LOL,,,,,,nearly the same here, at "great mistakes" boot the instructor asked if anyone had firearm experience, of course I spoke up, he handed me the 1911 and said strip it down...I asked if he wanted to blind fold me first...stripped down and back in the blink of an eye...then when the M16 was brought out he asked if I was familiar with it, I stripped it down and asked if he wanted the trigger group removed as well,,,,he said that was not required as it was an armorers job.....
On my little off time during boot I went and qualified with the 1911, the only one in the entire division that graduated boot with a ribbon already...LOL