Great Moments in Gun Cleaning

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So I'm cleaning up after a trip to the range. I'm watching an episode of "You're Under Arrest" on my computer and cleaning my SIG P220. As I'm finishing up my wife walks in to the room and starts chatting with me. I put the slide back on, push it all the way back so that it locks, hit the slide release and the entire slide sails gracefully across my desk, landing with a *thump*. :uhoh:

It works much better when you remember to rotate the takedown lever back in place. Where's the "embarrassed sigh" smiley? :rolleyes:

So anyway, how many of you have done something similar?
 
I had a somewhat similar experience the first time I broke down an 870. Popped out the mag spring cover and POW two feet of spring hits the wall at the other side of the room.
 
First time I cleaned my Makarov I had a little RemOil on my hands while trying to put the slide back on ... it slipped and flew across the room and smacked the wall (putting a dent in the plaster).

Wife wasn't amused. :uhoh:
 
I twice took out the flourencent light in my gun room with the recoil plug from my 1911 - both times the dog decided to "paw" the gun just at that exact moment. He always helped.
[what, you folks don't have dogs trained to do gun stuff like cleaning, reloading and the like? :) ]

Not my fault the wifey put the new guest towels in MY gun room [ hey I have some towels for the gun room..."Honey!!!! do you know where put those NEW guest towels???...the dog just gives me that 'your in trouble now look' and grins at me"] Hey they were upside down...when hung up you can't see the marks a mag spring, bolt, trigger group from a dirty SX1 leaves...honest.

Fact: the smallest and lightest gun part will always go to the bottom of a full trash can, the most furthest most difficult to reach corner in a gun room.

Not a good idea to use Hoppe's No. 9 to remove whatever it was on the kitchen counter, the venthood and top of washing machine , leave to walk dog and return to find wifey home and 3 co-workers there to visit. Well only 2 complained real bad, wifey just accepted me as is, one co-worker was married and a shooter...the other two were wimps. :)
 
Well, I suppose if you ever ran out of ammo in a gun fight you could drop the mag, rotate the take down lever, and press the slide release as a last ditch effort :) .
 
You're not a High Standard owner until you've lost at least one slide release lever spring. Smart High Standard owners order a bunch at a time, along with trigger bar springs, from the good folks at Wolff.
 
I did it out in the field with my Winchester 12 ga semi shotgun.

It was cycling slow when we were out dove hunting so I went back to the truck to break it down and clean it up right quick. Always have my range bag with cleaning gear.

So as I unscrew the barrel and the cylinder end the gas block springs out and launches about 20 feet in the air. Finally comes to rest in my buddies truck bed with a big thump.

Quite embarrasing.

All went well though. Got her back together and proceeded to limit out on doves.
 
Hmmm. Lesssee. I haven't been around firearms for very long, but I think two incidents tie for the silliest. One would be when I was explaining to my wife the operation of the break action shotgun and popped myself square in the forehead with the ejecting shell. Very expert-like.

The other would be me misjudging the length of a cleaning rod, length of a Mosin 91/30 barrel and wedging the rod handle in the receiver. Once again, much laughs for the missus watching me dance around trying to pull out the dang thing... "Honey, what's the matter?" "My rod was too short and now it's stuck...":rolleyes:

As far as small springs and such, I have been taking apart various mechanisms since I can rememeber and have learned that lesson well. I didn't lose anyting taking apart my SKS for the first time, and I understand the small piston can be a problem.
 
My rod's too short...

The other would be me misjudging the length of a cleaning rod, length of a Mosin 91/30 barrel and wedging the rod handle in the receiver. Once again, much laughs for the missus watching me dance around trying to pull out the dang thing... "Honey, what's the matter?" "My rod was too short and now it's stuck..."
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My son did that with his .22 by forgetting to put all the segments in the segmented cleaning rod. Unfortunately, he did it with the bronze brush and it was not coming back out. I had to push a piece of brass tubing down the barrel from the muzzle to 'trap' the bronze bristles and all was well.
 
ROFL

Well, I suppose if you ever ran out of ammo in a gun fight you could drop the mag, rotate the take down lever, and press the slide release as a last ditch effort
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natedog-
This will come in handy the next Semi Vs. Revolver thread...

"Hitting the thumblatch and releasing the cylinder...won't help...doesn't go anywhere...cylinder just hangs there..." :D
 
Twice while I was cleaning my father's P32(He buys the ammo when I shoot, I clean.) the spring has been sent soaring. Once into my head, another time under a table. It took various hours to find it.

SKS thumb, spring in the face and so on.

Dropped the trigger pack from my CETME a few times, pulled the stock off with too much force.
 
My son did that with his .22 by forgetting to put all the segments in the segmented cleaning rod. Unfortunately, he did it with the bronze brush and it was not coming back out. I had to push a piece of brass tubing down the barrel from the muzzle to 'trap' the bronze bristles and all was well.
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That's what I had on there, too. I went out and bought an extra rod section the next day. :D
 
I had the slide from a S&W 41 fly off and land on the floor once during reassembly. Thankfully it didn't do any damage, because it wasn't my gun :uhoh:
 
I'm watching an episode of "You're Under Arrest"

The anime or live action version?
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Digisubs of the 2nd season of the anime. I've got the R1 DVD's of the first season, movie, and specials. I'm hoping someone picks up the 2nd season and the live-action version for R1 DVD release in the US. I have digisubs of the live-action series as well, but haven't watched them yet. I take great pleasure in tossing old fansub tapes and new digisub CD's in the trash when I replace them with proper DVD's.

I find it amusing that anime cops in Japan (in this series at least) don't get guns, but one of the characters (Miyuki) is a paintball fanatic. In the movie they use her paintball guns to good effect in an emergency.

Bryan (who wants to be Nakajima Ken, but wouldn't sneeze at the chance to be Officer Toukairin :) )
 
Almost as deadly as the 7.62 X 54R...

...is the firing pin from a Mosin/Nagant as you attempt to put the bolt back together for the first time---


ZIIIIINNNNG!!!! "Oh, darn, the other clockwise!"

:eek:
 
I've seen a couple of 4506 guide rods go flying during the reassembly phase. It seems to be contagious. One takes to flight, then two others join it.

Mike
 
okay, so i was having a really good day shooting, and decided i'd clean the kimber before going home.
i launched the plunger downrange, never to be found again.

on the plus side, the next day i met wildalaska, who fortunately didnt make fun of me to my face for being such a doofus.
 
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