Well. I don't know just what to do. Tonight is my monthly maintainance-on-the-guns night, and I am angry at myself
I checked my Colt 1903 (1920). Clean. Oily patch down the barrel. Check.
P.38 (1944). Clean. Oily patch down the barrel, check.
1911A1. Clean. Oily patch down the barrel, check.
1862 Colt repro; disassemble, check for rust (cleans with boiling water and soap). Tiny bit of orange of the barrel wedge. Clean that off, no other signs of rust. Revolver is clean. Oily patch down the barrel, check.
Colt M1911 (1918). The white rag I'm poking into places come back with a black smear 1/4" long when I jam it into the slide with the action open. What the F
Take it apart. Check the whole thing. I just cleaned it the other day, when I swapped out the original grips for some Colt-made ones they sell for their WWI re-issue M1911s. Where's that crud coming from...ah. A little corner right by the barrel shroud. Clean the frame. Clean the slide. Clean the barrel. Oily patch down the barrel- check. Pistol is clean, re-assemble and wipe down.
Now I'm annoyed. I go and get the Colt 1903. Take it apart and make sure it's really clean. Then the P.38, and then the 1911A1, and then the 1862. Then the P226 gets broken down and scrutinized, then the P-22
I reluctantly grabbed my M1 rifle and took it down. C-l-e-a-n. Whew. Felt like I had somebody looking over my shoulder waiting to yell drop and give me fifty. I put it back together, and then wiped all that stuff down and put that away too.
This was supposed to be a 15 minute oily-patch-down-the-barrel night. One and a half hours later, I'm done. I never cut corners cleaning and I don't know how I missed that little nook filled with uck.
The trouble is, now I want to go shooting
I checked my Colt 1903 (1920). Clean. Oily patch down the barrel. Check.
P.38 (1944). Clean. Oily patch down the barrel, check.
1911A1. Clean. Oily patch down the barrel, check.
1862 Colt repro; disassemble, check for rust (cleans with boiling water and soap). Tiny bit of orange of the barrel wedge. Clean that off, no other signs of rust. Revolver is clean. Oily patch down the barrel, check.
Colt M1911 (1918). The white rag I'm poking into places come back with a black smear 1/4" long when I jam it into the slide with the action open. What the F
Take it apart. Check the whole thing. I just cleaned it the other day, when I swapped out the original grips for some Colt-made ones they sell for their WWI re-issue M1911s. Where's that crud coming from...ah. A little corner right by the barrel shroud. Clean the frame. Clean the slide. Clean the barrel. Oily patch down the barrel- check. Pistol is clean, re-assemble and wipe down.
Now I'm annoyed. I go and get the Colt 1903. Take it apart and make sure it's really clean. Then the P.38, and then the 1911A1, and then the 1862. Then the P226 gets broken down and scrutinized, then the P-22
I reluctantly grabbed my M1 rifle and took it down. C-l-e-a-n. Whew. Felt like I had somebody looking over my shoulder waiting to yell drop and give me fifty. I put it back together, and then wiped all that stuff down and put that away too.
This was supposed to be a 15 minute oily-patch-down-the-barrel night. One and a half hours later, I'm done. I never cut corners cleaning and I don't know how I missed that little nook filled with uck.
The trouble is, now I want to go shooting