Brubz
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Good advice all. My problem is my lgs has an indoor range so when they notify me that my gun is ready to pick up there is the temptation to bring eye and ear pro and shoot it right there. I guess I had better stop doing that
I confess I am guilty of shooting new guns right out of the box. Is this a mistake? How many of you clean and oil a gun first before you fire it?
Further... besides the 'preservative' yuck they put on them, some of that may actually be oil from the machining processes... with metal chips or shavings from manufacture. Even if I don't completely disassemble a new handgun, I hose it down pretty good with CLP prior to it's first session, to flush the junk out.
I'd just wipe it down, hit it with some gun oil, and push a patch through the barrel. Would take all of a minute or two. Range would probably let you do it right there.Good advice all. My problem is my lgs has an indoor range so when they notify me that my gun is ready to pick up there is the temptation to bring eye and ear pro and shoot it right there. I guess I had better stop doing that
When I get a new gun, I read the manual, and clean it before taking it to the range. Sometimes I find things that need attention. Once, I found a lot of what appeared to be blasting media jammed into a small area inside the works of the gun. Sometimes I'm just doing it to make sure the gun is lubricated and that I have an idea of how it all looks. The latter is good because that makes it less likely that I'll get it home and see something that I haven't seen before and decide that the first range trip damaged/broke something when really there's nothing wrong.
Besides, I just like doing it. It's a new gun. It's fun to look at and handle, it's fun to learn about it. Maybe if I didn't like guns I would do things differently.
Doesn't that get expensive?Yes , I clean it before firing it and if one of my guns sits for a long period , I oil it and swap out the barrel before firing it .