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I've been pocket carrying my LCP in a DeSantis Nemesis and I've noticed small amounts of lint at the crown. Could this cause a problem when firing? Is there a way to prevent the lint? | ||
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I'd say not at all, especially in a gun meant to be shot at bad breath distance. I have pocket carried an LCP as an off-duty backup for years (10?) and never had a problem. A few times a year, I'll pull it out and clean it. There's usually lint everywhere. When I shoot it, I start out shooting it "cold" as it was carried in the pocket, and usually with quite a bit of lint. So no issue that I have seen with reliability, and I can't imagine it causing damage. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
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E tan e epi tas |
The only thing you need to worry about with lint is it getting gummed up in the rails or hammer and even that would be lots of lint. If you have enough lint to clog a barrel enough to cause an issue there might be a hygiene issue at play.  "Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man." | |||
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Gasses escaping past the bullet will blow it away or burn it away. | |||
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I wouldn't think you'd be able to get lint in your gun if you carry in a pocket holster. I've never noticed any in mine (Mika holster). That is, after all, one of the reasons for doing it. Does the holster have a closed bottom? That would let pocket debris in. Is it fabric? Is it possible little fibers are coming off it? | |||
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Open bottom: http://www.desantisholster.com/THE-NEMESIS But the MagPacker has closed bottom: http://www.desantisholster.com/MAG-PACKER Thanks for the reassuring replies, I'll keep on carrying. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm. |
OK, I misstated my post, I should have said "does it have an open bottom." An open bottom is fine in a belt holster as it lets debris fall out and there is nothing below it to trap it, but with a pocket holster, any lint in the pocket itself could work its way in. I don't think this holster is designed very well. | |||
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It will all blow off the gun on the first shot. Try it yourself, wait until the gun is covered with lint and shoot it at the range using your defensive ammo. ------- A turbo: Exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens, and you go faster. Mr. Doom and Gloom "King in the north!" "Slow is smooth... and also slow. | |||
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It could cause a nasty infection in the bullet wound that you inflict on the bad guy. Your choice  Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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I wouldn’t shoot a gun with visible lint in the barrel just for practice because of the possibility of something else like hard grit that could cause scratching being there as well. I’ve seen accounts of “torture” testing that involved firing handguns that had been immersed in soupy mud, so if that didn’t do anything significant, I wouldn’t worry about lint or grit in a defensive situation. Any damage to the bore would be the least of my worries. “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz This life is a drill. It is only a drill. If it had been a real life, you would have been given instructions about where to go and what to do. | |||
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| Let's be careful out there |
go to a weapons inspection in a detective bureau some time. You could knit sweaters from the lint in those barrels. | |||
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I'm obviously a 'lint attractive person' because any carry gun I own is shortly covered in it. I always shoot my carry gun 'as is' when swapping ammo and after a single round you can't find any of it. Its truly a non issue. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” | |||
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Not to hijack your thread. But. I have carried owb for 30 years. I just can't stand owb. And every gun I have ever carried was a lint magnet. Usually every 2 weeks I delint whatever gun I happen to be carrying. Presently it's a H&k P30 9mm lem. And it's the most lint attracting gun I have ever carried. | |||
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Not to overlook a medical issue: lint attracts dust mites. Dust mite allergy is an extremely common ailment. While not generally serious, symptoms can be quite aggravating and may include:
Folks with asthma should also be aware that their condition may be triggered by an allergic reaction to dust mites. Is it so much to ask that you take a quick swab of your bore before taking that first shot? | |||
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Yup. If you have to shoot somebody, you definitely do not want to give them allergies!  הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Not at all. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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It will just enhance the muzzle flash...no biggie! ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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You could have someone weld a cap over the end of the barrel. I wouldn't worry about the lint, but I do make an effort to clean my pocket guns ever so often just to remove excess lint, dust, etc. | |||
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You could always put a condom over the muzzle as some soldiers did with the M-16's in Viet Nam...IF it bothers you that much. | |||
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