How To Lubricate A Handgun

Video Transcript

"Okay. We've just gone over breaking the weapon down and being able to get in there and access to clean the parts that we need to clean to keep the weapon in good working order. Now, we're going to go some lubrication. When you lubricate these weapons. I have a general rule of thumb. You may want to consult with your manufacturer, your owner's manual. Normally, they give guidelines or specifications on what you should use for lubricant, how often, where you should lubricate. My theory is you want enough on there, especially when you have parts that have silver showing. Anything that bring and shiny on the inside of a firearm you want to make sure it's lubricated because its got to be bright and shiny because there's friction on there. When the weapon is cycling and performing its function, there's metal on metal. You want to keep that lubricated so that metal doesn't get deformed or starts to crack or break over time. So, a light coat of lubricant is needed to keep your weapon in perfect working order. Again, you don't have to saturate it. You get a cleaning cloth, put a little bit of oil on there, and you can rub the inside after you've cleaned. You will always probably find some carbon left on a weapon. I know people say oh well I'll do the white glove test. It's almost impossible. Once the weapon has been fired, it is probably almost impossible to get every stitch of carbon out of there because it's microscopic. It becomes airborne and it get in the crevices and places where we in a million years will never be able to access no matter what we use. The theory of it is to clean as much and as best as possible to get the majority of the build up out. That's what I'll do. Get a patch, I've cleaned it, dried it. Now I'm going to get my lubricant on my patch and I'm going to rub it down real good. Same thing to barrel, same thing here, and the same thing here. What I will do again is I'll pay attention to anything that's bright and shiny that has wear and tear that tells me that there's metal on metal. I want to lubricate that. I put 2 drops of lubricant there, one on either side there. That there pretty much will insure the proper cycle of fire because it is properly lubricated."