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picked up a winchester 1886 in 40-82 today.
eastbank
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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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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.
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
Cody Firearms Member
Winchester Arms Collectors Association Life member