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

[HansGruber]

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.

If you think about where the RIA’s are made…it makes sense.

Philippines = high humidity; then lock it in a case for shipping to the US, and then who knows how long it might sit on a shelf in the case before it goes to a dealer…

And the heavy machine oil comes off pretty easy. I cleaned my RIA widebody yesterday, as well as the Prodigy, I’m anticipation of hitting the range today.

Which I’m doing…now, I think.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

If you think about where the RIA’s are made…it makes sense.

Philippines = high humidity; then lock it in a case for shipping to the US, and then who knows how long it might sit on a shelf in the case before it goes to a dealer…

And the heavy machine oil comes off pretty easy. I cleaned my RIA widebody yesterday, as well as the Prodigy, I’m anticipation of hitting the range today.

Which I’m doing…now, I think.

A report will follow..................right...............................

 

[Old_Me]

If you think about where the RIA’s are made…it makes sense.

Philippines = high humidity; then lock it in a case for shipping to the US, and then who knows how long it might sit on a shelf in the case before it goes to a dealer…

And the heavy machine oil comes off pretty easy. I cleaned my RIA widebody yesterday, as well as the Prodigy, I’m anticipation of hitting the range today.

Which I’m doing…now, I think.

oh yeah, i was familiar with the high humidity situation, just in the beginning, i thought it was lube oil.

i used a spray cleaner.

 

[somorris]

Good that you offered free advice and that the older guy was receptive. The counter guy at the range SHOULD have either cleaned the new gun before he turned it over or advised the purchaser that he should clean it before using it. That is just my opinion, though, of what good service looks like.

 

[kenpomaniac1958]

We should all be willing to assist "noobs" when asked (an opinion, a tip, etc.).

When I've taught/teach women's self-defense classes I always offer to educate any of the participants on firearm safety. I also explain the advantages/disadvantages of pepper spray and other weapons.

Once a person understands firearm safety and that it's extremely important to follow the same basic steps every time when handling a firearm, some of their basic fears go away.

I once spent a couple of hours at a cousin's house making sure he knew how to safely load and unload his firearms and how to check them. And got him in the habit of doing this EVERY time he picked up a firearm(which is what I do every time I pick up a firearm.)

I use snap caps to teach firearm safety and have them for most of my firearms.

I also have training knives made out of aluminum that I've used a few times to show some people how quickly they can be cut. We used to use Markalot markers to show people how quickly and easily they could be cut.

We do owe it to those who want to learn to try to educate them. We have to be able to not make them feel intimidated or like they're stupid. And for me that means listening first and finding out how the person thinks, so you can find a way to explain things to them in a way that they can relate to...

 

[The Night Rider]

This is kind of off topic but I was looking at a gun in a pawn shop and the clerk tried to tell me that the gun had never been fired. So I asked if I could field strip it and take a look at it.

The inside of that gun was as black as your mother in laws heart.