Cleaning.....

[Bear007]

Far as manuals, well… they aren’t, really. More like a CYA book for the manufacturer. Long on legalities and short on user-understandable tech info. But it’s the fault of our ‘system’ more than the companies, imho. They’re in an inherently risky industry….
What really irks me is needing a 10x magnifying glass to read some of them. I may have to try that pdf idea and carry my tablet…

Yes, manuals usually have a bunch of junk to flip through but, if it has it listed, I usually check the types of ammo allowed. Specifically if +P is allowed.

Also like to skim through the disassembly and reassembly sections of new to me guns. Last fall I bought an S&W Shield EZ 9mm for my daughter to use, it's the first gun I've owned with a rear grip safety. The 1 reassembly line about not depressing the rear grip safety while reassembling the slide was important. About a month after owning it I had it apart a second time and forgot about that and got the slide stuck on the frame by holding it in while putting the slide on, what a pain.

The Hellcat RDP compensator (my sister's gun) is another good one. Once you read it and then do it the removing and reinstalling of the compensator is simple. There was a thread a few weeks ago where someone couldn't get the compensator back on and was talked through it by @xdman I believe.

It's true the manuals are not very comprehensive but the 2 sections mentioned are worthwhile, unless you like posting here for help when you get stuck from not reading it. I do have the manuals for all of the guns I've purchased new though I only use my tablet at my cleaning table. And for my older eyes, the tablet also works great for zooming in too.