Cleaning winchester 94

[AJC1]

I'm a big marlin guy and a big cleaner. Most times I clean every trip no matter what. Recently there has been an exception with shooting less than 10 rounds and leaving the bore fouled for hunting, because the first shot matters. So with the bolt being basically a full gun disassembly based on the videos I watched, how often are you cleaning these winchester lever guns?

 

[Ohen Cepel]

I don't take down a lever gun very often. I think a lot more damage/wear comes from taking things apart than actual use. For me, I may take them apart once every couple of years depending how much it has been fired and how dirty it is. Otherwise, I clean the bore (unless you want it fouled as you mentioned) and leave it be.

Spent too much time looking for small parts I dropped from something I took apart which did not need to be taken apart

 

[AJC1]

I don't take down a lever gun very often. I think a lot more damage/wear comes from taking things apart than actual use. For me, I may take them apart once every couple of years depending how much it has been fired and how dirty it is. Otherwise, I clean the bore (unless you want it fouled as you mentioned) and leave it be.

Spent too much time looking for small parts I dropped from something I took apart which did not need to be taken apart

Maybe this is a better option of using my cable kit vise the quality cleaning rod.

 

[243winxb]

Never taken apart. Bore cleaned very carefully from the muzzle.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/tell-me-about-the-winchester-94-please.385433/

 

[Thomasss]

When I owned a Model 94 30/30, 40 years ago, I cleaned the new gun completely to remove all packing grease; sighted it in with view-thru mount and a Weaver 3X.
After that I ran a plain soft patch down the barrel before the hunting season started. One shot took a nice doe at 40 yards the last day of the season. After that, I would clean the gun, muzzle to chamber, for 4 hunting seasons until I upgraded to a 30.06. It's been said a Model 94 has a "weak" extraction system that could freeze up and seize. I never had a problem but I also lubed the action properly.

 

[AJC1]

Never taken apart. View attachment 1123448 Bore cleaned very carefully from the muzzle.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/tell-me-about-the-winchester-94-please.385433/

I wonder if I could scrub it like you say and find a way to rinse it from the breach to push all the mud the correct direction.

 

[Bazoo]

I take mine down every couple years maybe. I mostly wipe the soot out of it with an oil whetted rag. I clean the bore lightly. I stuff a rag into the action so solvent and debris doesn’t get into the works.

I do lube it fairly often and well.

Ive shot around 800 I think in the last 8 years. So, I think I have detailed it twice one was for some smoothing. No plans to detail it anytime soon either.

 

[MacAR]

I wonder if I could scrub it like you say and find a way to rinse it from the breach to push all the mud the correct direction.

A little bit of BC gun scrubber would wash it down the barrel I'd think. Then run a clean patch down the barrel to remove all the residue.

As to cleaning my 94, it gets a proper bore scrubbing and oiling once a year after hunting season. If it gets used for a truck gun, or for pest control during the off season it gets wiped down but that's all. I never take it apart if I can help it, that seems to create more issues than it prevents. Same applies to my most of my guns, including my 1892 and marlin 336. Just keep the bores clean and the actions well oiled and they're fine.

Mac

 

[Charlie98]

I took apart my brother's Winchester Trapper once. Just once. I swore, then I swore I'd never do it again.

From the breech or from the muzzle... most of my rifles get Hoppe's or CLP. I'm not a cleaning fanatic, however. Sometimes I'll just pull a bore snake through it and call it a day, too.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

I tend to start cleaning 94 and 92 Winchester barrels, M1 Carbine, and similar actions by running the cleaning rod down the barrel, screwing in a slotted tip with a patch wet with Hoppes #9 and drawing the patch out, letting the gun sit for a while for the solvent to work.

The 94 and 92 I figure I can clean and lube as needed with bamboo skewers, toothbrush, Q tips, without a detailed disassembly.

 

[243winxb]

Get a piece of fishing line. Tie a lead weight to 1 end & a loop on the other. Drop weight down barrel from chamber to muzzle. Pull patch with solvent towards muzzle.

Or a Bore Snake, may work. But if pull cord breaks, it can be stuck in barrel.

Or stick a rag in the action & clean with rod from muzzle end.

Store muzzle down. Let extra fluids drain out.

 

[FL-NC]

I clean the chamber using the plastic cleaning rod and brush that comes with every Glock pistol, and I clean the bore with one of those Otis pull thru cables things. The face of the bolt is cleaned with a toothbrush. Internal nasty is addressed with q tips and compressed air. Carefully snug up external screws with the correct Chapman screwdriver. Light coat of motor oil on exterior metal. No disassembly required.

 

[CraigC]

At one point, I could tear down and reassemble a model 94 blindfolded. However, there is no reason to do that very often with a levergun. Folks have always touted this as an advantage to Marlin but it's really a non-issue.

 

[film495]

if I'm using my 94, I'll just open the action and wipe out whatever I can reach with a CLP product and run a bore snake down the bore a couple times can call it a day. going into storage for a long time, I take it apart and clean all the pieces, but I'm sure that's not necessary, I just like it.

 

[AJC1]

At one point, I could tear down and reassemble a model 94 blindfolded. However, there is no reason to do that very often with a levergun. Folks have always touted this as an advantage to Marlin but it's really a non-issue.

One screw pop out the lever and the bolt comes right out... it's amazing.

 

[CraigC]

One screw pop out the lever and the bolt comes right out... it's amazing.

Unnecessary is what it is.

 

[Armored farmer]

I'm too impatient to break it all down.
I have gotten by with hoppes and a good air compressor.

 

[Mark_Mark]

best thing about tearing down a old lever gun is finding parts to polish!

 

[Obturation]

The 94s I've had got cleaned sometimes. Drop a length of paracord down the bore, then tie a wad of chore boy or t shirt on to it and squirt some oil. Blast the action with some clp followed by an air hose then some more oil. Store muzzle down.

Marlins and Henrys get the bolt pulled out now and then just for convienice in cleaning.

94s are sweet but taking them apart doesn't make much sense to me. I moved away from the winchester because my 336 got shot more and it was simpler . I could learn the 94 but I have no reason to.

It's a good idea to check lever gun screws regularly.

 

[hawg]

A 94 isn't hard once you do it a few times. I built my first one out of a barreled receiver and a cigar box of parts. I was 15 and no internet and no diagram.

 

[Pat Riot]

I have disassembled and reassembled Win 94s manny many times. I probably overdid the cleaning but I knew for sure everything was clean and operational.
Then I discovered Hornady One Shot spray CLP. I pull the stock off and hose the guts out at every opening and with the lever open, partially open and closed and then let it dry. I do oil pivot points and put a tiny bit of grease on the bolt to frame interfaces.
Also, I carefully clean the bore from the muzzle and I bore snake it to help clean the chamber.

 

[Mark_Mark]

A 94 isn't hard once you do it a few times. I built my first one out of a barreled receiver and a cigar box of parts. I was 15 and no internet and no diagram.

how you figure were the parts went?

 

[Eugen]

I have disassembled and reassembled Win 94s manny many times. ...
Then I discovered Hornady One Shot spray CLP.

Amen, to that. Hornady One Shot is an amazing product. Most other lubes and cleaners, especially CLPs in my shop are collecting dust.

Definitely use it on my 94.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

how you figure were the parts went?

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.

 

[Lifeshort]

Turn it lever up sights down. Clean barrel from the muzzle. Any extra dripage just falls on the table. Saves trying to jam rags in the action. Clean and lube the rest with qtips