Like most people, I tossed the manual back in the box and figured I already knew everything important. A few years later, I actually sat down and read it and it turns out I’d been doing a couple of small things wrong the whole time. It was nothing terrible just little habits I picked up over the years that weren’t exactly ideal. I also found a maintenance step I’d completely overlooked and a storage warning that genuinely changed how I keep the gun stored now.
It was a good reminder that experience helps but manufacturers usually know their own platforms pretty well too, so sometimes there’s actually something useful hiding in manuals.
It was a good reminder that experience helps but manufacturers usually know their own platforms pretty well too, so sometimes there’s actually something useful hiding in manuals.