Cleaning…

Posted on by August 12, 2015

Such fun… Not!

Put a hundred rounds through the Mustang last weekend, and these are the results… Not up to Tam’s usual standards, but it’s my daily carry…

Not the dirtiest shooter, but not the cleanest either. You can see the buildup on the rails just forward of the slide lock.

100 rounds frame

The slide doesn’t look real bad, but you can see the burned powder/grit on the barrel. Little bit of scrubbing required, but nothing I haven’t done before. In the last 200 rounds, only one FTE, that was with Keads down in NC. That was a jammed case that had expanded and had to be tapped out with a dowel.100 rounds slide barrelClean and shiny and back in service! 🙂

100 rounds clean

I likes my little Pony! 🙂

One note- Colt has come out with a polymer framed version, which Keads discusses HERE. I fondled one the other day, and I don’t care for it due to the ambidextrous safety. I have a high grip, and every time I swept the safety off, it pinched the index finger. Guess I’ll just stick with this one.

Anybody else notice that issue? Or is it just me???

On a brighter note  (literally)- Crimson Trace is offering a drawing for a free course at Gunsite! You can go HERE and register for it. If you sign up through the link, I get a chance too!

Comments

Cleaning… — 7 Comments

  2. My 1911 gets dirtier than that after 100 rounds, but it’s more due to the hodgepodge of mixed ammo in the can than anything else. When I stick with the good stuff, it looks more like yours, but isn’t as shiny as that sweet Mustang.

  4. Good to see that pony again! I like the XSP, but I have small hands anyway. Go figure.

  5. Icky. My -1991A1 is sitting on my desk patiently waiting me to clean it from the last pistol match I shot…which may have been in May.

    I too like my pistols with the Pony on them; and, I also tend to run them like shooters/carry pistols than future investments.