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It would be nice if gun manufacturers would include a video on how to strip, clean, maintain and put it back together your gun with it. Optionally they can posti it on line. The basics are the same for each gun but it varies so that what applies for one may not for another. There are little tricks for each gun that the manual leaves out and causes problems expecially on new guns.
For instance on my Taurus PT-111:
1. Unload the #@$%^# thing.
2. Lock the slide back
3. Rotate the takedown pin
4. Release the slide and let it move forward a hair then lock it back and the pin will pop out to a point it can easily be removed.
5. Remove the takedown pin
6. Release the slide, pulle the trigger and remove the slide.
I post this as the manual doesn't tell you about step 4. and as you break it in this step won't really be needed. Little things like this are waht drive people crazy. I saw a post by one person that was having all kinds of trouble with his because he didn't know to pull the trigger before removing the slide.
On some guns pulling the trigger will cause problems. Then there is the matter of over of under lubricating and whether to use grease or oil.
A class would be nice but the manufacturers need to do a better job with their instructions instead of including so much fine print like do not dry-fire Kel-Tec's.
Holdcard beat me by a few seconds.
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