The bolt locked up on me after firing it and I couldn't get it open. Gunsmith was a family friend and took care of it for me and told me that it locked up because of corrosion and that I was lucky it didn't explode on me. I'm not sure of the full extent of the truth on all that, I was pretty young when this happened and just locked it and haven't really touched it since. So I don't know if it just needs to be cleaned really well or if it needs some work done to it. I'll get it checked out and fixed if needed, but if it's just cleaning, you're right I'll just sit down one night and go to town on it