[allrockabilly]

Yea they are very tight and just like you found out a small amount of debris can cause problems.
I have always used Q-Tips to help in cleaning my pistols (some people think this is a big no no) especially in the really tight places or even the rail channels. I still do sometimes but then after the Q-Tips I use a cleaning cloth and try and get any little fuzzy left over and before I lube and reassemble the pistol I do a thorough inspection to make sure there is no fuzz or other debris anywhere. This does take me awhile but I am pretty anal about certain things. I want to make sure I never have a foul up during fire due to something I did. I have never had any problems with my DW's or any other pistol for that matter using the method I use.

Everyone seams to clean there weapons differently. I have found that there is no right / perfect way to clean a weapon. But there are some big "NO-NOs" that most come to learn.

Anyways I am glad you got it worked out. How do you like the grease instead of oil? I use to use a little grease only on specific parts and thicker oils for the rest but now I use Wilson Combat Ultama Lube II (Universal) and it is pretty great. I use it for everything, it's a lot thicker than a regular oil and doesn't dry up or run all over the place it pretty much stays where you put it. But it's not as thick as grease so in my mind and what I have come to find out it's the best of both worlds.

Anyways that was my little rant for the morning. Again glad you got here running good again,

-Ryan S