How to clean a Rock Island Armory 1911 A1 pistol. Field Strip, Lubrication & Reassembly

How to field strip, clean, lubricate and reassemble a Rock Island Armory (Armscor) 1911 A1.

This cleaning technique can be used on many concealed carry and home defense handguns. Firearm disassembly, cleaning and lubrication should be done on a regular basis.

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Cleaning a Rock Island 1911 A1 is straight forward and simple.

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The process consists of field stripping the pistol down to the following parts:
Frame, Slide, barrel, guide rod, recoil spring, recoil spring plug and slide stop pin.

Then clean each part, lubricate and reassemble.

Follow the step-by step instructions in the video for a painless gun cleaning session!

Time Codes:

0:00 Intro
0:20 Field Strip the RIA 1911- 3 methods to remove the barrel bushing
4:00 Cleaning the RIA 1911 with Original Gun Oil CLP
7:55 Cleaning the RIA 1911 Barrel with a Boresnake
11:58 Lubricating the RIA 1911
14:32 Reassembling the RIA 1911