Model 94 been in weather for last 20+ years
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 12:41 am
In my dads shed i ran across this old model 94. Ill start with the stock. The hand guard looks as if it was soaked in oil sometime in the past and the butt end is dried out pretty bad and shows a few cracks. The barrel; It was clogged up with possibly old dirt dobber nests and the outside is pretty rusty.
I am still able to make out some of the writing on the barrel and i was actually suprised it wasnt pitted worse than it is. The lever action; it wouldnt operate at all but i could get the hammer to cock and the trigger released it. The rifle seems to have all its parts but the butt plate.
I sprayed the action with PBBlaster and surprisingly it worked. I sprayed down the barrel also and managed to unplug it with a bit of elbow grease and an old bore cleaning brush. I have not done a thorough job on the inside of the barrel but i can still see the rifling in it.
From what i can see this thing needs to be taken apart, placed in a tub of some sort of cleaning liquid and allowed to soak for a few days. You folks got any recommendations on what i should soak it in? I was thinking diesel fluid myself.
I know yall will want pics but i dont have them yet. Ill get some loaded up tomorrow for yall but until then what yall think? Have any of you ever tried to get a rifle this bad off back to working condition?
I am still able to make out some of the writing on the barrel and i was actually suprised it wasnt pitted worse than it is. The lever action; it wouldnt operate at all but i could get the hammer to cock and the trigger released it. The rifle seems to have all its parts but the butt plate.
I sprayed the action with PBBlaster and surprisingly it worked. I sprayed down the barrel also and managed to unplug it with a bit of elbow grease and an old bore cleaning brush. I have not done a thorough job on the inside of the barrel but i can still see the rifling in it.
From what i can see this thing needs to be taken apart, placed in a tub of some sort of cleaning liquid and allowed to soak for a few days. You folks got any recommendations on what i should soak it in? I was thinking diesel fluid myself.
I know yall will want pics but i dont have them yet. Ill get some loaded up tomorrow for yall but until then what yall think? Have any of you ever tried to get a rifle this bad off back to working condition?