aarondhgraham
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Yesterday I was in my favorite restaurant/watering hole,,,
One of the cooks got off shift and sat next to me at the bar.
I know she owns a few handguns and we were talking about going to the range when the weather warms up a bit.
She said her Bersa (Thunder 380) wasn't working very well,,,
It was "jamming up" on her lately.
She's had that Bersa for several years now,,,
She gets out to her Brothers farm to shoot every month or so.
I asked her how long since she cleaned it,,,
Her answer was, "I don't know how.",,,
She's never cleaned any of them.
It turns out she has three semi-auto pistols,,,
And doesn't know how to disassemble/clean any of them.
The immediate solution is I offered to teach her how,,,
I own two of the pistols she has.
But this examples why, when I am asked for a gun recommendation,,,
I always ask if they are going to actually "learn" the gun,,,
Or just load it and "stash" it in a dresser drawer.
If they are "learners" I recommend one of several semi-auto's,,,
Higher capacity and all that.
If they say they are "stashers" I usually recommend a revolver,,,
This is not to say that revolvers don't need to be cleaned,,,
But we should all agree that they are more forgiving.
Okay, I've simplified that process a bit,,,
But I believe the core of my reasoning is valid.
So I'm going to visit her shortly and teach her how to clean her guns,,,
Then I'm going to try and convince her this should be done after every range session.
Her daughter is turning 17 real soon and likes shooting,,,
I will probably gift her a universal cleaning kit,,,
And some ammo for their one .22 pistol.
Aarond
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One of the cooks got off shift and sat next to me at the bar.
I know she owns a few handguns and we were talking about going to the range when the weather warms up a bit.
She said her Bersa (Thunder 380) wasn't working very well,,,
It was "jamming up" on her lately.
She's had that Bersa for several years now,,,
She gets out to her Brothers farm to shoot every month or so.
I asked her how long since she cleaned it,,,
Her answer was, "I don't know how.",,,
She's never cleaned any of them.
It turns out she has three semi-auto pistols,,,
And doesn't know how to disassemble/clean any of them.
The immediate solution is I offered to teach her how,,,
I own two of the pistols she has.
But this examples why, when I am asked for a gun recommendation,,,
I always ask if they are going to actually "learn" the gun,,,
Or just load it and "stash" it in a dresser drawer.
If they are "learners" I recommend one of several semi-auto's,,,
Higher capacity and all that.
If they say they are "stashers" I usually recommend a revolver,,,
This is not to say that revolvers don't need to be cleaned,,,
But we should all agree that they are more forgiving.
Okay, I've simplified that process a bit,,,
But I believe the core of my reasoning is valid.
So I'm going to visit her shortly and teach her how to clean her guns,,,
Then I'm going to try and convince her this should be done after every range session.
Her daughter is turning 17 real soon and likes shooting,,,
I will probably gift her a universal cleaning kit,,,
And some ammo for their one .22 pistol.
Aarond
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