Accidentally grabbed Ballistol instead of compressed air and sprayed a small amount into the firing pin of P380 while cleaning.
Should I remove the firing pin and wipe it down or will it be OK as is?
Thanks!
Accidentally grabbed Ballistol instead of compressed air and sprayed a small amount into the firing pin of P380 while cleaning.
Should I remove the firing pin and wipe it down or will it be OK as is?
Thanks!
If it is a carry gun you should clean it out, lest it leak onto your primers. Otherwise just let it go. No harm will come. it will eventually be blasted out by shooting, until your next detailed cleaning.
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Ballistol is not regular oil, it's made from mineral oil. It evaporates fairly quickly.
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Shoot some brake cleaner into the clean out hole and work the striker back and forth and you should be ok. That will clean it out.
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Gotcha. Thanks for the tips. Just curious - how often is detail-stripping and cleaning that area a good idea, generally?
Good question. I dont know either but have somewhere betwn 2-300 round thru my CW380 and have never stripped the striker nor cleaned it with anything other than
wipe off the externals. In fact, when I feel it needs a cleaning, I'll blast it with brake cleaner, blow it dry with a hair dryer, and call it a day.
PS: wear safety glasses when you use brake cleaner.
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got it. Will do. Thanks for all the tips!!
RE: drying sticky. The Ballistol Company claims otherwise. FYI.
http://www.ballistol.com/longevity/
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