Great Moments in Gun Cleaning
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Deus Machina
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I still have to bang the muzzle of my Ruger Mk3 to get whatever part catches in there to uncatch, so I can disassemble and try putting it back together again, every time.
Nothing should be sensitive to what angle you reassemble it at.
Cleaning the gook out of my 20-year-old S&W 469's magazine, sent the spring and follow shooting across the room.
Same gun, guide rod. Really, that tiny notch you have to fit the guide rod's base onto is the only bad idea on the gun.
Converting my Saiga and trying to put the bolt catch spring back in--it's a tiny circular spring, and it looks onto the trigger rod on the far side, so I couldn't do that first. Spent 45 minutes trying to push it in far enough with a tool so I could hook the pin through, not counting the time that I sent it flying no less than half a dozen times. Three of those, my Matrix Sense (grown from working in a repair shop and around glass) kicked in and I grabbed it in midair. Spent the other three searching.
Nothing should be sensitive to what angle you reassemble it at.
Cleaning the gook out of my 20-year-old S&W 469's magazine, sent the spring and follow shooting across the room.
Same gun, guide rod. Really, that tiny notch you have to fit the guide rod's base onto is the only bad idea on the gun.
Converting my Saiga and trying to put the bolt catch spring back in--it's a tiny circular spring, and it looks onto the trigger rod on the far side, so I couldn't do that first. Spent 45 minutes trying to push it in far enough with a tool so I could hook the pin through, not counting the time that I sent it flying no less than half a dozen times. Three of those, my Matrix Sense (grown from working in a repair shop and around glass) kicked in and I grabbed it in midair. Spent the other three searching.
30 cal slob
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does anyone else scream at their ruger mk II when trying to put it back together after cleaning?
my wife thinks that's kind of funny.
my wife thinks that's kind of funny.
woodybrighton
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Falkland islands 1992 finding an m2 .50 cal on an aa mount in the sentry postion
no paperwork for said weapon or record of its exsistance.
carried back to guard room by quite a few people.
I think it needs a clean says Lt.
back then they were not common issue and it wasn't a quick change barrel version.
que lots of little pieces on the floor and various soldiers sent to find a manual/somebody with a clue
being shown how said weapon goes back together by a Royal air force armourer maximum embarrassment
que next three months helpful air force types asking if we need a help with anything.
paperwork did turn up surplus us gun sold to argies captured and refurbished though no paperwork for the 3 extra 81mm mortars and no sign of the missing four ton truck
no paperwork for said weapon or record of its exsistance.
carried back to guard room by quite a few people.
I think it needs a clean says Lt.
back then they were not common issue and it wasn't a quick change barrel version.
que lots of little pieces on the floor and various soldiers sent to find a manual/somebody with a clue
being shown how said weapon goes back together by a Royal air force armourer maximum embarrassment
que next three months helpful air force types asking if we need a help with anything.
paperwork did turn up surplus us gun sold to argies captured and refurbished though no paperwork for the 3 extra 81mm mortars and no sign of the missing four ton truck
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It took me so long to figure out how to put it back together correctly. I feel your pain.
ggarfield965
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Ok, this one was definitely not me. This goes back to the early-mid 30s perhaps, and comes from my father as it was told to him by his grandfather. It is the ultimate in stupid mistakes and gun cleaning. Apparently, one of my Dad's uncle's was cleaning a .22 after going rabbit hunting. He was about 10, and his younger 3 year old brother was on the kiddie potty in the same room on the other side. Well, my great uncle threw the slide on the gun, and must have pulled the trigger (yeah gun safety!). He thought it was unloaded, but it had one left in it, and the bullet whizzed past the back of the kiddie potty with the kid still sitting on it. The story goes that the kid did his duty right then and there. I have been told that my great uncle got a switching of epic proportions that day. Even more fun is that my dad actually has the rifle, a 1917 UMC/Remington pump repeater. Still shoots just fine, but the rifling is a little worn. My dad was shooting squirrels with it last year before he bought himself a .410.
I'll play.
First gun I ever bought/owned/shot/cleaned was my CIA Cetme Sporter.
Taking apart the bolt with no manual and no firearms experience turned out to be a terrible idea.
After some help from the guy I ran into (who didn't know anything about HK style rotating bolts either) I got it back together and he said to me...
"OK now never take that apart again."
At the time all I could do was laugh, as it was said in frustration rather than seriousness.
Fast forward 5 years.
A buddy picks up his first handgun, a Rugger p345.
Anyway he shows it to me, and it's filthy, the previous owner had never cleaned anything except the barrel.
Well I think I'm the king-**** of auto-loaders at the time, so I try to field strip the thing.
45 minutes later and no success, I promised the guy I would research the proper take down, but by the next time I'd see him, he'd figured it out.
....But now I give the previous owner a little more credit for not wanting to clean it.
First gun I ever bought/owned/shot/cleaned was my CIA Cetme Sporter.
Taking apart the bolt with no manual and no firearms experience turned out to be a terrible idea.
