Avatar
Search
Forum Scope




Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
Lost password?
sp_Feed sp_PrintTopic sp_TopicIcon
Winchester cleaning
sp_NewTopic Add Topic
Avatar
Member
WACA Guest
Forum Posts: 3
Member Since:
October 18, 2016
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
1
October 28, 2016 - 3:41 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

I don’t know if I mentioned this or not. But the Winchester I just bought has been sitting up a while in a gun cabinet. Heaven knows when it was last fired. I wanna clean the gun before I shoot it. Should I just clean the barrel or should I break it down and clean all the mechanism ?

Avatar
Member
WACA Guest
Forum Posts: 532
Member Since:
December 27, 2007
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
2
October 29, 2016 - 12:54 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_QuotePost

If you are planning on using the rifle and if it is mechanically sound, I’d say clean the bore.  Enjoy your shooting.  Get to know the feel of the rifle.  Shoot more.  Old oil and DNA will wait.  Clean the interior at your leisure.  I suggest getting to know the rifle prior to cleaning so that after reassembling it, if it drags, lags, complains, you know you did something amiss.  If it feels slightly slicker to operate, you know it is dandy and ready for more exercise.

If you are planning on firing it, and then keeping it in the safe–Someone else should offer advice.  I don’t know much about collecting without shooting often.

Forum Timezone: UTC 0
Most Users Ever Online: 778
Currently Online: Tom D, Ben, RickC
Guest(s) 93
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Top Posters:
clarence: 6278
TXGunNut: 4964
Chuck: 4560
1873man: 4277
steve004: 4160
Big Larry: 2323
twobit: 2289
TR: 1710
mrcvs: 1702
Forum Stats:
Groups: 1
Forums: 17
Topics: 12639
Posts: 109896

 

Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 1745
Members: 8786
Moderators: 4
Admins: 3
Navigation