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When cleaning your pistol, the first thing you do is to always remove the magazine. The second thing you do is to pull the slide all the way to the rear and make sure that there is no ammo in the chamber. Always do these two steps first... ALWAYS! As for cleaning products, there are many to choose from and you can use a bronze, never steel or stainless steel, bore brush or bore snake. I'm old, I still use bronze bore brushes.


Wearing gloves while cleaning is not a bad idea. I'm old, I started wearing gloves a few years ago and they do keep solvents and oils off of my skin.

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