How many would/would've paid for a "How To Clean Your Gun" class - Page 4

nn · May 14th, 2008, 08:55 PM

No, they should, however, show you how to field strip it if you ask.

Ridgeline · May 14th, 2008, 09:05 PM

Hey Reborn, I've got about 6 handguns, two M-4 style and a 12g defender that I am not sure how do clean. I will bring them all to the next CHL class for you to do a hands-on demo for me. Thanks in advance for the help.

semperfi.45 · May 14th, 2008, 09:22 PM

I had a lot of cleaning time on a footlocker on Parris Island. I'm a armorer on several weapon platforms so it comes easy to me.

Quick tip - if you're unsure when breaking down your gun use a video camera as you do it, so you can reference what goes where.

Redneck Repairs · May 14th, 2008, 09:28 PM

My first carry was so many years ago that to vote today would skew your poll . Today i have a mill and a lathe and play with gun projects as a hobby .

retsupt99 · May 14th, 2008, 09:29 PM

Don't gunshops show the customer how to break down each individual weapon, clean, and reassemble?
Don't need no stinkin' class...

Stay armed...clean your guns...stay safe!

diablo111 · May 14th, 2008, 11:14 PM

Voted yes. Hell, I'd even like to have a gun cleaning service...if the rates were reasonable...and I trusted somebody else with my guns

I'm self taught, it would be nice to know easier/better ways to clean...yes, I would pay for that.

surprise · May 15th, 2008, 12:10 AM

I gotta thank my Pops for this.

cdwolf · May 15th, 2008, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pitmaster

I sort of self-taught myself via the internet, manuals, etc. but it would have been much easier to learn if I could have spent a few bucks sitting down with someone and doing it. A revolver, Glock, and some semi-autos are fairly straight forward. But I just bought my first 1911 and have no idea how to take it apart to clean. Would I pay. In a heartbeat. I'll figure it out sometime.

Pit, I just got my first one (1911) and I want to know it before I carried it . I was going to tighten it up a little so I ordered new springs, sear and took it apart. Will give every inch a good cleaning and between The members of this forum and the internet I can get it back together

I really didn't understand the trigger until you take it apart, Get a Brownells catalog!!

Saint77 · May 15th, 2008, 12:37 AM

I had never touched a gun prior to 2007. When I did, the nice guy who sold me my first, a Glock, was cool enough to show me how to break it down, and give me the scoop on oiling. I had to ask several people what to use to clean it, and how exactly to clean it, and each time, I got a different answer. I quickly figured out that some guys clean after every range trip, some guys don't, some guys simply run a boresnake through the barrel, and thats it. I got that every where I went, and no matter who I talked to. o after doing plenty of 'net research, I figured it out.

Being an ex mechanic, and a IT person, its really annoying there isn't more (in my area at least) instruction put into cleaning and oiling ones guns.

Would I pay for it now? probably not. depends entirely on what im buying at the time.

Ram Rod · May 15th, 2008, 01:45 AM

Nope. Too much information out there for free besides the manual that came with them or that you can obtain for free. USMC taught me the 1911 and M16, and everything else came from me caring for and becoming intimate with my firearms. I've also learned how to reload myself without any formal classes or training and still have all of my original body parts.

View Poll Results: Would you have been willing to pay for a hands on, instructional first cleaning?
Yes	40	37.38%
No	67	62.62%
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May 14th, 2008, 09:05 PM	#32
Ridgeline Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 704	Hey Reborn, I've got about 6 handguns, two M-4 style and a 12g defender that I am not sure how do clean. I will bring them all to the next CHL class for you to do a hands-on demo for me. Thanks in advance for the help. __________________ "Eternity is Too Long to be Wrong" Texas CHL Instructor & Holder Life Member NRA Member TSRA

May 14th, 2008, 09:22 PM	#33
semperfi.45 VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Zazen Posts: 2,036	I had a lot of cleaning time on a footlocker on Parris Island. I'm a armorer on several weapon platforms so it comes easy to me. Quick tip - if you're unsure when breaking down your gun use a video camera as you do it, so you can reference what goes where. __________________ Luck may or may not be on your side. But ability is 100% within your control. Skilled at arms...or do you suck?

May 14th, 2008, 09:28 PM	#34
Redneck Repairs VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,912	My first carry was so many years ago that to vote today would skew your poll . Today i have a mill and a lathe and play with gun projects as a hobby . __________________ Make sure you get full value out of today , Do something worthwhile, because what you do today will cost you one day off the rest of your life . We only begin to understand folks after we stop and think . Criminals are looking for victims, not opponents.

May 14th, 2008, 09:29 PM	#35
retsupt99 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 11,234	Don't gunshops show the customer how to break down each individual weapon, clean, and reassemble? Don't need no stinkin' class... Stay armed...clean your guns...stay safe! __________________ ‘‘Four out of five politicians surveyed prefered unarmed, ignorant peasants.’’ — Unknown Liberals are as American as 'dog dodo' pie...

May 14th, 2008, 08:55 PM	#31
nn VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NC Posts: 3,609	No, they should, however, show you how to field strip it if you ask.

May 14th, 2008, 11:14 PM	#36
diablo111 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Spanish Fork, UT. Posts: 98	Voted yes. Hell, I'd even like to have a gun cleaning service...if the rates were reasonable...and I trusted somebody else with my guns I'm self taught, it would be nice to know easier/better ways to clean...yes, I would pay for that. __________________ If you own a handgun and your state law allows it, please carry.

May 15th, 2008, 12:37 AM	#39
Saint77 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 332	I had never touched a gun prior to 2007. When I did, the nice guy who sold me my first, a Glock, was cool enough to show me how to break it down, and give me the scoop on oiling. I had to ask several people what to use to clean it, and how exactly to clean it, and each time, I got a different answer. I quickly figured out that some guys clean after every range trip, some guys don't, some guys simply run a boresnake through the barrel, and thats it. I got that every where I went, and no matter who I talked to. o after doing plenty of 'net research, I figured it out. Being an ex mechanic, and a IT person, its really annoying there isn't more (in my area at least) instruction put into cleaning and oiling ones guns. Would I pay for it now? probably not. depends entirely on what im buying at the time.

May 15th, 2008, 01:45 AM	#40
Ram Rod VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: the swamp, arkansas Posts: 2,585	Nope. Too much information out there for free besides the manual that came with them or that you can obtain for free. USMC taught me the 1911 and M16, and everything else came from me caring for and becoming intimate with my firearms. I've also learned how to reload myself without any formal classes or training and still have all of my original body parts. __________________ RamRod-----sans remords

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