He was only an acquaintance really, a drinking acquaintance, not just a close friend of mine by any stretch of the imagination. A ship that passed inside the drink and drug soaked long dark night of my soul. So why could it have been that when I heard of his death, $ 6000 miles away, and more than a sober couple of years after our last contact, that I was transferred to tears? I cannot locate a full explanation yet, it remains a teasing and tantalizing will o? the wisp, dancing about the peripheral fringes of my consciousness. Perhaps in some recoverable format this and recounting the reality in the matter, I will be able to find some resolution, as I still get teary, some thirty years later, when I imagine Joe, as well as the types of his end. Here we get to the part the place that the actual maintenance thing begins. I personally prefer complete disassembly and cleaning after every fight. The gun often gets through insane conditions and there's also dust and dirt. As I own the spring version, the disassembly is fairly simple. I would definetly not recommend digging into mechabox in AEG sniper rifles as those are pretty complex mechanisms as well as the internals usually are not confronted with the outdoors influences. Somehow the internals of the cylinder get always dirty and also the lube turns black not on the outdoors. Also most from the greasing leaks down through the cocking pin and climbs into the trigger mechanism. So to sum it up, I would recommend do those steps after each action: