Not a problem. Ballistol is non-toxic. Besides, I've washed my hands in gasoline, paint thinner and everything else over the years. I don't recommend it, but my generation just lives differently. :-)

Anything this man says about Glock and how he cleans them, I listen to it.

Watching this 10 years later in 2020. I really appreciate what you do, sir!

I was 42 when I first watched this...am 55 now. This was one of the first firearm videos I ever watched!

Cleaning my guns is really good therapy for me. I love taking my time, breaking down and cleaning all my guns. Makes me feel better.

"I run that in there a few times... work it in and out, from the rear." - Hickok45, 2009

I watch Hickok 45 frequently to get his opinion on firearms. I've been a cop for 30 years and carry constantly. I never stop learning and this site has kept me on my toes. Basic cleaning process is an area we all need to revisit. Excellent videos as always Sir.

This method has worked well for my g19 and g26. Hickok is my you tube gun dad! Awesome videos!

The main thing is, you don't want oil in the firing pin channel, inside the slide where it will attract dirt and gum up the free movement of the striker, or even the firing pin block, I suppose. That said, a crazy Glock might just operate quite well even with the channel gummed up considerably. For a carry or defensive gun, you just wouldn't want to take the chance.

@ConcealedFirepower, Yeah, they saw this video months later and contacted me to get permission to link to it. I agreed, and I DO get some free Ballistol for letting them do the link. I love this stuff and HAVE loved it long before I ever started doing KZfaq videos. I guess I had every gun converted to it about 7 years before my first KZfaq video.

As a new glock owner I've found these videos very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to put them up for others like myself to learn!

the ballistol video that started it all... feels almost ceremonial to watch.

Just performed my first post-range cleaning on my new Glock 23 as per your video. As others have said time and time again - thank you for taking the time to make these videos and pass on your wealth of knowledge. You're the man!

@TitusEC, because Ballistol does better than anything I've ever used. All sort of cleaners would clean okay, but Ballistol's lubing effect, even when you've wiped it off, is a huge attraction. Great stuff.

Please re-film this classic video in HD!

"Feel my barrel, its really smooth." -Hickok45

Thank you Hickok45 for helping me buy all 6 of my guns. Really love the natural feel of your videos and honest presence :)

Hello Hickok45, since rejoining the 'gun culture' after many years of absence I've found your videos to be invaluable to me in my quest for recalling the basics of firearm maintenance, cleaning and of course safety, taught to me years ago by my Father, who I lost at age 18. Like you, he had a very easy, steady and non-pedantic way about him...somehow I just knew that He knew what He was talking about...and that's a mouthful from a know-it-all 13 yr. old. I'm 60 now, finally married (12 yrs.) and a homeowner. All I seek from gun ownership is an added degree of safety and security for what my Wife and I have created. I'm a hound for info and have found the likes of Yourself, Massad Ayoob, Chuck Hawks, Jerry Miculek, and a few others to be very beneficial. Anyway, I seem to have rambled on there for a bit, so to the point. In your cleaning video for Glock at roughly 7:25 you are brushing the slide to remove powder from it however it is pointed up...everything else I've read suggests that it be pointed down especially regarding the firing pin/striker area so as not allow any possible debris in...? Please understand, this is an observation, not a criticism from a Newbie trying to learn again what he forgot years ago...I have nothing but respect for you Sir. I appreciate how many requests you must receive daily desiring response and of course I would as well, but failing that, perhaps in your next video you could expand on my question? Thank you Sir for all you have shared with us...and also, thank you to the screener who reads this. Be Safe.

I don't know why I found this video so soothing. I could literally fall asleep to hickok45 talking while taking a toothbrush to his Glock.

Thank you for everything !!! 10 years later still making videos

I did a fair amount of research before I bought my first Glock; a 23. Loved it so much I just bought a 17 a few months later. Your videos were and still are very helpful and fun to watch. Thanks for taking the time to share your expertise, It's much appreciated. Mark Anderson Mankato, MN

I may have mentioned this before, but, i have been using a differnt product than qtips for several years at the suggestion of my dear wife. She casually said one day. Why dont you try my cosmetcs qtips? These are woven rather than spun and dont shed fibers. You can get them at target and walmart. Works for me and as we all know wives are never wrong

I am fairly new to shooting with pistols and am not just born, but am no expert either. Your videos and years of expertise really put everything together that ANYBODY can follow. From the expert advice to and including your personal opinions, this video made cleaning my glock 19 gen 4 very easy. A BIG THANK YOU! Of everyone else around telling me and explaining it, your video put it right in to perspective and SHOWED me exactly how! And it's through YOUR videos that I felt at ease and comfortable attempting on my own. Thanks again for everything you do and ALL of your reviews and expert advice! Stay healthy and safe!

I always listen to a man who can consistently bang a gong from 40 yards with anything.

I am 56, and I have been cleaning by guns wrong for about 48 years. Thank you for this information.

Just had to tell you how much you have helped me out on choosing my guns , cleaning and striping them and shooting them! You have been a huge influence on my hobbie and my way of life considering I carry a Glock 27 , like my MasterCard. I bought a ruger sr9c and had nothing but problems with it , sent it to ruger , got it back and they didn't fix the problem so I looked up your videos on concealed guns and after watching you shoot the 27 I was already hooked on Glocks ! I left right after I watched the video and drove straight to gander mountain and traded it in for a g27 and I tell you it was the best thing I've ever dun with something to do with guns. I've shot over 4,000 rounds through it with not even one malfunction not one ! Which takes me to my next problem gun . I wanted a 45. And I did watch the video you did on the xds and it did look and feel like a great gun even though I went there for a sf21 it caught my eye . Well it was another mistake not from your review it was my luck and just like the ruger it had problems from the get go , light primer strikes , double feeds and the slide wouldn't go back in place so after being so disappointed in the craze for xd's being the next big thing! I sent it to Springfield , got it back they said they fix it and wouldn't ya know 2 Bullitts out of the gun and light primer strike cuz the slide still wouldn't go back in place so.....what do I do I traded that in for my g21sf and like my 27 after around 1,000 rounds in it not one hickup ! Super long story short your expertise on guns has been so helpful and I can't thank you enough! Your videos are great and I can't wait to see more ! And once again thank you for making me a very proud Glock owner! I'll probably never buy anything but a Glock!

As an aspiring Firearms and Cigar Aficionado, I thank you for all your videos and am Glad to see another who enjoys fine cigars! Thanks from Australia!

Very good video. The Glocks definitely don't need a lot of oil. Back in the 90's when I was taught how to clean and lube a Glock (with CLP), we lubed the contact points on the frame just as you did. However, we also used a single drop on the exterior of the barrel and a single drop in both of the channels in the slide.

As someone somewhat new to handgun ownership, this video helped me correct some of the things I was doing wrong. Never owned a handgun until recently so thanks for the video and tips!

It’s been 11yrs.... Still love your vids

hickok45 is the reason I own 3 Glocks. I was a Sig man my entire life but got hooked on his demonstration of the G-26, G-27 & G-30. I have loved them and one of them even became my EDC!

I love rewatching these old videos! Thank you for doing what you and John do!

You wiped your face with the balistol rag at 12:30, that's freakin awesome!!! Balistol a lube , a cleaner, and face lotion

Great video to watch even years later. Great workbench too. Its seen its share of cleanings I'm sure.

Hickok45... this is an exceptional video. You helped save my life from worrying about how to clean my new glock. I've watched a number of videos and not one compares to the ease and simplicity of your method. This is the only way I clean now and I was able to find ballistol at a gun shop. Thank you for his informative video!

Thank you for taking 15minutes of your time. You're like my dad I wanted to help me out. A lot of people will tell you how to shoot but not clean.

Just purchased my first Glock. Your video's have been most helpful. Thanks for taking the time to share that wisdom!

Great cleaning vid Hickok, I needed one on Glocks, since mine is new and hasn't been shot, I did this exact cleaning. Thanks for doing this vid. I appreciate all you and John do putting this vids out, they are extremely helpful for me at least!!

Thanks Hickok, I was over oiling my gun and just went through your cleaning process and found a lot of gunk. I thought that the mor oil the better. I was wrong lol. Thanks again

So I used the Ballistol on my cast iron pan and now my eggs taste funny. Just joking! I do love my cast iron pan but love your videos way more. Thank you so much for this video and all the wonderful videos you put out. I have learn so much from you. You just seem like a really great guy too. Thanks again for all the videos ! Life is good ! :)

I really appreciate the tutorial videos you make for us beginners Hickok, this one in particular helped me out a lot today, I had no idea what I was doing until I started following your hands. I've been watching you for a long time, thank you.

I love that table!

What a fantastic channel. Just purchased my first Glock (26G4), ran 50 rounds through it yesterday, and found this channel for instructions. Will definitely be referencing many of your videos as my gun collection grows.

As a new Glock owner I really appreciated this video. Cant wait to hit the range. Thanks for another excellent video hickok45

I am only at 3:29 into this video and I just wanted to comment that I wonder how many percentage points the sale or sales of ballistol has gone up just by Hickok45 mentioning that this is what he uses to clean his guns. I might be wrong, but I would bet that it is a noticeable amount.

I love your 'old wood' work desk !!!

