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Originally Posted by The Reaper
When my pistols start looking grungy on the inside, I clean them as best I can and then drop them into my ultrasonic cleaner. It usually does a pretty good job of cleaning them up. Blow them dry afterwards and lube everything that needs it. I tend to run my stuff on the wet side, which seems to attract crud, and a day on the range with the wind blowing dirt and sand around, or a dropped gun needs some TLC beyond a bore brushing and a hit or miss with a greasy rag. I avoid removing all of the small parts and springs from any weapon more complicated than a 1911, and especially one like the HK. I do not need a pile test.
I think that you might want to try spraying some WD-40 on the outside of some civilian ammo and then let them sit for a while before seeing how they work. He is probably not shooting milsurp for carry ammo. Civilian ammo is not military ammo. There is no advantage in greasing centerfire ammo, and excessive lube can sometimes find its way into the case. Trust me on that one. I keep a can of WD-40 on my reloading bench and use it to kill live primers before decapping them.
Clean your mags if they get sand or dirt inside, or if you sense that they are not feeding well. Keep some spare mag springs on hand in case they get soft.
Best of luck.
TR
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The Box-o-truth article was using handloads (and spraying INTO the primers did kill them), so as a primer example it should be pretty accurate. And I wasn't recommending he lube his rounds, just that it wouldn't cause major issues beyond collecting dirt short term.
Besides, how many people do you think have that kind of cleaning equipment at home. Hell, the best we have in the military is the solvent tank with a hose with a brush on it to clean stuff. And that's at the Group Support Company.
Besides, there was only one gun in history I can think of that NEEDED greased rounds, and it was a shitty WWII Japanese machine gun.
