Essential Details Regarding FN Five-seven Cleaning from Experts!

Owning and maintaining a weapon is not an easy task. Before buying one you need to follow different regulations and once you have one, you need to clean the firearm on a regular basis for better functioning. Whether you have a gun, pistol or a revolver; all firearms need proper maintenance. One of the popular pistols in this category is FN Five-seven. Popularly known as Five-seven, it is a semi-automatic pistol that is designed and manufactured in Belgium in the year 1998 but has become the favorite of many across the globe.

The unique thing attached to this pistol is its 5.7-mm bullet diameter. Being a scaled-down rifle round, it was developed as a companion pistol to the P90. Talking about the features of this well-designed pistol, it supports a large magazine capacity and low recoil. After being lightweight, it comes with the ambidextrous controls and the ability to penetrate body armor when using certain cartridge types. Due to the use of polymer material in an extensive range in the whole designing of the pistol, it is quite lightweight and easy to handle.

Now there is the procedure of FN Five-seven Cleaning but before that, you need to aware of the fact that the firearm is safe to operate. You should take out the magazine and make sure there’s no round.

• Once you are sure that the pistol is fully unloaded, you can start the cleaning process. To take the slide off the frame, you need to slide all the way to the back end of the barrel.
• After doing that, you need to take your barrel out. By doing so, you can reach the recoil spring easily as there is no guide rod.
• Then, you should take some prominent quality gun cleaner and clean the barrel. You can use cleaning patches for better results as it is a small caliber pistol.
• Don’t forget the boring side of barrel and back end as it is where the crown lies. Clean it carefully as it affects your accuracy and of course the gun.
• With the help of a nylon brush, you can clean the inside frame by using some gun cleaner and an old toothbrush.

Summing up, you can also follow some other guidelines by visiting the website of Urban Carry Holster. It includes – using gloves while using different gun cleaner solutions and wipe out all the excess cleaner, etc. This will help your weapon in better functioning.

Author Bio: I am Dave Smith working as a marketing strategist at Urban Carry. We house the best collection of leather gun holsters that you can easily wear against your body along with off the body holsters.