I know I have mentioned before that my Grandmother carried a 32 Smith & Wesson in her purse everywhere she went.
Well, while having a big dinner with my family for Easter, afterwards my Mom asked me to check it. The cylinder release was sticky (sticking) and the hammer also felt gummy.
Before my Grandmother past (15 years ago this year) she had oiled it with something (I really have no clue what) and probably 3 or 4 years ago, I had oiled it up good for Mom, but today she said she's thinking of using that handgun to take her concealed carry with so I told Mom that I'd need to bring it home and give it a THOROUGH take down and cleaning to go through it well before considering it.
So, she asked me to see if I could do anything with it, and I brought it home and broke out the straight screwdrivers and Hoppes bore cleaner and oil, and proceeded to take it all the way down to the frame while cleaning everything as I went.
It may not be a surprise to anyone, but I was probably the first person to ever see the internal pieces since the day it came off the assembly line.
I don't know what kind of oil had been poured down in it over the years, but it didn't take long to find what was causing the sticky action.
It's alright now after cleaning all the sludge out of it.
So in the next week or so, she's wanting to shoot Mammies pistol and her new 38 special to see which she shoots better to take her course with.
That's going to be one for the video camera if there ever was one.