Dillinger,
my dept. just bought one of those ultra-sonic thing-a-majigs. it kicks ***. our armorer dropped a beat up ruger sp101 that we use for training purposes into the vat. this thing hadn't been cleaned in years. it looked brand new when the process was done and the cylinder spun freely.
Colt - I tell you, from early on, my old man DRILLED into me the importance of doing good maintenance on our firearms. I would spend hours, literally, with him at the work bench after a weekend shooting event cleaning our gear.
After I started going to SHOT, which my first visit was in 2004, I started collecting literature. I got interested in the Ultra-Soncis stuff from Crest after seeing a demo that, literally, dropped my jaw in 2005.
After getting together with my current fiancee', she took a great interest in firearms in general, and learning to shoot specifically. She went to her first SHOT in 2006 and was hooked.
For Christmas in 2006 I received the Crest Ultrasonics 575, and since then I have
NEVER had to hand clean one of my weapons after a day at the range again.
Obviously, this has led to more shooting, since we don't have to spend an hour plus, stripping and cleaning each part.
My fiancee' now has her own Nighthawk Custom 9mm 1911, and she is flat deadly with it.
I can honestly say that the addition of the Crest Ultra Sonic tank has not only made us better shooters, due to more practice, but it has given us the ability to provide a level of maintenence and protection that we previously have had to attempt by hand...
I am a lucky,
LUCKY man...
JD