Thank you for the video. I just got my first handgun, a Glock 21, and with your help I'll be able to keep it clean and ready at all times.

Just the smoothness of your hands, your experience shows. Now, I've admired Hitchcock for as long as I can remember, and I found this video, I don't know how I missed it. Just wow

walked into gander mountain and low and behold, ballistol !😎

Older than you are BUT I love to learn from you.Thanks for good info.

Hi Hickok 45 I have been watching your videos for the last 4 months and I must say I have learned a lot from you. I just purchased a Glock 30 4th Gen yesterday after watching you shoot one in your video. I wanted to get something I could carry without it being so big. Your cleaning video was great. Thank you for being so detailed in your videos. I look forward to watching many more.

Got my first Glock today and immediately looked up this video. This man is a national treasure and is like the grandfather I never got the got the chance to meet.

I just learned how to clean my new Glock and how to fry my morning eggs, thank you Sir

First of all, thank you for what you do for the shooting fraternity, and for simplifying things for those many citizens recently joining us. Your decades of experience leave no room for doubt about any/all topics you cover. As the 52 yr old son of a gun smith, firearms are in my DNA. We mostly re-blued and parkerized. Pop from the mid '60's on, my brother and I joining him in the mid '70's until the Clinton admin pulled the rug out from under all those without a store front. Pop passed a few years ago as not doing what we love tends to put us in an early grave. I went from re-finishing firearms to bluing high quality swords. (at night,, blued swords are invisible) No, I'd never ''bring a knife to a gun fight''. However, I'd gladly bring a sword to a knife fight. I've been telling people for decades to use denatured alcohol for cold degreasing and to never over oil. ( ENOUGH with the WD-40 people!) Having said this, and as a first time Glock owner,,(G-27 Gen 4) a few questions if I may. 1) What is your reason for not oiling the firing pin and/or extractor assembly. (heat/pressure from round discharge?) and after how many rounds should slide be disassembled & cleaned, but NOT oiled? (using only jacketed ammo) 2) After brush cleaning, can compressed air (with in-line water filter) be used to clear any remaining debris from pistol frame and/or slide? And finally,#3) Did you like the Glocks when they first started gaining market share in the mid-late '80's? Or did they need to grow on you for a while. Pop ''hated'' them at first because of the polymer frame, we couldn't make money on them. Eventually the testimony from dozens of officers we've done work for over the years forced him to admit that, because of the reduction in injuries due to less weight, and their round capacity, Glocks were a badly needed upgrade for our brothers and sisters in law enforcement. My father tried to warn citizens for decades about the direction we were headed on this issue, the mis/dis-information out there seems at times insurmountable. As you can imagine most everyone, even family,, laughed at him for his views. During his funeral, and the weeks after his passing countless people contacted me saying ''You know, Mitch was right. Almost everything he said has come true, especially during this present admin. It's as if he could see the future.'' I told them all the same thing, '' Yes, time has shown him to have been correct about most things. And I can't help but notice that,,, none of you are laughing anymore. Welcome to the party. Now, what are you going to do about it?'' Most understood why I said this. A few got mad. Me, I can care less either way. I'm not nearly as polite as my father was. I stopped pulling my punches in political discourse long ago. I am my fathers son. The only difference is,, I'd much rather be free than polite. Anyway, sorry so long,, thanks for everything.

You make great videos! Thank you so much, I left Sig handguns and you've helped with the transition. Your knowledge should be archived for the next ten generations.

Just comprehensive and not drawling enough. Damn I love this channel

Ballistol is awesome. I started using it years ago after watching this video. Love this video

Just got a Glock for my first gun, these videos have been great! Thank you.

Love this video. Just cleaned my 27 and 23 for the first time after running a couple hundred rounds through each of them and this really clarified a couple of things for me. You're doing God's work, Hickok45! :D

Just picked up my first Glock, a 26. Actually never owned anything but a 357 N frame and finially decided it is time for CCW. Thanks for sharing all that experience!!! Gonna be spending some time in your "library" on here!!! Appreciate your time and effort.

Biggest mistake, I see people make, is OVER oiling. Too much oil can cause more problems than not oiling at all.

Sir you like Glock’s eggs and cast iron skillet’s you have yourself a sub!!!

Thanks Hickok. Fist time gun owner and this video was great for cleaning my Glock. Walked me right through it. Amazon sells Ballistol and depending how you buy it you may not even have to pay shipping.

hickok45 Just purchased my first Glock and have watched several of your videos. I have learned several things about my new Glock G30 and just wanted to say thanks for all of your valuable information.

