Carry Gun Maintenance 11/11/26

Clinic Location: Ballistic Forge, 220 S Cliff Ave, Suite 102, Harrisburg, SD g
Instructor: Jacob Little
Class Registration through Ballistic Forge.

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Class Overview
Taught by the defensive instructors at Warrior Monk Academy and hosted at Ballistic Forge, Carry Gun Maintenance is a hands-on workshop designed to teach you how to properly clean, inspect, lubricate, and maintain your everyday carry firearm.
This isn’t a class where you sit and watch someone else clean a handgun. You’ll work directly with your own firearm, learning the maintenance process step by step while using cleaning supplies provided by Ballistic Forge. When the class ends, you’ll leave with a Ballistic Forge Range-Ready Cleaning Kit, so you have the essential tools and supplies to keep your firearm maintained at home or at the range.

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What’s Included
Your registration includes:

Hands-on Instruction: Direct guidance from Warrior Monk Academy instructors.

In-Class Supplies: All cleaning supplies provided by Ballistic Forge during the workshop.

Guided Inspection & Maintenance: Step-by-step cleaning and safety checks of your own carry firearm.

Take-Home Cleaning Kit: A Ballistic Forge Range-Ready Cleaning Kit to keep.

Practical Knowledge: Long-term skills you can apply for years to come.

Note: No need to purchase or bring your own cleaning supplies. Simply bring your unloaded firearm as directed in the class requirements.

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What You’ll Learn
Your everyday carry handgun is exposed to unique conditions like sweat, lint, dust, carbon buildup, moisture, and lubricant migration. You’ll learn how to safely field-strip your specific firearm and establish a practical maintenance routine covering:

Proper cleaning procedures

Where and how much lubricant to apply

Selecting effective solvents, lubricants, and tools without buying unnecessary gear

Avoiding common maintenance mistakes and over-lubrication issues

Reassembly and full function checks

1. Inspection & Wear Analysis
Cleaning is your best opportunity to inspect critical components. You will learn how to examine key reliability parts and differentiate normal wear from issues that require professional gunsmithing:

Recoil assemblies and extractors

Optics and optic-mounting hardware

Magazine springs and feed lips

Signs of corrosion or environmental damage

General condition of critical components

2. Equipment Verification & Maintenance Tracking
Maintenance extends beyond cleaning. We will cover:

Establishing baseline round counts and tracking reliability

Function-testing principles

Checking optic condition and readiness

Evaluating carried ammunition and magazine condition

3. Storage & Long-Term Care

Short-term vs. long-term storage options

Rust and corrosion prevention techniques

Managing moisture and environmental exposure

Establishing a realistic, repeatable maintenance schedule

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Leave With More Than Knowledge
By the end of the workshop, you won’t just have watched a demonstration—you will have fully cleaned, inspected, and verified your own firearm under professional supervision, and you’ll head home with the tools to keep doing it right.
The goal is simple: to give you the knowledge, equipment, and confidence to take full responsibility for the ongoing reliability of your everyday carry firearm.
A clean firearm is important. A properly maintained and inspected firearm is better.
Because you are worth defending.