That little rifle cleaned up very nicely...good looking shootin' iron
My cheap rifle story isn't that good, but my OLD Marlin 99 is a $20 pawnshop rescue...
When I first got it, it wouldn't reliably cycle ANY ammo, including CCI Mini-mags. I worked the action by hand a few times, and it sounded and felt like I was stirring up a bucket of sand-n-gravel. Finally got the action out of the stock, and swizzled it around in a bucket of Mineral Spirits for a couple of hours. Let it dry, and put everything back together. Hasn't missed a beat since then, even with plain-lead Rem Thunderbolts. I REALLY need to refinish it, though...looks like it was "Krylon-ed"...home-spray painted with black hi-temp grill paint.
My cheap rifle story isn't that good, but my OLD Marlin 99 is a $20 pawnshop rescue...
When I first got it, it wouldn't reliably cycle ANY ammo, including CCI Mini-mags. I worked the action by hand a few times, and it sounded and felt like I was stirring up a bucket of sand-n-gravel. Finally got the action out of the stock, and swizzled it around in a bucket of Mineral Spirits for a couple of hours. Let it dry, and put everything back together. Hasn't missed a beat since then, even with plain-lead Rem Thunderbolts. I REALLY need to refinish it, though...looks like it was "Krylon-ed"...home-spray painted with black hi-temp grill paint.