ltorlo64
09-12-2011, 11:05 PM
Here is a picture of the rifle I am working on.
http://www.gunsnet.net/photopost/data/550/medium/100_1456.JPG
After sitting at my mother-in-law's house for 20 years or so, my brother-in-law gave me this rifle. It was a little sticky and the action would not cycle fully. I took it apart and cleaned it for about an hour. It was less sticky, but still seemed to catch about mid-return stroke. I took it to the range and tried it out, but it would not cycle correctly. A man there looked at it and showed me a couple of places where there was still a build up of burned gunpowder residue. I spent another hour, a generous amount of Hoppes #9, and a brass, wire brush and got rid of those stubborn areas. Now the slide cycles with no stickiness. I hope to take the rifle to the range in the next couple of weeks to try it out.
http://www.gunsnet.net/photopost/data/550/medium/100_1456.JPG
After sitting at my mother-in-law's house for 20 years or so, my brother-in-law gave me this rifle. It was a little sticky and the action would not cycle fully. I took it apart and cleaned it for about an hour. It was less sticky, but still seemed to catch about mid-return stroke. I took it to the range and tried it out, but it would not cycle correctly. A man there looked at it and showed me a couple of places where there was still a build up of burned gunpowder residue. I spent another hour, a generous amount of Hoppes #9, and a brass, wire brush and got rid of those stubborn areas. Now the slide cycles with no stickiness. I hope to take the rifle to the range in the next couple of weeks to try it out.