Cleaning winchester 94

[Mark_Mark]

Before videos and the internet there were these things called books.

Yes, one of the nice things about Marlins is remove the lever screw and you can take down the whole action.

With Winchesters, the 1873 model is the easiest to take down and clean. One screw to remove the side plates and the entire action is accessible for cleaning. Not so much the Browning designed guns like the 1892 and 1894. For them, I give the barrel a good scrubbing with a bore snake. I can't remember the last time I took a '92 apart. I don't think I have ever taken a '94 apart.

I need more book!

 

[ms6852]

Only time I've disassembled mine in more than 40 years was when I bought it new to clean and re-lube. Since then I use a bore snake and feed it through the gate. Then I will liberally add ballistol to barrel and let it soak about 5 minutes and run the snake about 3 times. Afterwards I'll use a weed eater line to run some patches. For the action I use compressed air.

 

[CraigC]

Before videos and the internet there were these things called books.

Yeah and we were better off. I'm convinced that Google has created more morons than any other phenomenon.

 

[Rodfac]

Yeah and we were better off. I'm convinced that Google has created more morons than any other phenomenon.

Plus one!! Rod

 

[Dr T]

I am not a big fan of disassembly of lever guns (all those little parts to keep straight--and too easy to misplace). Plus, any gun designed to be a saddlegun should be able to tolerate a bit of dust and grit.

Every couple of years, I will run the bore snake through the Winchester and Marlin levers (I don't shoot them that often). To do this, I soak the brush end in Hoppe's No. 9 and pull it through twice. I give basically the same treatment to the Model 39TDS when the extraction starts getting sticky.

 

[Rex in OTZ]