BTW, those who don’t shoot competition and think they are ready are just deluding themselves; unless they’re military or LEO who has been under fire. Shooting paper when nothing is on the line and shooting it with witnesses and under time adds stress. Think you won’t feel stress when lives are on the line? Much better to conquer it when it’s only time at risk.

I can’t be sure, but I suspect the “gunk up” comment was lint and dust in the magazine springs, accumulating in his range bag over months and years of bouncing around.