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Thought I would share this with you all. I started carrying way back in 1990 in FL and have carried practically every day since. I have always carried using a pancake holster and a 4" 1911. Recently, I switched to a milt sparks summer special IWB holster. I have to say I like this way better. But here is the skinny. About once a year I would completely tear the slide and frame down and give it a good cleaning. Well, after about 6 months of carrying with the IWB holster I tore the gun down and was stunned at the amount of crud that was everywhere. I had caked up junk (mostly a lint and oil mix) on the sear, sear spring, hammer strut ect. ect. I can see if a person carried like this all the time and never stripped the grip apart at some point I could see the gun failing. WOW. Just a heads up for those IWB carriers.

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Hmmm... maybe there is a market for a pistol with a lint trap?

I carry a Glock IWB and have never had any problems with much lint inside the action itself, but I happend to look up inside the hollow part in the backside of the grip and it was was full of lint.

I just stick my finger in there every now and then and clean it out... a little trick I learned from my belly button. :D

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