New Glock 17 - clean or don't clean before shooting?

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Gentlemen, a moment of your time if you can spare it.

I just recently purchased a Gen 3 Glock 17 and have been getting conflicting answers to this question and I've done my research online and again...conflicting answers.

My question is, should I clean the Glock 17 before firing it the first time? Should I remove the factory grease that's inside the weapon before firing? The manual says not to but if I am to clean it before firing, should I clean around the grease?

I apologize if this is a repost but searching for "new Glock" or any variation of on here brings up more information than I can possibly process considering how anxious I am to shoot this beautiful new beast :)

Thank you for your time.
 
I cleaned mine, but only out of boredom while waiting for my ATT. I wouldn't have if I could have shot it right away. They are pretty clean already when new.

At the most, I would run a patch through the barrel just to make sure it was clear (which I do every range trip at the bench with all of my guns before firing the first shot anyway).
 
Factory grease? My Glock 17 Gen3 came out of the box clean enough to use the barrel for a milkshake straw.

Just shoot it. You don't even need to clean them after each shooting session (but if you use lead rounds you should)

Now my Chinese SKS, THAT thing needed a cleaning before shooting.
 
Steyr101 said:
x1000.

Just shoot it. If it makes you feel better to clean it first, by all means. It's as clean right now as it will EVER be.

I assume this is your first pistol/firearm?
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I think you guys have a point....but just wanted that last little bit of confirmation so I don't kick myself later on.

First pistol yes. Most of my experience is AR based. I've only fired a Glock during my gun club membership process and other than that I have minimal experience with a Browning Hi-Power 9mm. Minimal as in 20 or so rounds during a CAC exercise many years ago. As you can imagine...that Browning was not new, lol.
 
I shot my G17gen4 out of the box and was getting FTE (no limp wrist here!) I thought it shouldn't be and took it back to where I bought it from (which is also @ the range. Handy:D) the guy field stripped it and sprayed it down with a Teflon spray put it back together and said try that! Never a problem since.
So, If you have any issue with it initially don't fret, its not the gun, it just needs a little lube and your good to go :) Glock On!!!! :rockOn:
 
IM_Lugger said:
Always clean and lube a new gun before shoooting.
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This ^^^^^

You never know what you might find in the barrel. I've seen crap in a barrel that I just couldn't believe got there, so I ALWAYS clean a new firearm before shooting it.

Also, the manufacturers usually grease/oil/Cosmoline their products to prevent corrosion prior to use, and I've found that it's usually overdone. I clean all new (and used) firearms for 2 reasons:

1) To remove excess grease/oil from the barrel and chamber that causes excessive pressure when the firearm is fired, and

2) To make certain that the factory didn't miss or add anything that they shouldn't have.

For me, it's a safety thing. YMMV
 
I took my M&P 9 directly to the range (drove past my house on the way to the range) and just inspected it, loaded it and shot it - 22,000 rounds later, it's still good. I think you can very easily over-baby service type pistols.
 
The way the glock came, it was factory tested already (2 shots) brass included... so it's ready to go, but if you like your gun clean, just run a bore snake through it, which is what i did.
 
R00k1E said:
Gentlemen, a moment of your time if you can spare it.

I just recently purchased a Gen 3 Glock 17 and have been getting conflicting answers to this question and I've done my research online and again...conflicting answers.

My question is, should I clean the Glock 17 before firing it the first time? Should I remove the factory grease that's inside the weapon before firing? The manual says not to but if I am to clean it before firing, should I clean around the grease?

I apologize if this is a repost but searching for "new Glock" or any variation of on here brings up more information than I can possibly process considering how anxious I am to shoot this beautiful new beast :)

Thank you for your time.
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It's a firearm. If you call it a weapon, the police will take it away!
 
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