daniel craig
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So today, a family member called me asking if I could take a look at his Marlin 336. He loaded it up and went to cycle the action but the lever got stuck forward. Since I’m the biggest “gun guy” (his words not mine) he knows he figured I’d be able to fix it.
And “fix it” I did. By noticing it looked like it had never been cleaned…so I sprayed some liquid wrench into the action waited about 15 minutes (tightened all the screws down in that time) cleaned it out with an old tooth brush and cotton swabs. Apparently one of the pieces near the lading gate (see I’m not that much of a gun guy) was stuck. A good cleaning got it unstuck and the rifle working flawlessly.
The part that really seems curious to me is that this person is a neat/clean freak in almost all other areas of his life. His house is so sterile you could run a hospital out of it, his chainsaw, tractor, truck etc are all well maintained. His guns? Some of them are borderline neglected. I don’t get it.
Idk why I posted this, just an interesting observation.
Edit: for context the guy is a former Ranger qualified infantry officer so it’s not like he doesn’t know how to maintain a weapon.
And “fix it” I did. By noticing it looked like it had never been cleaned…so I sprayed some liquid wrench into the action waited about 15 minutes (tightened all the screws down in that time) cleaned it out with an old tooth brush and cotton swabs. Apparently one of the pieces near the lading gate (see I’m not that much of a gun guy) was stuck. A good cleaning got it unstuck and the rifle working flawlessly.
The part that really seems curious to me is that this person is a neat/clean freak in almost all other areas of his life. His house is so sterile you could run a hospital out of it, his chainsaw, tractor, truck etc are all well maintained. His guns? Some of them are borderline neglected. I don’t get it.
Idk why I posted this, just an interesting observation.
Edit: for context the guy is a former Ranger qualified infantry officer so it’s not like he doesn’t know how to maintain a weapon.
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