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A maintainability question for you S&W M&P owners: how often, if ever, do you guys perform complete teardowns of your M&P pistolas? I don't mean a mere field-strip - I mean complete disassembly of the slide assembly and frame assembly in order to get the gunk out?
I'm used to shooting 1911's and Glocks. Several times each year, everything gets a complete disassembly and cleaning so I can clean out all the gunk that has deposited in the FP channels, plunger holes and elsewhere. I acknowledge that my reloads may not burn as clean as factory ammo, so I may see more gunk than usual.
But I'm mainly concerned about removing the spring roll pins. Tearing down a 1911, and especially a Glock, seems like a relatively simple and low-risk procedure compared to the M&P and so many other pistols out there that require a hammer and punch to knock out these darn spring roll pins. I've always been apprehensive about just how many times you can knock out a roll pin before you screw up the hole that it goes into. I mean, you can easily replace a roll pin, but you can't make a hole smaller.
So what are you guys doing? Just brushing it out or spraying it out as best you can? Swishing it around in Diesel fuel? Dishwasher? Or just being really careful with the pins?
I'm used to shooting 1911's and Glocks. Several times each year, everything gets a complete disassembly and cleaning so I can clean out all the gunk that has deposited in the FP channels, plunger holes and elsewhere. I acknowledge that my reloads may not burn as clean as factory ammo, so I may see more gunk than usual.
But I'm mainly concerned about removing the spring roll pins. Tearing down a 1911, and especially a Glock, seems like a relatively simple and low-risk procedure compared to the M&P and so many other pistols out there that require a hammer and punch to knock out these darn spring roll pins. I've always been apprehensive about just how many times you can knock out a roll pin before you screw up the hole that it goes into. I mean, you can easily replace a roll pin, but you can't make a hole smaller.
So what are you guys doing? Just brushing it out or spraying it out as best you can? Swishing it around in Diesel fuel? Dishwasher? Or just being really careful with the pins?