What is the first thing you do when you get a new Gun?

[STCM(SW)]

after extensive fondling I:

- clean the bore and charge holes.
- clean and remove dirt and debris, especially the buildup around the adjustable rear sight (always a good amount there), behind trigger, and underneath grips.
- detail strip action (if needed, but may start doing so anyway as others have noted)
- Clean grip checkering, screw escutcheons, etc.
- Wipe metal dry and photograph
- Apply thin coat of oil
- Put away

Did all that with the 1917 I got yesterday except put it in safe yet.......

 

[TheYoungblood]

I manually function/cycle test it before purchase to verify it works as designed. Wipe down the bore in case someone placed lube in it. Verify it does not need any lube. Run it thru holster while unloaded. The load and fire.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

I give mine a good once over and look down then a heavy oil job. Most are pretty dry. I figure once the oil soaks in the metal a bit it will be easier to clean up and really look over later.

 

[Linejudgemick]

After I get done fondling it, looking at it and congratulating myself over and over for getting it I read the manual. I might have already downloaded it and from the manufacturer and read it and researched it pretty thoroughly before I bought it though. Then I disassemble it and carefully examine it for any manufacturing flaws. Then I clean it and lubricate it, as much to familiarize myself with its operation as anything else. I'm left handed, so if it's applicable, I reverse the magazine release, etc. Then of course I shoot it, evaluate it and the ammunition I chose for it. Then I clean it again and add any accessories, or make any changes I decided it needed. Then I start the fondling, looking and congratulating (hopefully) process again.

 

[gdauth]

Read the manual.

 

[KEN L]

Record it's information, take photos of it, post those photos here then brag about it and gloat over it. Hey, I paid for the right to do that!

 

[Coaltminer]

Record serial number and purchase date, then clean and lube it.

 

[hangnoose]

1st THING YOU DO

Considering a gun can POTENTIALY blow up in your hand/face, a quick once over & check that the bbl isn't blocked or crudded up to a dangerous degree, no major parts are cracked etc. doesn't seem to be such a bad idea to me, but if you are in such a big hurry to spare the 30 seconds, go ahead. I do that with my own guns EVERY TIME PRIOR to shooting them. You never know what you may find unless you look. I've found cash/ tools/ etc in the road that presumably fell out/off someone's vehicle, ONLY because I stopped to look while most drove on buy. When in the woods if I spot blood I trail it for practice if nothing else & have found at least 4 nice knives laying next to gut piles. Not to mention the treasures over the years people put out on the street to throw out, or dumpster diving at the range. "ONE MANS TRASH" as they say.

 

[CatSnipah]

Clean it, take pics for the archives, drop in some snap caps to test the firing action, then go to the range at the first opportunity.

And buy a case for it if I don't have one (i.e., gun rug).

 

[handejector]

What is the first thing you do when you get a new Gun?

I check it to see if it is loaded.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

That used to be my first check and it was instinctive.

Unitl.

I popped open an unfired 38/44 Outdoorsman and without thinking instinctively checked it then closed it back up. I put the first partial turn line in it by not being careful. Dumb! Dumb! and MORE DUMB!

Every time I look at that gun, I see the partial turn line I put in it.