After some help from the guy I ran into (who didn't know anything about HK style rotating bolts either) I got it back together and he said to me...
"OK now never take that apart again."
At the time all I could do was laugh, as it was said in frustration rather than seriousness.
Fast forward 5 years.
A buddy picks up his first handgun, a Rugger p345.
Anyway he shows it to me, and it's filthy, the previous owner had never cleaned anything except the barrel.
Well I think I'm the king-**** of auto-loaders at the time, so I try to field strip the thing.
45 minutes later and no success, I promised the guy I would research the proper take down, but by the next time I'd see him, he'd figured it out.
....But now I give the previous owner a little more credit for not wanting to clean it.
zminer
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I had cleaned my Ruger 10/22 a few times using the basic instructions in the manual, and I thought I was getting pretty good at it. So, I got done cleaning it one time, looked over at the trigger assembly sitting on the newspaper I'd put down on the floor. I reach over, pick it up, and am looking at it trying to see how it works. I decide I want to see what the mechanism looks like when I pull the trigger.
So, it turns out that the trigger works through the use of a compressed spring! So, yeah, that was the night I learned how to put the trigger back together. After I found the spring.
So, it turns out that the trigger works through the use of a compressed spring!
So, yeah, that was the night I learned how to put the trigger back together. After I found the spring.Strings
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Odd... I've taken apart quite a few 1911s, and never sent a barrel plug flying. Huh...
DID have a problem with a friend's Series 70. There's and extra lil' piece in the sear area, that isn't present on my 1991. And I simply could NOT get it back together right. So I play with it a bit, put the silly thing together sans that part, and "test it": hammer drops properly, so I assume "needless part".
Next day, after taking it out to the range, he brings it back telling me to "fix whatever you screwed-up"...
Had another friend break the tip off the firing pin on his Beretta 96. I figure "no problem!".
Ever see the "hazmat box" in the movies? You know: airtight lexan box, with rubber gloves you use to handle whatever's inside? Yeah: you need one of those if you're going to detail strip a Beretta. We ended up replacing a few parts off that pistol...
DID have a problem with a friend's Series 70. There's and extra lil' piece in the sear area, that isn't present on my 1991. And I simply could NOT get it back together right. So I play with it a bit, put the silly thing together sans that part, and "test it": hammer drops properly, so I assume "needless part".
Next day, after taking it out to the range, he brings it back telling me to "fix whatever you screwed-up"...
Had another friend break the tip off the firing pin on his Beretta 96. I figure "no problem!".
Ever see the "hazmat box" in the movies? You know: airtight lexan box, with rubber gloves you use to handle whatever's inside? Yeah: you need one of those if you're going to detail strip a Beretta. We ended up replacing a few parts off that pistol...
jordan1948
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Verry first shotgun ever, Remington 870 20GA, started taking the magazine spring retainer out, got it almost all the way and across my living room it went then I couldn't find it for a few hours. After that I removed the forend and couldn't get it back on for a few days, if you have the 870 20GA you know how hard it is to get that thing back on, but in the end it all went back together and I've had it apart so many times I can do it blind folded (not bragging just elaborating).
Other time I took apart my fathers Mossberg 835 and couldn't figure out how to put it back together so I ended up putting all the parts in a sack and riding my bike about 6-7 miles to an older friends who's a certified gunsmith, he couldn't get to it right then so I started home and about halfway he calls and says it's ready lol thankfully he offered to drive it to me since he knew how far away I was.
Other time I took apart my fathers Mossberg 835 and couldn't figure out how to put it back together so I ended up putting all the parts in a sack and riding my bike about 6-7 miles to an older friends who's a certified gunsmith, he couldn't get to it right then so I started home and about halfway he calls and says it's ready lol thankfully he offered to drive it to me since he knew how far away I was.
esmith
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I have had a lot of stupid things happen while cleaning a SKS.
First, is the gas op-rod that pushes against the bolt carrier. When putting that back it I foolishy thought it was far enough in its chamber. Wrong. Upon letting go the thing shot across the room hitting the wall and creating an interesting sound.
Second, I have two sks, one yugo and the other chinese. Being curious as i am i wanted to see what parts would be interchangable. Well, the upper reciever cover isn't. It slides on fine, but won't come off. It was so stuck on there that i rammed the action back thinking it wouldn't move. It shot off and buried 1/5 of itself in the wall.
Third, was the buttstock cleaning kit thumb pinch. Yeah, that was fun.
First, is the gas op-rod that pushes against the bolt carrier. When putting that back it I foolishy thought it was far enough in its chamber. Wrong. Upon letting go the thing shot across the room hitting the wall and creating an interesting sound.
Second, I have two sks, one yugo and the other chinese. Being curious as i am i wanted to see what parts would be interchangable. Well, the upper reciever cover isn't. It slides on fine, but won't come off. It was so stuck on there that i rammed the action back thinking it wouldn't move. It shot off and buried 1/5 of itself in the wall.
Third, was the buttstock cleaning kit thumb pinch. Yeah, that was fun.
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