Monthly Archives: December 2013
Let’s Talk About Cleaning Kits
Outside of ammunition, there is one essential item that every gun owner absolutely has to have: a cleaning kit. Keeping a firearm clean and shiny is immeasurably important in its reliability and longevity. This means regular cleaning and lubricating. Yes, even you Glock owners that brag about how dependable your gun is after thousands of rounds even though you’ve never cleaned it. Look, Toyotas are legendary for their reliability but I wouldn’t even think about going on a cross country trip with one that has never had its oil changed or had any maintenance at all (even if it’s fresh off the lot, but that’s a whole other discussion). Same thing with a gun. If you have put lots of rounds through your gun but never cleaned or maintained it, it’s not a matter of IF it malfunctions but WHEN.
So, yeah, a cleaning kit. The problem is, telling you to go buy a cleaning kit is kind of like telling someone to go buy a wrench. What kind of wrench? Socket? Crescent? What size? Regular or Metric? You see my point. There’s countless kinds of cleaning kits out there. Each has it’s benefits and problems. Today, we’re going to take a look at some of the most common options. Continue reading
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Breaking Bad? How and why to break in a new gun…
GunNoob’s Firearm Rule #72: It doesn’t matter the manufacturer or model of gun. If you ask about the quality of a particular firearm on an internet forum, someone will eventually say the following: “I bought a [Gun A], took it to the range and it gave me nothing but trouble. I couldn’t get through to magazines without it messing up so I took it back to the shop and traded it for a [Gun B]. Don’t waste your money on a [Gun A]. They’re nothing but junk.”
Now we’ve covered some reasons for a gun to constantly fail in our warranty article. There is another, commonly overlooked factor that we haven’t talked about yet: it wasn’t broken in. Like a new engine, shoes and jeans, a gun needs to be broken in as well. Continue reading
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Beginner Gun Review: Taurus PT-1911
For some reason, I’ve had this deeply held belief that a 1911 shouldn’t be a noob’s first gun. It’s an expensive, complex gun with a large and powerful caliber round that spits forth from it. While I’ve shot 1911s on many occasions, I’ve yet to put one through the tests. Granted, this is partially because I haven’t been able to get my hands on one long enough to actually run my gauntlet. For some odd reason, people don’t like the idea of me conducting my “limp wrist test” on their $1500 Dan Wesson Custom. Can’t say I blame them, mind you, I cringe a bit when I do it to my own guns.
That’s the other problem with 1911s: most people aren’t going to drop more than $600 on their first pistol and, for the most part, a solid 1911 falls in the $800+ range. There are a couple of exceptions, however. Continue reading
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