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Oh Boy.....Newbie on the range!

Brawny

Brawny

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No one here can't say they were never a newbie. My time was my first summer in Boy Scout camp using a single shot bolt action .22 rifle. That got me hooked...and an NRA marksman medal/award that summer

Today, I was checking in at the range, and an exuberant older man comes to the range counter wanting to buy some ammo and targets, and go shooting on the range with his new pistol. But, like literally new...in the case...in the black plastic retail bag, that he just finished purchasing 5 minutes prior at the retail counter. Before the RSO could say something, he had to answer the phone. I gave the guy a quizzical-confused-concerned look and asked if he was really going to shoot that brand new pistol. He say he was, but plans to take it home afterwards and lube it, "that's OK, right?" I thought man, if you're not sure, well that's a problem. I patiently told him how it's much safer to take the pistol home, clean the factory grease off, and lube and inspect the pistol. "Oh, that sounds like a good idea!", and he books out of there.

In hindsight, if he lacks that much knowledge, I should have recommended he get with someone who knows what they are doing. Who knows if he's really going to clean/lube/inspect the pistol. Or, watch the guy on Youtube who says you can clean your gun parts just with "good old boiling water".

Here's hoping for the best.
 
i was with my shooting buddy last year. he had just bought his G-19

as he went to rack the slide, there was an incredibly LOUD screeching noise

yup, i said, let's take that back to my place, i'll show you how to field strip, clean, inspect and lube.....

i can only imagine had the guy in your posting would have made out, had he not gotten that advice from you
 
What factory grease?

The only grease I've ever seen on a new gun was that copper anti-seize Lube that Glock puts on theirs and I was in the unit that turned in their m16A1's for m16A2s and the A2s came still in the case with cosmoline all over them. That was a pain to get off
 
The Night Rider said:
What factory grease?

The only grease I've ever seen on a new gun was that copper anti-seize Lube that Glock puts on theirs and I was in the unit that turned in their m16A1's for m16A2s and the A2s came still in the case with cosmoline all over them. That was a pain to get off
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HK likes to slather that stuff on. You can’t take new HK straight to the range without cleaning the brown goop out of it.
 
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This stuff works pretty good too for cosmoline or greased vintage parts. but definitely has to be used outside. Nasty stuff.
 
Brawny said:
No one here can't say they were never a newbie. My time was my first summer in Boy Scout camp using a single shot bolt action .22 rifle. That got me hooked...and an NRA marksman medal/award that summer

Today, I was checking in at the range, and an exuberant older man comes to the range counter wanting to buy some ammo and targets, and go shooting on the range with his new pistol. But, like literally new...in the case...in the black plastic retail bag, that he just finished purchasing 5 minutes prior at the retail counter. Before the RSO could say something, he had to answer the phone. I gave the guy a quizzical-confused-concerned look and asked if he was really going to shoot that brand new pistol. He say he was, but plans to take it home afterwards and lube it, "that's OK, right?" I thought man, if you're not sure, well that's a problem. I patiently told him how it's much safer to take the pistol home, clean the factory grease off, and lube and inspect the pistol. "Oh, that sounds like a good idea!", and he books out of there.

In hindsight, if he lacks that much knowledge, I should have recommended he get with someone who knows what they are doing. Who knows if he's really going to clean/lube/inspect the pistol. Or, watch the guy on Youtube who says you can clean your gun parts just with "good old boiling water".

Here's hoping for the best.
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This was either a guy who just purchased his first gun or someone who is a seasoned gun owner extremely excited about shooting a new gun either way by stepping in to help and make the suggestion that it should be cleaned and inspected before shooting the first time you did a good thing, in the event that he is a totally new gun owner let’s hope someone else takes the time and initiative to guide him to be a safe responsible gun owner.

Well done. You did a good thing.
 
Keystone19250 said:
This was either a guy who just purchased his first gun or someone who is a seasoned gun owner extremely excited about shooting a new gun either way by stepping in to help and make the suggestion that it should be cleaned and inspected before shooting the first time you did a good thing, in the event that he is a totally new gun owner let’s hope someone else takes the time and initiative to guide him to be a safe responsible gun owner.

Well done. You did a good thing.
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He didn't know it was @Belt Fed with his 1st yet cannon
 
Most of my new purchases didn't have a lot of oil or grease on them. My Baby Rock looked like it was dunked in a bucket of oil as did my Pietta shotgun. I prefer to strip, clean and oil myself, but others (even writers) have not always done this. I think about the occasional metal shavings and chips ground into the actions and feel better about doing this.
 
youngolddude said:
Most of my new purchases didn't have a lot of oil or grease on them. My Baby Rock looked like it was dunked in a bucket of oil as did my Pietta shotgun. I prefer to strip, clean and oil myself, but others (even writers) have not always done this. I think about the occasional metal shavings and chips ground into the actions and feel better about doing this.
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yes, both of my RIA's 1911's had so much "oil" on them you'd swear they were in a collision with the Exxon Valdez....

even my recent Girsan 1911, had an awful lot of that "oil", which i had been told, it's not lube oil per se, but a preservative due to the long over seas shipping times.

i even had to remove all the grips of all 3 guns, to get that crap outta there.
 
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