not sure that my problem is cleaning and i am concerned about what happens when i get in the field 90 miles from no where and it decides to malfunction. its malfunctioned twice here lately and i fixed it by tearing it down and cleaning but either i am not doing the cleaning correctly or it's a gun problem. i only have 2 weeks to work it out and a backup doesn't sound like a bad idea to me. besides what is wrong with having another gun? there not that i have justified my position let me know what you think of the traditions guns. thanks