A gun cleaning first

[FlSwampRat]

A buddy of mine carried a Glock on security duty for years. Three years, as the story goes. Never cleaned, never oiled, never fired. One day he finally took it out to the old farm for some practice and was surprised that the slide jammed on the way back after the first shot. It's a Glock he said, they're not supposed to do that! It was completely jammed up with lint and other detritus.

I hate when detritus is involved.
On a serious note, my EDC rides in an open leather holster at the store. I don't shoot it often, so if couple of weeks go by without running some ammo down the tube I check it and often find some dust, etc in there and run a dry patch through it just cause. Pocket carried ccw guns are going to be much more subject to accumulated crud. I'm glad your buddy found out at the old farm and not in a dark alley.

 

[WVGunman]

Pretty good odds this used to be Chuck Norris’s backup gun...

Chuck Norris doesn't need a backup gun. Chuck Norris is his own backup.

 

[WVGunman]

Had another one come in the shop several years ago with a jelly bean stuck in the barrel.

Everyone knows only a jellybean bullet will kill a chocolate werewolf.

 

[Scrapiron45]

Got a really good buy on a muzzle loader at a pawn shop when we dropped a rod in the barrel and it stopped about an inch short. They couldn't get it out of the shop quick enough. Took it home, pulled a greasy cleaning patch out of it.

 

[JohnKSa]

Some years ago I bought a stainless Ruger P95 decocker model second hand at a good price. When I got it home, I realized that all the internals were covered with some kind of sticky, varnish-like coating. I had to detail strip the thing and soak the parts in solvent before I could even use a brush to remove the crap. All kinds of crud, dust and lint (even some leaf parts) stuck in the coating.

I should have called the guy back to find out what he had used for cleaner just so I could be sure to never make the same mistake.

 

[FlSwampRat]

Some years ago I bought a stainless Ruger P95 decocker model second hand at a good price. When I got it home, I realized that all the internals were covered with some kind of sticky, varnish-like coating. I had to detail strip the thing and soak the parts in solvent before I could even use a brush to remove the crap. All kinds of crud, dust and lint (even some leaf parts) stuck in the coating.

As a dealer in all sorts of used stuff I'll never understanding an owner wanting to sell something and not bothering to clean it up first. The minutes you invest in cleaning your item will positively reflect on the selling price. A gun doesn't have to be cleaned to DSA levels (That's Drill Sergeant Approved) but when, in my case pocket (dryer?) lint, in your case leaf parts, are all in the mechanism, you're not going to get as much money for your firearm as might be possible.

I should have called the guy back to find out what he had used for cleaner just so I could be sure to never make the same mistake.

I'm betting it was just too much oil over too many years and never cleaning it at all.

 

[Obturation]

Had another one come in the shop several years ago with a jelly bean stuck in the barrel.

A squib from someone with questionable loading practices.

 

[Bottom Gun]

I bought a pistol on Gunbroker from an individual who had his local FFL ship it to my FFL. My FFL took the pistol case out of the packing box and handed it to me. I opened the case took the pistol out, drew the side back and a loaded round popped out. It was very quiet in the shop for the next few minutes.
I let my FFL keep the round for his collection.

 

[JohnKSa]

... in your case leaf parts, are all in the mechanism, you're not going to get as much money for your firearm as might be possible.

He got lucky. For one thing, the price was pretty good so I didn't do more than a quick check of the gun. This was back when Ruger was still supporting the P-series line so I wasn't to worried about getting stuck with a lemon.

Second, it wasn't until I really got past the field strip that I started noticing the varnish coating. It was on the major parts, but they had been brushed/wiped clean enough that it wasn't very obvious.

I wasn't really upset about it--I was going to detail strip and do a full checkout anyway so it wasn't a huge inconvenience. And the price was really good--did I already mention that?

 

[FlSwampRat]

I let my FFL keep the round for his collection.

Yeah, it's sad that we all have that kind of a collection.