Sylvan-Forge
Member
So I had this dream last night .. a dream within a dream ..
An old friend is showing me his sidearm* and I run my thumb along the back of the slide and the thing falls apart in my hand ..
I wake up and get a phone call from the old friend who proceeds to tell me that while he was out shooting his sidearm* with his young son standing next to him on the firing line, the barrel ruptured and a piece of shrapnel struck his son in the left eye, permanently blinding him.
I wake up, for real this time, and felt compelled to encourage those who don't clean their weapons to consider, if for nothing else, the process of cleaning can be more than for the sake of clean. Inspection might uncover a potential safety issue .. a hairline crack along the chamber, a strange impression on the breech-face ..
Which reminds me, I need a new magnifying glass.
*Make and model redacted to protect the innocent
An old friend is showing me his sidearm* and I run my thumb along the back of the slide and the thing falls apart in my hand ..
I wake up and get a phone call from the old friend who proceeds to tell me that while he was out shooting his sidearm* with his young son standing next to him on the firing line, the barrel ruptured and a piece of shrapnel struck his son in the left eye, permanently blinding him.
I wake up, for real this time, and felt compelled to encourage those who don't clean their weapons to consider, if for nothing else, the process of cleaning can be more than for the sake of clean. Inspection might uncover a potential safety issue .. a hairline crack along the chamber, a strange impression on the breech-face ..
Which reminds me, I need a new magnifying glass.
*Make and model redacted to protect the innocent