Hickok45 is like the Michael Jordan of the fire arm realm lol love your vids!

work it in and out from the rear..Giggiddy :P

Just got a Glock 19 Gen 3 (CA). Really well done, accessible and understandable tutuorial!

Thanks Hickok. I had Froglubed the entire slide including the firing pin before seeing your video. Thanks for the lesson.

Has he changed his thinking/methods since this was made? His XDM .45 video shows him using Ballistol very liberally and in places he normally wouldn't touch.

I work it in and out from the rear too

I just started using Ballistol! And it makes cleaning so much easier. I used to use shooter lube solvent and oil or Hoppes. But ballistol cleans the guns so well and it’s all in one .

Thank you Hickok. Just got my first Glock 17 a few weeks ago and this video was perfect as I cleaned it for the first time.

Is it weird that I am watching this, but don't own a Glock?

Thank you so much for this simple video. I’ve already ordered some Ballistol, and I will go by Walmart for the other materials. I’ll never have to pay $20-50 for a clean Glock (or any of my other firearms) again! My question is how often? I’ve been doing every 200 - 300 rounds or so. It stays clean and is only shot indoor ranges and it’s a Glock. It’ll probably last forever.

Though you are not selling the stuff, you have convinced me I need Ballistol for my Glocks, my Colts, my Kimbers, my McCormick, my Brownings, heck all my stuff. I orderd some tonight. I sure thank you.

Balistol should consider paying this man I guarantee their sales went up after he put this video out & also I can bet so many people went out & bought some after watching this so they can clean their glocks the way hickok45 does seriously tho

Put 500 rounds through my glock and then cleaned it the first time. Now at around 750 and fine

The sound of the patch going thru the bore....nails on a chalkboard.

Hey Hickok45, you are great! What would we do without you? Keep teaching us. I receive so much from your videos. Thank you.

Thanks for a great video on cleaning Glock. I just got my first two guns a couple days ago (Glock 19 Gen 4 and a Remington 870 12 gauge shot gun). I appreciate you taking more time to show how to take the slide off. Most videos it is done so fast I couldn't figure out how it was being done. I look forward to watching more of your videos!

"Work it in and out from the rear" hahahahahahah omg

Hi Hickok45, could you please remake the glock cleaning and complete disassembly in HD quality? Thanks for the great videos man.

I have been watching your channel for well over a year now and they are all entertaining and informative. KZfaq suggested this video. Despite it being an older one I am looking to buy my first gun soon and it will be a Glock. I am the “new Glock owner”. Thanks for uploading all the great videos. P.S. I love the range set up you have.

Just wanted to let you know I enjoyed your video. I just purchased a Glock 21 Gen 4 Thanks a lots. It sure helps us newbies..

"I work it in and out, from the rear" We know you said that on purpose haha

@SuperAirsoftFilms , I've been a partner for over a year.

Another easy way to disassemble any Glock is after clearing for safety, pull the trigger to release the striker, then just put the muzzle of the pistol on the table and push until it stops, then pull down on the takedown latch with your free hand then lift the pistol from the table while holding the takedown latch and the slide should fall free from the frame. Hope this helps someone. Love your videos.

I bought the extended takedown tabs for my Glocks , helps dramatically in getting a firm grip to break the gun down

Hickok45 ...love you channel Sir. Im a new gun owner (Glock 30 SF)....brand new and have only ran about 100 rounds through it so far. How often would you recommend cleanings? I understand you can't answer every inquiry....but it would be most appreciated. Thanks!

9:15 "I work it in and out from the rear" if you know what I mean.

Hickok, thanks for another great video! I don't have many friends to ask advise on pistols and have been wanting to to matches for over a year now. I have watched many, of your vids and taken much of your advise. I shot my first match with a G35 last weekend and surprised myself and did much better than I expected, thanks to you and a few other knowledgeable contributors on youtube. Now it's time to do a "Proper" cleaning as I just found out I have been using too much oil.

Thanks for the info. Just got a 19, and I've been cleaning it pretty much the way you do. Good to see I've been doing it correctly.

I just wear mine in the shower.

Do Glocks really have to be cleaned?? I've had my Glocks for years and only been cleaned no more than 2 times. They work just fine.

Its a classic video from Hickok45! Soothing to watch!

Thank you Hickok. Got a Glock 26 last year and I conceal carry that thing everyday. Going to need a cleaning very soon so this video will be very helpful.

I noticed you have alot of Cigar boxes in your video's. Are you a Cigar man too ?

14:18 you are not ugly sir. you are simply beautiful, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

That is exactly how a Glock should be cleaned and oiled. Too many people just spray oil all over the place and that's going to do a lot more damage than good. Great video for people who need to know how to clean a Glock!

Easy, simple, not complicated with any fancy tools I respect that 👍🏼