In a moment of weakness I bought a Ted Williams 3T (Sears rebadged 190) for $70 as my first rifle instead of holding out for a bolt action (to go with my Sig Mosquito. Yay for ammunition commonality). I field stripped it and cleaned it, was a little overdue for cleaning, but no rust, and the bore looks good to my inexperienced eye. It is interesting to contrast it's setup to the Mosquito, which seems more dependent on the strength of its springs to momentarily hold it in battery, as opposed to the inertia of the bolt block on the 190.
Reason it is such a brass chucker is that when the bolt block hits the back of the receiver, the impact first hits the back end of the hybrid firing pin/ejector, pushing it forward in the bolt block, which flicks out the case from the extractor, spinning it end for end.
On another site I saw a suggestion of using a piece of coat hanger wire as a guide rod to keep the return spring from buckling as you slide it into place, then pull the wire and replace it with the rather short guide rod plunger. I tried it a few time and it seems to work. DON'T use a white painted hanger wire unless you want little white flecks all over the place. I am going to try making a tool from some 1 inch aluminum flat stock to hold the spring in place while doing the switch to make it easier.
Since the previous owner let it sit for a while I would like to do a detail strip, clean and lube before I take it out to the range.
How hard (aside from that crazy return spring) will this be?
Or should I wait till I have the money to take it to a gunsmith for a detail strip?
Or am I overthinking this and should just drip a little oil and grease in the moving parts and wait till it malfs before I do a detail strip?
Going to get crown protector (probably from Brownell's) so I can clean the bore. Any recommendations?
And How the heck do I clean that odd conical feedramp/vestibule to the chamber? It is very hard to get at so I haven't been able to fully clean it. Only thing I can think of is to run a cleaning rod down the bore and then put an over caliber brush on it.