Post by rkcohen on Jul 30, 2014 16:19:40 GMT -5
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over on the gunsmithing board, there's a discussion going about cleaning stainless.
now, i normally don't talk about sex, religion, politics or motor oil but you could chime in for perspective..
just saying..
©07/14
cleaning stainless steel firearms..
when i was explaining this very topic with mullet at the range one day, i told him the secret was to shoot "true smokeless powder.."
of course the gentlemen i swap lies with at the range and while hunting or fishing all turned away with their heads down, sounding like they were choking on slim-jims well past their expiration dates...
apparently few shots missed the backstop as well..
walking in to one of the local gun and gab shops a couple of days later, the proprietor said he didn't know whether to throw rocks at me or to buy my lunch since mullet walked in to the same shop that afternoon asking for "true smokeless powder loads.."
once the shop owner got done choking on his coffee, he asked the young man who told him that.
of course releasing my name caused a whoop and howl from the old boys behind the counter and the fellas looking at things they didn't need on the racks just shook their heads and rolled their eyes...
not really knowing exactly which way to go with it, he told mullet that all of the old "true" stuff had been sold or recalled due to epa concerns and that only a few old goats that hoarded the stuff had any left...
"you go tell that old fart you can't get any anymore and to show you how to clean that single action without ruining it"
now edified as to the actual truth of the situation, the next time mullet was at the range, he told me what the "ground truth" was on that old ammo and that i should help him - the shop owner had said "or else!"
we retired to the lounge in our club.
so at this point i produced a few lead wipe clothes, a gi bore brush and some hoppes (cautioning him that hoppes caused long-term health hazards, especially when used on your dining room table.....)
we read the directions, spent a little time coaching along the way and in the process, produced a "like-new" blackhawk.
the kid slapped me on my back, thanking me heartily, jumped into his truck which we call "mile high" and roared off to show the boys in the menagerie the reclaimed treasure!
the ro came over and asked what that was all about.
i told him to leave me alone - that i was starting to feel guilty - which was met by machine-gun laughter, grown men crying…
and yes, another shot missed the backstop.....
over on the gunsmithing board, there's a discussion going about cleaning stainless.
now, i normally don't talk about sex, religion, politics or motor oil but you could chime in for perspective..
just saying..
©07/14
cleaning stainless steel firearms..
when i was explaining this very topic with mullet at the range one day, i told him the secret was to shoot "true smokeless powder.."
of course the gentlemen i swap lies with at the range and while hunting or fishing all turned away with their heads down, sounding like they were choking on slim-jims well past their expiration dates...
apparently few shots missed the backstop as well..
walking in to one of the local gun and gab shops a couple of days later, the proprietor said he didn't know whether to throw rocks at me or to buy my lunch since mullet walked in to the same shop that afternoon asking for "true smokeless powder loads.."
once the shop owner got done choking on his coffee, he asked the young man who told him that.
of course releasing my name caused a whoop and howl from the old boys behind the counter and the fellas looking at things they didn't need on the racks just shook their heads and rolled their eyes...
not really knowing exactly which way to go with it, he told mullet that all of the old "true" stuff had been sold or recalled due to epa concerns and that only a few old goats that hoarded the stuff had any left...
"you go tell that old fart you can't get any anymore and to show you how to clean that single action without ruining it"
now edified as to the actual truth of the situation, the next time mullet was at the range, he told me what the "ground truth" was on that old ammo and that i should help him - the shop owner had said "or else!"
we retired to the lounge in our club.
so at this point i produced a few lead wipe clothes, a gi bore brush and some hoppes (cautioning him that hoppes caused long-term health hazards, especially when used on your dining room table.....)
we read the directions, spent a little time coaching along the way and in the process, produced a "like-new" blackhawk.
the kid slapped me on my back, thanking me heartily, jumped into his truck which we call "mile high" and roared off to show the boys in the menagerie the reclaimed treasure!
the ro came over and asked what that was all about.
i told him to leave me alone - that i was starting to feel guilty - which was met by machine-gun laughter, grown men crying…
and yes, another shot missed the backstop.....
