Successful re-Strawing

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

But have you tried Marvel Mystery Oil??? When I was in boot camp, following qualification, we cleaned our M14's ...

In December of 1967, the supply sergeant in my basic training company (E-7-2) at Fort Bragg, NC, used a dental pick to inspect every nook and cranny of my M-14 before I was allowed to turn it in... He didn't know that I cleaned all those nooks and crannies with my own wire pick... (because I knew where he would be checking)...

He didn't like me because I got him in trouble for giving me an unlawful order and I refused to obey the order, but he had to accept my rifle because the company commander happened to be standing right there and saw that he found nothing with his dental pick even after swiping the crevices multiple times... WHEW!

Dodged the bullet on that one! You weren't allowed to depart after completing basic training until your rifle passed the final cleanliness inspection.