First new handgun...any tips for initial cleaning?

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I just brought home my very first handgun last night,a new beretta 92 fs inox...what a thing of beauty! Tonite or tomorrow I am going to give it its first cleaning. Any tips for this? It is wet with oil now. Where should i spend time on to get cleaned up and when I re oil it should it be wet or just alittle slick? Thanks in advance guys.
 
In my experience just a simple field strip (don't bother with a detail strip at this point) clean off all the factory grease and lube till it's fairly wet but not dripping with your product of choice then you're good. Run a patch or two through the barrel as well.
 
I always thinks it's a good idea to completely disassemble any gun you buy, new or used, just because it is new doesn't mean it's been cleaned and well lubricated inside. It also gives you a chance to know exactly how your gun works.
 
09outlander said:
I always thinks it's a good idea to completely disassemble any gun you buy, new or used, just because it is new doesn't mean it's been cleaned and well lubricated inside. It also gives you a chance to know exactly how your gun works.
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But for the first time pistol shooter : "It also gives you a chance to know exactly how your gun works.[/QUOTE]" BUT it also gives the first time pistol owner the opportunity to re-assemble the gun incorrectly so it doesn't work properly and then complains about the seller peddling an gun that doesn't work. I cringe to think how many guns have been brought to me over the years to re-assemble - all in pieces and all (most of the time but not all) pieces in a box or bag. Squirt some break cleaner in the action, swab the barrel and go shoot a few rounds to confirm everything works - go home - read a good reference book on disassembly/re-assembly and work into the complete disassembly. Fortunately the 1911 design is straight forward while many others have specific tools and procedures to follow in removing dinky springs etc. Browning HP comes to mind ...
 
I wipe off as much obvious excess oil as I see on the gun and clean the bore with solvent moistened patches until they come out clean.

A gun barrel doesn't need oil in the bore to be fired, it may even cause major problems.

TOTALLY CLEAN BORE before firing, clean and lightly lube bore if you like AFTER the session.
 
As a Beretta of the 92 variety, you need a little lube on the outide of the barrel near the business end. They don't like running dry, just wet enough so that it gleams, don't go overboard. I tend to disagree with G-Man's "fairly wet" comment. Depening on your definition of fairly wet, that sounds like too much to me, no matter where you are putting it. You really need very little lube anywhere on a gun IMO. In addition, you want to pass a dry patch through the bore right before shooting it to get most of whatever protectant you had in there from storage, out. Good luck, have fun, and be safe :)
 
Read the factory manual and get familiar with striping and re assembling your new pistol, clean it of all the factory lube and re lube it as per the manual before you put it back together. Cycle it, practice some dry fire excercizes and you should be good to go. I always run a dry patch throught the barrel and wipe any excess oil off prior to gong to the range, most importantly just have fun with it!
 
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