Strip and clean or straight to the range?

[DRPool]

Picking up the SD today and looking for your input. I've read that some guns are best cleaned up 1st, others are better served by running some rounds through them to loosen things up.

What's your experience been with the SD?

Thanks

 

[RalphMP9FS]

Clean it before the range.

 

[howiema]

Clean it

I second for cleaning it definitely.

 

[pawpaw1967]

The sd gets better the more you shoot it.... that being said it never hurts to clean and oil a gun, Never. mine really smoothed out around 500 rounds, ive got close too 3000 rounds thru it now and just keeps on getting better. congrats on your new gun shoot safe and alot

 

[leejack]

Clean & Lube = Rock & Roll!

 

[FPrice]

Clean, lube, and just generally make sure everything seems to fit together well and works.

Then go enjoy.

 

[Arik]

Range

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[A.O.]

ALWAYS clean a new gun before shooting... My opinion anyway..

 

[Jlduke]

I usually grab some oil and head to the range. Get it dirty before you clean it.

 

[turbo6]

Honestly I put a few hundred rounds in mine before cleaning it for the first time. No problems. YMMV.

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[A.O.]

I used to work in a LGS, always took the guns apart before putting them in the display case.. just for practice and sometimes learning a new guns procedure.

You might be amazed what I found in there sometimes.. metal shavings from the manufacturing process, also steel beads from bead blasting parts and such.. other stuff too on occasion.

Wouldn't want to run my new gun with a chance of something being in there...FWIW

 

[leejack]

I always clean a new gun. I also clean & lube after every use.

Number of combined malfunctions from my former sigma + my sd=0.

 

[Bozz10mm]

I would say to always clean a new gun before heading to the range. Never heard the argument to go straight to the range with it, in fact, that is when people seem to have problems with FTE, FTF, etc.

You don't know how the firearm has left the factory. Maybe heavy preservatives, maybe over lubed, maybe no lube at all.

 

[fbcmrjrtykr]

The manual says clean first.


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[CommonCents]

Picking up the SD today and looking for your input. I've read that some guns are best cleaned up 1st, others are better served by running some rounds through them to loosen things up.

What's your experience been with the SD?

Thanks

shooting rounds to loosen up are very distinct and separate from cleaning/lubing the gun before use.

 

[leejack]

Another thing of beauty of the SD is the simple takedown.

 

[gwpercle]

Clean and lube. There is usually manufacturing residue, bits of grit and metal, hiding in crevices and crannies. You want to get that out and get some proper lube in there. It will function smoother.
Gary

 

[LimaCharlie]

Field strip, clean, and lube before going to the range. The LGS I frequent gets lots of new guns from new buyers returned for failures. The guns can dry out in storage or have manufacturing residue in them. The LGS owner tells new owners to clean and lube them and shows them how to field strip it. He also offers for them to bring the gun back for show and tell if they have any issues.

He cleans and lubes the returned guns and gives them to me with a box of FMJ and a box or two of self-defense ammo. I shoot the guns at the range with about 99.9999% success. He cleans and lubes the guns and gives them back to the owners with instructions to clean and lube the gun.

 

[DRPool]

Picking up the SD today and looking for your input. I've read that some guns are best cleaned up 1st, others are better served by running some rounds through them to loosen things up.

What's your experience been with the SD?

Thanks

Thanks for the input, picked her up this morning, brought her home and had time for a quick tear down, inspection and a drop or two of lube per the manual.

I asked the LGS the same question when I was there and he smirked and said just go shoot it.

FWIW, when I got it opened up it was pretty clean and dry. No gunk, grease or leave behinds on the patch. Gave the barrel a cleaning but it was nice and clean too.

Heading out this afternoon to give it a go.

Thanks again.

 

[leejack]

Let us know how she shoots!