil on it, you probably have already used too much!
 
Been a Long Time

It has been quite a while since I bought a brand spanking new gun. So, I have to ask, does Glock still smear some copper bearing 'Never-Seize' on the rails?
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They still put the copper looking paste on new guns.

The manual says you shouldn't wipe it off before shooting.

So I just checked the barrel, shot 200 rounds, brought it home and gave it a nice scrub. Most of that copper paste is gone now.
 
You should CLean it, or at least swab the bore before shooting it. A piece of material from manufacturing could have found it's way into the bore. When you shoot it for the first time, it'll scratch the bore.
 
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