Yea, well, er...<br><br>I guess that since I have been shooting for 40 years, the cleaning part just went unsaid. You certainly said it (and I say it in every basic NRA class I teach) -- care and maintainance of your equipment is vital to its functioning when you really need it. You can improvise some cleaning gear (i.e., patches, misc brushes), but some you can not. You should have a reasonable suppily of the stuff ya' jest gotta have.<br><br>My basic shooting bag kit would be perfectly OK for 6 months to a year (I use Miltec-1 -- a little goes a long way). If I were hitting the road, my main cleaning kit would go (it's in a medium sized tool box) and asside from patches would last many years.<br><br>Storage and especally long term storage is yet another issue. Depending on the term there are many solutions. Cosmoline seems to have a proven track record for long term storage, but you must clean, clean, clean before you use the weapon.<br><br> Larry<br><br><br>