Learning/Gun cleaning

[Hunter87]

So I'm the type of guy who likes to learn as he goes, real hands on. I was cleaning my Super Blackhawk yesterday and for some reason I decided to go farther than I had ever gone with the dis-assembly then ever before. Well when I got dont cleaning and started to refit the parts I kept running into road blocks. A little internet searching and I had it back together, no problem.

Have any of you guys ever done this?

[Mr. Meeseeks]

All the time with all sorts of things, not just firearms. Ain't the internet awesome, I remember not having it around, but can't believe we used to get around without it.

[CS25]

been there. thank god the internet it around. a parts list is always great to have printed out while your are assembling or disassembling. good luck

[NOTABIKER]

forget the owners guide book, i go to the internet to learn how to work on my latest rifle. i like pictures. very helpful.

[SanPedroShooter]

I break down and reassemble all the guns I buy. Its the best way to trouble shoot down the road if something comes up, plus I am very familiar with the operation, safties or lack of, any possble design flaws or things that might have issues in the future.

Every gun I own is an incredible peice of engineering, albiet simple in most cases. A lot of the basics are the same, but the level of intuitive design and functionality is impressive.

[Ribkick]

I break down and reassemble all the guns I buy. Its the best way to trouble shoot down the road if something comes up, plus I am very familiar with the operation, safties or lack of, any possble design flaws or things that might have issues in the future.

Every gun I own is an incredible peice of engineering, albiet simple in most cases. A lot of the basics are the same, but the level of intuitive design and functionality is impressive.

I do the same, long before there was an Internet.

[CBruce]

So I'm the type of guy who likes to learn as he goes, real hands on. I was cleaning my Super Blackhawk yesterday and for some reason I decided to go farther than I had ever gone with the dis-assembly then ever before. Well when I got dont cleaning and started to refit the parts I kept running into road blocks. A little internet searching and I had it back together, no problem.

Have any of you guys ever done this?

Yup. Same thing happened to me after getting my Beretta 92FS. This is the first gun I've owned, so completely new to cleaning and maintenace. I cleaned it after it's first range outting with a simple field-strip and wipedown with no problems. But the 2nd time back from the range I started with a field-strip and then progressively kept punching pins out and freeing smaller and smaller pieces. About halfway in I realized I wasn't sure I knew how to put things back together. But I was beyond the point of no return so I figured I might as well go all the way and build it back up from step 1.

After meticiously cleaning every nook and cranny of every tiny pieces I had a a bowl full of oddly shaped metal bits, pins, and tiny springs. I carefully toted everything upstairs to my computer, started at Chapter 3: Assembly, and began putting it all back together.

It took me about 4 hours to get the sear and sear spring back in place (notoriously tricky on a Beretta 92), and another hour or two to reassemble everything else after that. But I now know what most of those little bits and bobs are called, how they fit together and work with each other, and how much of a pain in the *** some of them are are to reassemble. Also got to see every little hidden nick, scratch, and scuff.