Reeder Custom Guns - Yeah, I knew better. Was just gonna wipe it down

WB
Yeah, I knew better. Was just gonna wipe it down
Monday, July 27, 2020, 06:46

then I saw carbon on the breachface. So I started to scratch around on it, then the slide lugs, black powder coating the trigger springs.... You tend to get a little OCD and can't stop.

Cleaning itself is not that bad in moderation. It's just a fact the more you mess with something that is working the greater the chance you may have a negative influence. BY ALL MEANS you need to test fire the rig before going on a hunt, using it for self defense, or going to a shoot. ALWAYS!

Same for your reloads. Always check them, a bunch of them, for full chambering and activating the firearm's internal safeties. I've been snookered on that before. Even if for no reason in the world other than to pay homage to Murphy.

Revolvers are not immune either. I once got some unburned grains of 2400 under the ejector star on a Redhawk. Locked it up tight. Ditto exponentially for a FA anything. There is a reason they sell .44 Special "cylinders" to go with a .44 Magnum gun. They demand no fouling or sloppy reloads. There has to be a happy medium. A working gun can benefit from a good wipedown but be cautious for a teardown. I knew better.

Boys, hat in hand, I screwed up. Cleaned a gun. - WB, 2020-07-26, 19:33
- If I get a light primer strike it's crud in the firing - ChrisG, 2020-07-29, 04:28
- RULE #1 - JT, 2020-07-27, 05:52
  - Some of us li earned that bad habit in the military - Grover Sr, 2020-07-27, 11:35
    - yep, I grew up having to clean my guns after every use, - Gary Reeder, 2020-07-27, 11:58
  - RULE #2, 3, 4, 5 and 6...don't clean guns (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2020-07-27, 11:07
  - LOL! I don't clean mine (accept black powder) - Sid R, 2020-07-27, 06:48
  - Yeah, I knew better. Was just gonna wipe it down - WB, 2020-07-27, 06:46
    - you actually broke a couple of rules. First - Gary Reeder, 2020-07-27, 11:27
- congrats. Now you are one of the newbies and wannabies. - gary reeder, 2020-07-26, 19:48
  - 1,000 to 1 ratio, FACT: 1 Aw Shit cancels 1,000 Atta Boys (nm) - Rsim, 2020-07-26, 19:52
    - Elephants speak of my wife’s memory! (nm) - WB, 2020-07-26, 19:59
      - Not to worry. I've sent factory and custom guns back - Huey, 2020-07-27, 06:00