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EvoIXGSR · 03-21-2008, 01:00 PM

My cousin greases the **** out of his Sig and he always complains to me how he doesnt like to shoot it much because it is such a pain in the ass to clean...

tt350z · 03-21-2008, 10:53 PM

Here's mine, does it look like this? It has about 700 rounds through it since it was last cleaned. I want to see how much it can take.

ETA: used nothing but WWB 115g FMJ

Son of Liberty · 03-21-2008, 10:58 PM

Yep, that's what mine looked like. My cousin was interested in getting a gun for target shooting and home defense and I was showing him my XD, doing a rather good sales pitch, and I was showing him how easy it was to take apart and such, and then I noticed it was squeaky clean... and I became sad.

I realized it hasn't been fired in SIX WEEKS!

foo.c · 03-22-2008, 12:34 AM

Yep, though I had more than that in mine.

Reno82 · 03-22-2008, 12:39 AM

I think its your ammo. Just my guess.. never seen it in my XD's. Good luck on finding what it is. Keep us posted. I'd like to know what it is.

rgeliske · 03-22-2008, 07:38 AM

That is powder residue, you will notice that the extractor is way forward of the debris so it is not brass being pulled of the bullet case. Actually that is not bad at all. What you see it the photo is blow by usually cause by the cartridge case not expanding enough to seal against the chamber wall. This is very common with straight walled cartridges like those used in the XDs. Though blow by is not harmful in itself if the residue is allowed to build up it will effect the guns operation and eventually cause malfunctions. Simple solution is to clean the gun before the residue build up gets too heavy.

rogerxd45 · 03-22-2008, 07:44 AM

ive only seen unburned powder once and it was only one little flake.(but i cant remember which gun it was) i allways used to shoot WWB but i oil my guns VERY lightly. i used to put lots of oil every where but all that does is attract carbon and other junk. i will oil everything every now and then and let it sit and then wipe it down

rogerxd45 · 03-22-2008, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tt350z

Here's mine, does it look like this? It has about 700 rounds through it since it was last cleaned. I want to see how much it can take.

ETA: used nothing but WWB 115g FMJ

i havent seen this before. but to me it does look like brass
but i have no clue

Cupsz71 · 03-22-2008, 10:45 AM

That's EXACTLY what mine looks like after shooting/before cleaning. I've talked to a few of my "gun guy" friends, and the general concensus is what everybody here is saying........unburned powder residue due to the smaller barrel length.

No worries here.

Neener Neener · 03-22-2008, 05:16 PM

Just shot mine for the first time yesterday with WWB and had the exact same junk in mine when I cleaned it. It's an epidemic!!!

03-21-2008, 01:00 PM	#21
EvoIXGSR XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 129	My cousin greases the **** out of his Sig and he always complains to me how he doesnt like to shoot it much because it is such a pain in the ass to clean... __________________ XD-45ACP Tactical Bi-Tone Mossberg 500 (8-round, top folding pistol grip) SKS (yugo)

03-21-2008, 10:53 PM	#22
tt350z XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 78	Here's mine, does it look like this? It has about 700 rounds through it since it was last cleaned. I want to see how much it can take. ETA: used nothing but WWB 115g FMJ __________________ Bushmaster XM15-E2S Spingfield Loaded Target Kimber Eclipse Pro II XD-9 Service (sold) Last edited by tt350z; 03-21-2008 at 11:05 PM.

03-21-2008, 10:58 PM	#23
Son of Liberty XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 409	Yep, that's what mine looked like. My cousin was interested in getting a gun for target shooting and home defense and I was showing him my XD, doing a rather good sales pitch, and I was showing him how easy it was to take apart and such, and then I noticed it was squeaky clean... and I became sad. I realized it hasn't been fired in SIX WEEKS! __________________ Springfield XD9 Service - 900 rounds Streamlight TLR-1 "This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins." Benjamin Franklin Students for Concealed Carry on Campus

03-22-2008, 12:34 AM	#24
foo.c XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 228	Yep, though I had more than that in mine. __________________ Springfield EMP

03-22-2008, 12:39 AM	#25
Reno82 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,355	I think its your ammo. Just my guess.. never seen it in my XD's. Good luck on finding what it is. Keep us posted. I'd like to know what it is. __________________ XD-45acp Service (Match Gun I changed it to a compact for CCW... did a grip chop on it) Ruger Mark III 22/45 Kimber SS Custom Target II 10mm Walther G22 (FUN GUN) XD-45acp Tactical (Match Gun II; upgraded the bbl from PistolGear) XD-9 Sub-Compact (Home Defense and CCW) DPMS AR-15: 9mm (1/17/08...) RRA CAR A4 Upper 223/5.56---did a lower bulid 6/3/08 and bought completed upper 2/21/08 S&W 642 38 special w/ CT grips (HD& CCW) Upper ALEX ARMS 19.5" 6.5 GRENDEL-order 9/9/08

03-22-2008, 07:38 AM	#26
rgeliske XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,889	That is powder residue, you will notice that the extractor is way forward of the debris so it is not brass being pulled of the bullet case. Actually that is not bad at all. What you see it the photo is blow by usually cause by the cartridge case not expanding enough to seal against the chamber wall. This is very common with straight walled cartridges like those used in the XDs. Though blow by is not harmful in itself if the residue is allowed to build up it will effect the guns operation and eventually cause malfunctions. Simple solution is to clean the gun before the residue build up gets too heavy. __________________ Sig P220, Taurus PT1911, Browning HiPower 9mm, CZ75, CZ75 P01, Kahr CW9, Savage 9317 BTVS .17, Browning Buckmark, Taurus Gaucho 357 (pair), Taurus Gaucho 45LC (pair), Uberti 1873 Saddle Rifle 357, Uberti 1873 45 LC Carbine, TTN 12 Gauge Double, Ruger Bisley Vaquero 357 (pair), Springfield XD9SC, XD45 Service, XD45 Compact Tactical, XD(M) 40S&W BiTone, Taurus 617 357

03-22-2008, 07:44 AM	#27
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	ive only seen unburned powder once and it was only one little flake.(but i cant remember which gun it was) i allways used to shoot WWB but i oil my guns VERY lightly. i used to put lots of oil every where but all that does is attract carbon and other junk. i will oil everything every now and then and let it sit and then wipe it down

03-22-2008, 10:45 AM	#29
Cupsz71 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central ND. Posts: 177	That's EXACTLY what mine looks like after shooting/before cleaning. I've talked to a few of my "gun guy" friends, and the general concensus is what everybody here is saying........unburned powder residue due to the smaller barrel length. No worries here. __________________ COMPLETE HAPPINESS- "Is any gun that is belt fed......" XD9sc w/CT Laser Grips Beretta 92FS Bersa T380 Ruger Single Six .22/.22Mag Ruger 10/22 - Marlin Mod#40 (gopher balsters)

03-22-2008, 05:16 PM	#30
Neener Neener XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rincon, Ga Posts: 244	Just shot mine for the first time yesterday with WWB and had the exact same junk in mine when I cleaned it. It's an epidemic!!!

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