gun maintenance????This is a discussion on gun maintenance???? within the XD Gunsmithing and Maintenance forums, part of the XD Talk category; Ok I purchased my first handgun. A XD-45c. Have fired about 30 rounds through it and need to know what I should be cleaning, oiling, ...
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07-13-2009, 04:29 PM
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Ok I purchased my first handgun. A XD-45c. Have fired about 30 rounds through it and need to know what I should be cleaning, oiling, etc. Also any recomendations on a good cleaning kit or do I just need the rope and some oil?
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07-13-2009, 04:46 PM
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Most of your standard all in one kits work fine. Make sure all the junk is cleaned out and lude/oil anything that rubs together. I bought some Q-tips to help the cleaning process. Pay extra attention to your barrel, keep it clean. SAFETY FIRST!
This will help. Gun Cleaning
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07-13-2009, 04:52 PM
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i prefer a barrel brush, tooth brush, hoppes #9, hoppes gun oil, a rod and some cotton swabs, and a cup for the hoppes #9.
there are plenty of threads on cleaning, but i'll try to summarize here:
swab the barrel with #9 and let it soak. scrub the internals with the toothbrush and some #9 (but try to keep it out of the striker channel, apparently...i've never had a problem). wipe everything down. push the brush through the barrel a few times, swab again with #9 soaked swab, and swab until clean (you may have to repeat a few times if you shoot a bunch). lightly oil points that rub or contact metal, put it together, and wipe it down with a silicon cloth.
others have different rituals, but this one is mine for most cleaning purposes.
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07-13-2009, 07:08 PM
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what to clean: everything
what to lube: the rails, the barrel and the inside guts of the trigger mechanism
unless i forgot any
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07-13-2009, 07:15 PM
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I was looking at all the cleaning supplies at cabelas and they had so much I decided to ask around before purchasing.
Is it ok to ise a bore snake on an XD? Not too abrasive?
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07-13-2009, 07:29 PM
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it's fine.
get a decent universal kit.
it'll give you an excuse to get more guns 
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07-13-2009, 08:05 PM
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+1 on the bore snake.
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07-13-2009, 08:35 PM
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Bore snake works great for swabbing out the bbl but you eventually have to field strip it & clean the gunk out. Amish gave a good accounting of basic maintanance.
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07-13-2009, 08:35 PM
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i think i will get some of that Prolix total car and a bore snake. is there any specific places i should be oiling often or just the all metal to metal.
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07-13-2009, 08:44 PM
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Keep lube, cleaner, grease away from striker face. I apply Slide Glide to rails and Mobil 1 sparingly on metal to metal points. This guns run as well dry, if not better, than overly lubed.
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