picked up a winchester 1886 in 40-82 today.

eastbank

March 21, 2015 13:00

1886 win in 40-82, 26" oct barrel serial #69589 with a ex bore. it has sat in a closet for over 70 years, no cracks or splits in wood and not sanded,some figure in wood,screws not buggered and over all wood and metal finish looks good and a two piece box of factory shells. i would like to clean the dried grease off and out off the metal and also clean the wood a little(not sand or strip). with the deal i made i have close to 2000.00 in it. eastbank.

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  charliemeyer007

  March 21, 2015 13:25

  Post some pic's. Sounds like a nice rifle.

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  CapnMidnight

  March 21, 2015 20:36

  eastbank,
  I use Midway Gun Bright metal cleaning pads, they look sort of like steel wool, only curly. Gently go over all the metal and wood. Clean the metal with Kroil. I use a 50-50% mix of boiled linseed oil and turpentine on old Winchester and military stocks. Wipe it on, let it soak in, it will refresh the stock.
  This is a picture of my model 75 Winchester I used this treatment on.
  W.D.
  
  

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  1873man

  March 22, 2015 07:17

  Eastbank,
  
  I don't like to clean guns too much. I want to see the grime in the screw slots and corners. That shows a buyer the gun has been together for a long time on a collector gun. I do clean the metal a little with 0000 steel wool and oil just to bring out the blue. I would not put linseed oil on your wood unless your gun was a oil finish to begin with, your gun might of been a varnish finish.
  
  Bob

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