FlSwampRat
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Since he always cleaned his revolver at work, never saw my father clean a gun. My first lesson in gun cleaning came from my drill sgt. in basic training. I distinctly remember him asking if I had the desire to be a farmer because "You could grow potatoes in that barrel, maggot!"
Cleaned my 16 with patches, brushes and pipe cleaners. My boss, the owner of the pawn business for where I work, probably thinks I'm overly OCD about cleaning guns coming out of pawn but my basic training stayed with me regarding my own guns and I don't want to hand a "for sale" gun to someone and have them need to wipe their hands after.
I know I'm overly fastidious about clean firearms but that's the way I am.
All that said, one day the boss was at the range and another shooter seemed to be having difficulty with his Glock not cycling right. Bossman offered to take a look at the guy's firearm and handed it back, directing him to bring it to the store I manage for a good cleaning.
No joke, I was scraping carbon off of his feed ramp as if it was an exhaust valve from a old truck.
Why someone would spend multiple Benjamins on a fine firearm and then neglect it. A Hamilton would buy a cleaning kit and few minutes the night after a range visit would keep that gun running just fine. Beyond me.
The attached picture is the dirty leavings after cleaning that one Glock.
Cleaned my 16 with patches, brushes and pipe cleaners. My boss, the owner of the pawn business for where I work, probably thinks I'm overly OCD about cleaning guns coming out of pawn but my basic training stayed with me regarding my own guns and I don't want to hand a "for sale" gun to someone and have them need to wipe their hands after.
I know I'm overly fastidious about clean firearms but that's the way I am.
All that said, one day the boss was at the range and another shooter seemed to be having difficulty with his Glock not cycling right. Bossman offered to take a look at the guy's firearm and handed it back, directing him to bring it to the store I manage for a good cleaning.
No joke, I was scraping carbon off of his feed ramp as if it was an exhaust valve from a old truck.
Why someone would spend multiple Benjamins on a fine firearm and then neglect it. A Hamilton would buy a cleaning kit and few minutes the night after a range visit would keep that gun running just fine. Beyond me.
The attached picture is the dirty leavings after cleaning that one Glock.