Pistol cleaning - Beretta Px4

This is how i go about cleaning my pistols. I'm a newbie, so I welcome constructive comments and swapping tips.

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• Beretta
• Px4
• Storm
• 9mm
• mm
• caliber
• pistol
• semi-auto
• semiauto
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• cleaning
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• drzman

[travislikeafox]

I really like your attention to detail while cleaning, I'm the same way and I also tend to go overboard on the oil. One question though, while using the grease have you noticed any tendency for the action to seize up? I had heard a criticism of the action on the px4 was that dirt could become wedged around the rotating chamber of the pistol and keep it from rotating and cycling.

[drzmanproject]

@travislikeafox No, I've never had any problems with dirt getting wedged around the rotating chamber. Out of 3500 to 4000 rounds, I've only had two malfunctions, and others shooting it (friends, family) have had a total of maybe 4. I believe all of these related to human error, like limp-wristing, or in my case, riding the slide release or maybe letting it get a little too dry after a week shooting in the desert for MAG-40.

[drzmanproject]

@travislikeafox To produce the problem you mention, the shooter would, I'm guessing, have to neglect cleaning it so much that any other semi-auto would start failing also.

[TheHalothane]

I'm a n00b as well...

I've seen other comments regarding using the metallic bristle brush in one direction only, from back to front (the same direction the bullet travels).

I'm not sure how this would be done easily as all the cleaning rods I've seen have a thick handle at the base....

Are there ones without a thick base?

[drzmanproject]

@TheHalothane In talking with highly experienced shooters, I've come away with two points - 1) in order to run the bristle brush in one direction only, you have to push it through until it sticks out past the muzzle, then unscrew it from the rod, and pull the rod out. Screw it back in, and repeat. Over and over again.

[drzmanproject]

Respond to this video... 2) compared to the violent force of an FMJ bullet being thrust through a barrel, and then subsequent rounds grinding unburned powder and fouling against the walls of the bore, slowly pulling a soft metal brush backwards through the barrel is nothing, especially with modern firearms often having hard chromed linings. Remember, the bronze in the brushes, and the brass or aluminum in some rods is softer than the steel or chrome barrels.

[xakrampayge]

@drzmanproject well thats handy.

[drzmanproject]

@pyropiss Thanks!

[drzmanproject]

@xakrampayge Thanks for the comment, I've just started using CLP, which is all in one, and that's saving me a step.

[drzmanproject]

@michoacanbeni This an issue with some guns, but most of the modern pistols are designed to go together only one way - so you can't accidentally put it together wrong. Two strategies I use for dealing with complicated assemblies is to take a photo of each step, and lay the parts in sequence of disassembly. Good luck.