45R
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Knowing your guys is the second best part to owning guns other then shooting them. I guess you not the only one with obsessive compulsive behavior. I've taken down guns just to see how they tick.
Know your guns, or only shoot your guns?
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coonan357
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as having one of those hyperactivity diseases, adhd??, I was always taking things apart when I was little , now that I am older its bigger toys I take apart , and I got paid to do it (cat d8h) but I had to put them back together , with my firearms I look at the manual then disassemble , clean , and reassemble. but last year I pulled a so called typical guy thing I didn't read the instructions on my 10/22 when I disassemble the trigger group , after I looked in the book I found " DO NOT DISSASEMBLE TRIGGER GROUP " oops this was after I had it cleaned polished and reassembled , my friends are always bringing firearms for me to clean and fix .. I should go to school and get my shingle and make money doing this . but then again you can't tax a cherry cheese cake ( what was given for a detail strip and clean of my friends wifes .38 super ) 
BURP!!! I had my rossi mdl 92 lever action for 6 hours before it was torn apart on the kitchen table and I was polishing and refitting parts so it would work right .
BURP!!! I had my rossi mdl 92 lever action for 6 hours before it was torn apart on the kitchen table and I was polishing and refitting parts so it would work right .twoblink
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I'm fairly anal, nothing I buy that costs more then $100 is bought without serious research, with the case of firearms, nothing that has less then 6 months worth of research gets bought... Regret is an expensive word!!
That said, I tore down my Ruger 22/45 and couldn't put it back together... busted out the exploded diagram, and took me about 2 days, but I can tell you, I learned so much about the gun.. Now I'm fairly comfortable with it.
Bolt actions like mausers are fairly easy; guns like Glocks are fairly easy and straight forward as well, I've not owned a 1911 and so I can't speak about them..
But guns are durable because most are simple; not as complex as say a computer by a few factors.. When I teach a newbie, I breakdown the gun, so they know where the bullet goes, etc.. and how a gun works... Most have told me they are more comfortable with the gun after the explaination.
That said, I tore down my Ruger 22/45 and couldn't put it back together... busted out the exploded diagram, and took me about 2 days, but I can tell you, I learned so much about the gun.. Now I'm fairly comfortable with it.
Bolt actions like mausers are fairly easy; guns like Glocks are fairly easy and straight forward as well, I've not owned a 1911 and so I can't speak about them..
But guns are durable because most are simple; not as complex as say a computer by a few factors.. When I teach a newbie, I breakdown the gun, so they know where the bullet goes, etc.. and how a gun works... Most have told me they are more comfortable with the gun after the explaination.
Ikari
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I know mine (and my friends' guns) inside and out. My friend Tom and I were shooting trap with an old Mossberg that his father had handed down to him. I noticed that the action was kinda sticky. So when I asked him how often he cleaned it. He said "every time after I use it." I watched him clean it. He takes the barrel off, scrubs it out good, then puts it back on and calls it good. I stared at him with a dumbfounded look on my face. "That's all?" I asked. I then showed him how to detail-strip it and clean it out real good. We found a LOT of dirt and grime in the action (apparently his dad never cleaned it either). Once I got it back together, it cycled smoother than he could ever remember it doing.
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