deepdiver
Campaign Veteran
Oh WalkingWolf, your comments cut so deeply. Both of our 1911's are on the DL, much to my disappointment.The military cleaning was more about discipline than it was function. If a gun will not work going into combat with light carbon it should not be issued.
I currently do not get anal about cleaning, they get cleaned after shooting, and once a year for rust prevention. Ones I carry get rubbed down when used to prevent rust, unless they are tupperware. The only time I take a gun down to it's basic parts is if the gun has been submerged in water. This has only happened once to me, fell in a creek. Fortunately the gun was my 1911 which is very easy to tear down to all the individual parts. That's one of the reasons I am a 1911 snob, yea that's right if you don't have a 1911 you are one of the unwashed masses.
Don't panic though. My Raven Arms .25 is working fine since the recoil spring was replaced.