Field Stripping

It's been a very long while since I did this. But last night, I had an incredibly detailed dream about it.

I dreamt I was happily field stripping and cleaning an M16 rifle. I was using flannelette, I could smell the gun oil. I remember looking along the barrel for 'elephants'.

It was so vivid that when I woke up at 4.30 am, I could see, imprinted in my vision, the ghostly outlines of the parts of the rifle action laid out neatly on a cloth background. For some reason, this was highly disturbing.

I guess there was one good thing about this. After all these years, I can still field strip an M16 in my sleep. Literally.