ok one more.
the Mcpl is teaching the detailed strip, and what to use the oil on, and what not too, and kept telling us to treat it like a lady.
he told us not to jam the cocking handle in, when it falls out, but to push it in nice and gentle, and all that nice stuff. refering to the rifle as a lady again.
later when dealing with the spring, and it's whole.... he told use we don't need to oil that, and to just 'jam our fingers in with a swab to clean it" it's late sunday on the weekend BMQ and i lose it. he loOKs at me, and i say "so we are to jam our fingers in without lube now?" a damn nasty look from the Mcpl, not for my comment, but because he didn't think of it first.