Ensure that the firearm is not loaded: check the chamber, magazine well, etc....
Step 1- ALWAYS- Determine that the weapon is unloaded. HOW this is done varies with the type of firearm, but it should ALWAYS be the first step.
The first step for loading and unloading a firearm is to point the gun in a safe direction.
The first step in cleaning procedures is to gather your cleaning supplies and tools together.
The first step is to identify what the firearm is, as in who made it and what the model is. Many books have been written on the subject.
The first step is to very carefully check that the gun is unloaded.
Turn it off
Unload it.
The first step in cleaning and sanitizing items in a three-compartment sink are manually washing them.
was hands
Unload the gun and open the break.
a cleaning rod
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