What's dry, what's not?

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Just got a CZ75B...first handgun. I cleaned out the barrel, slide and chamber. Pretty much whatever I could get to with a field strip. I lubed the slide and the outside of the barrel. Now should the rest of the action be dry? The rest of the parts that I can't get to are still covered in the oil that the gun was covered in when I got it. Should I be cleaning that stuff off? Should I leave it dry afterwards or re-oil?
 
Try to get as much as that oil off as its mostly thier for protection, not lubrication. And the general rule is if it moves, it needs lube. So all pivot, sliding, turning, ect point need lube.
 
So what's the best way to clean in there? To get the trigger bar, sear etc out, you need to take out a bunch of pins. Do they make spray cleaners for guns that I could use in there?
 
Big spray can of Brake cleaner from Princess Auto. They go on sale about once a month for around $3.

It is a chlorinated solvent that is a superb degreaser. It has the identical chemical that is in Birchwood Casey Gunscrubber, but for a fraction of the price.

PA sells two types, one that is "reduced odour". The difference is the reduced odour one has about half of the chlorinated solvent replaced with alcohol and other solvents that don't smell as bad, or are as harmeful as the 100% chlorinated solvent variety. But also don't work quite as well.
 
IMHO the non-chlorinated break cleaner does a decent job, too. Whatever you use, REMOVE THE GRIPS FIRST!

I spray the non-chlorinated break cleaner & wipe it off wherever I can. I blow it off elsewhere. Then lightly grease the slide. Then use the liquid lube, blow off excess & wipe lightly.

P.S. Keep the firing pin area dry.
 
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