JHaddock07
Amateur
**PREFACE**
Eventually, all things need some sort of service or maintenance performed. However, proactive maintenance trumps reactive maintenance; especially if your life may rely upon its proper function. While I am not trying to shrink the pool of potential respondents, my personal experience is built around the framework of the "Roland Special" concept. While some considerations have been addressed between Facebook, this forum, and other social media outlets, I figured it would be good to consolidate observations, as well as offer potential insight for those with setups similar to the "Roland Special" concept.
**QUESTION**
I'm curious to know what my fellow pistol shooters have found to be necessary items to check, and at what intervals these checks are performed in regards to owning, shooting, carrying, and maintaining an RMR'ed / Compensated pistol; or any combination thereof?
**Relative Background Info.**
Pistol Mechanical Specs:
- Glock 19 Gen 4 (9mm)
- Agency Arms Drop in trigger
- NDZ Stainless Steel Guide Rod
- ISMI 15* Recoil Spring
- Trijicon RMR06
- KKM Barrel & Compensator
- Surefire X-300U (A)
- Magpul GL17 magazines (training only)
- Factory G19 magazine(s) w/ TTI +3 (carry only)
- Dry Fire (daily) : including slide manipulation, malfunctions drills, draw stroke from IWB / OWB holsters, and reloads.
- Live Fire (min. 1 trip per week) : Round counts range from 50-300 rds per trip depending on training focus.
- Training Ammo: Speer Lawman 147 Gr.
**Observations**
- Rapid carbon buildup in pistol and magazine internals, due to blowback created by the compensator.
- RMR mounting screws loosen. There doesn't seem to be any consistent pattern of which side loosens or how many shots before the screw(s) will start to back out. Initially, I thought my RMR was crapping out or failing to hold zero because of the drastic shift in POA / POI.
- Compensator Set Screws loosen. Expansion due to rate / volume of fire will cause the set screws to back out.
- Failure to Eject / Stovepipes with 115 gr. ball ammo.
**Protocol**
- Use more lubricant than would be considered "acceptable" in a non-compensated setup, and or switch to a higher quality lubricant I.E. SLIP 2000 / MPRO-7.
- Field strip, wipe down, reapply lubricant to pistol after each live fire session.
- Detail clean pistol and magazines every ~1K rds.
- Check tightness of RMR set screws before and after every live fire session.
- Apply blue loctite to the threads of the compensator setscrews, let sit for 24 hours or as long as possible.
- The initial approach was to detail clean the pistol.
- The second attempted fix was to apply liberal amounts of lube.
- Swap the factory R.S.A. from a "Captured" (dual) R.S.A. @ 17 lbs. spring weight, to a single spring R.S.A. @ 15 lbs. spring weight.