Originally Posted By: buzz
They don't need any more maintenance than any other gun. England is very rainy and their guns were exposed to gobs of moisture. They had them go in for yearly maintenance for that reason and primers were very corrosive. I'm pretty sure something along those lines is what Mr. Brown was referring to. I'm pretty sure that Spanish guns (which for the most part are copies of what the English produced) wouldn't fare any better in the same environmental conditions.


I understand what youre saying, but neither Ted nor Larry mentioned weather they wrote only of what amounts to normal use causing a requirement for maintenance. Truth be told, a wet climate and/or corrosive primers only require immediate cleaning and proper storage. A yearly trip back to the maker isnt going to help a gun used with corrosive primed ammo and put up wet.