Today had to have been the most uncomfortable range trip I've had at BRP thus far.
A gentleman was having trouble with his new AR. He went over to the group of RO's today to ask for some help. One of the ROs came over, safety checked the weapon and started to manually cycle it. Ran his finger across the bolt carrier and asked the owner if it was a new rifle.
The owner told him it was and that he had read in the manual that it came prelubricated and he only cleaned the barrel of any excess lubricant.
The RO puffed his chest and began lecturing the gentleman about how it needs lubricant, and asked the owner if he had any - which he did not.
At that point, the RO returned the rifle to the firing bench, and walked over to his vehicle to grab some lube. Returning, he began to field strip the rifle without any consent or instruction to the owner. Much to my surprise, the lubricant of choice was WD-40. The RO then SOAKED (sprayed) the CH, carrier and bolt with WD-40. Reassembled the rifle, manually cycled the rifle.. Then he looked down the bore of the assembled rifle and some how determined that it needed some WD-40 sprayed down the barrel, from the muzzle. He also briefly swept the firing line with this little performance.
He then grabbed a mag, loaded the rifle and squeezed off a round - then gave it back to the owner and told him in a number of words that he's good to go.
I sat there dumbfounded as to what I had just witnessed.
I hope this isn't a regular occurrence with this RO and he was just showing off in front of the other ROs there, but needless to say, it made me feel very uncomfortable.
A different RO mentioned to the same owner, that he could get a yellow "plug" (chamber flag) to show his weapon is safe during a cease fire. (I'm not really sure why this came up.)
I took the chamber flag out of my rifle and offered it to the gentleman - since I have a bunch from ordering a pack from the CMP. The gentleman (and what I assume to be his son) asked me about my rifle.. I explained that some folks run their ARs wet, others dry - a happy medium I find is usually best. I told him I was surprised that the RO used WD-40 on the rifle; and the owner shared that he felt the same way.
I wasn't going to challenge the ROs actions.. I didn't feel like making enemies today.
A gentleman was having trouble with his new AR. He went over to the group of RO's today to ask for some help. One of the ROs came over, safety checked the weapon and started to manually cycle it. Ran his finger across the bolt carrier and asked the owner if it was a new rifle.
The owner told him it was and that he had read in the manual that it came prelubricated and he only cleaned the barrel of any excess lubricant.
The RO puffed his chest and began lecturing the gentleman about how it needs lubricant, and asked the owner if he had any - which he did not.
At that point, the RO returned the rifle to the firing bench, and walked over to his vehicle to grab some lube. Returning, he began to field strip the rifle without any consent or instruction to the owner. Much to my surprise, the lubricant of choice was WD-40. The RO then SOAKED (sprayed) the CH, carrier and bolt with WD-40. Reassembled the rifle, manually cycled the rifle.. Then he looked down the bore of the assembled rifle and some how determined that it needed some WD-40 sprayed down the barrel, from the muzzle. He also briefly swept the firing line with this little performance.
He then grabbed a mag, loaded the rifle and squeezed off a round - then gave it back to the owner and told him in a number of words that he's good to go.
I sat there dumbfounded as to what I had just witnessed.
I hope this isn't a regular occurrence with this RO and he was just showing off in front of the other ROs there, but needless to say, it made me feel very uncomfortable.
A different RO mentioned to the same owner, that he could get a yellow "plug" (chamber flag) to show his weapon is safe during a cease fire. (I'm not really sure why this came up.)
I took the chamber flag out of my rifle and offered it to the gentleman - since I have a bunch from ordering a pack from the CMP. The gentleman (and what I assume to be his son) asked me about my rifle.. I explained that some folks run their ARs wet, others dry - a happy medium I find is usually best. I told him I was surprised that the RO used WD-40 on the rifle; and the owner shared that he felt the same way.
I wasn't going to challenge the ROs actions.. I didn't feel like making enemies today.
