Speaking as "an old Marine"...
I can say without hesitatation that almost EVERYTHING we were taught back then, in the early eighties in my case, was wrong.
The absolute overcleaning & scrubbing, the MANDATORY 3 day cleaning after firing, using those horrid steel buttstock cleaning rods over and over and over, my God, how those rifles were able to hit a damn thing is simply amazing.
But, then, it was the most up-to-date, state of the art info we had.
Now you take those guys, who after the Corps, NEVER had any further training or learned anything else after they got out, cause you know, they were MARINES by God, and we know everything, and anything else besides what I just described is heresy.
THE most sorry assed, dangerous gun handling Ive ever seen was while I was in the Corps.
I wonder, do they still insist on the white glove cleanliness and 3 day cleaning regimine after firing?


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is always a good idea if you have the downtime. It really doesnt take that long to once over a weapon.......

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