General cleaning and shooting questions
Posted: May 3rd, 2018, 4:27 pm
Hello everyone.
I thank everyone who helped or gave advice about my broken safety, much appreciated.
Now that I have this little 1973 P64 beauty I had some questions about cleaning. I did a field strip, took off the grips, and removed the safety, loaded chamber indicator, firing pin, and safety detent/spring and cleaned the heck out of everything with hoppes and then degreaser - followed by a thorough lube of most places (light/little in the firing pin channel/dedent channel/chamber indicator et al).
I didn't break down anything else, but it seems to be working just fine, and I have not shot it yet. It is stock other than the Iron Grips and 22# recoil spring I put in.
My thinking is to shoot it as much as I can in the next couple months, then maybe do a full detailed breakdown and clean and lube - then decide if I want to change the hammer spring. Should I clean out any other parts? Anything I should look for when I shoot it? Any other parts that are often worn?
Sometimes when I have a grip on the gun and pull the trigger a bit, the trigger bar sometimes squeaks a bit against the grip on the inside. I imagine that just happens sometimes, but I wanted to ask if that is an issue.
I also want to mark the front sight, but what is the best option in folks opinion - white paint pen or some other color/medium? Worth it to mark the back too, or just front?
Very much enjoying working on this and cannot wait to shoot it soon.
Thank you all for being such an informative and helpful community!
Cyndic
I thank everyone who helped or gave advice about my broken safety, much appreciated.
Now that I have this little 1973 P64 beauty I had some questions about cleaning. I did a field strip, took off the grips, and removed the safety, loaded chamber indicator, firing pin, and safety detent/spring and cleaned the heck out of everything with hoppes and then degreaser - followed by a thorough lube of most places (light/little in the firing pin channel/dedent channel/chamber indicator et al).
I didn't break down anything else, but it seems to be working just fine, and I have not shot it yet. It is stock other than the Iron Grips and 22# recoil spring I put in.
My thinking is to shoot it as much as I can in the next couple months, then maybe do a full detailed breakdown and clean and lube - then decide if I want to change the hammer spring. Should I clean out any other parts? Anything I should look for when I shoot it? Any other parts that are often worn?
Sometimes when I have a grip on the gun and pull the trigger a bit, the trigger bar sometimes squeaks a bit against the grip on the inside. I imagine that just happens sometimes, but I wanted to ask if that is an issue.
I also want to mark the front sight, but what is the best option in folks opinion - white paint pen or some other color/medium? Worth it to mark the back too, or just front?
Very much enjoying working on this and cannot wait to shoot it soon.
Thank you all for being such an informative and helpful community!
Cyndic
perhaps install a hammer spring and try it out.