How To Clean A Marlin Lever Action 45-70

07-eighteen-2020, 01:xiii PM

max503 Fellow member Join Date: January 2022 Location: And so. Illinois Posts: 1,864 Likes: 837 Liked 2,366 Times in 1,022 Posts

Cleaning my Lever Activity I recently bought a Rossi lever action 357 rifle which I similar very much. I'm a reloader and I bandage my own bullets. This gun is getting a steady diet of bandage 124 grain bullets, lubed with Liquid Alox and powered past Unique powder. The owners manual doesn't say much about maintenance except to keep the gun wiped down. I'm wondering how y'all all maintain your well-used lever action firearms. Information technology doesn't seem like it would be easy to disassemble the gun. I'm wondering if I can agree it upside down and spray the activity out with gun scrubber, being careful to go along the solvent off the woods. I congenital this gun vice to hold it for cleaning. Though I haven't seen any leading to speak of, I routinely drag a wad of Copper Chore Boy pad through the diameter with a piece of weed eater cord. I don't remember that could practice the bore any harm. Practise you? Merely my chief business is keeping the action make clean. Any suggestions would exist appreciated.

07-eighteen-2020, 01:28 PM

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I would caution you lot most Gun Scrubber. I used it on a Marlin xxx-30 lever action once, and it instantly caused the inner receiver to rust. In, like, 4 minutes. Now, I'm not necessarily saying that Gun Scrubber itself did that. Mayhap I wasn't following the directions properly. Just, even so, I would circumspection people near that type of cleaner (i.e., a cleaner that instantly "de-oils/de-greases" the gun followed past lots of air). --------------------------- __________________ So very Politically Incorrect

07-18-2020, 02:07 PM

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Some will regard this as heresy, but a lifetime of feel has shown me that you lot rarely need to deep-clean the innards of lever guns and revolvers. Sure, it'due south always possible you'll driblet ane in a creek somewhere, or accept an extended journey in a dusty desert, in which case a thorough teardown and cleaning is called for. But in normal use, nearly lever guns and revolvers do nicely with just a driblet or 2 of gun oil existence put in strategic areas every now and once again. The Rossi 92 is not the hardest lever gun to take apart and reassemble, but neither is information technology as easy as, say, a Marlin 336. It'southward good to know how to do it if it has to be washed, but fortunately those occasions are rare. __________________ Pisgah Concluding edited by Pisgah; 07-30-2020 at 08:15 AM.

07-xviii-2020, 02:29 PM

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I accept 3 Henry lever guns, 45, 357 and 22 carbines. I clean them inside out every time I shoot them unless I know I�ll be shooting them in a day or ii. I do the aforementioned with all my guns. I�yard a believer that clean and properly maintained firearms will function ameliorate and final longer if kept clean and lubed. If you don�t want to take your rifle down at least run a bore snake through information technology and use a toothbrush soaked in Hoppes or similar and get the fowling out of the activeness as much equally possible. Then affluent with gun scrubber then oil everything. About gun scrubber, it�s a solvent and strips all grease and oil away. There�due south nothing in it that would crusade rust. Stripping the oil away leaves metallic unprotected but I can�t see whatever way metal would rust in minutes. I�ve used gun scrubber for decades and other like products and have never had a problem. Just be sure to utilize information technology in a well ventilated area. It�s hard on the liver and if I�chiliad going to destroy my liver I can recall of more fun means to do it.

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07-18-2020, 02:30 PM

Milton US Veteran Bring together Engagement: Aug 2004 Location: Birmingham,AL,United states of america Posts: 1,378 Likes: i,856 Liked 547 Times in 247 Posts

I of the things I really enjoy after I buy a gun in the class of the Rossi is to take it apart and see if it needs any attention inside.The Rossi is very responsive to this and you become to larn how to repair any possible future problems. If I were you I would detect a good youtube video and then have the rifle apart looking for rough spots and burrs.Later on proper oiling I would only take the rifle down once a year unless a trouble crops up. Ane matter to not remove is the either the left or correct cartridge guides unless you are experiencing feeding problem. Mine is an older one and subsequently dis-assembly I ran a Q-tip through the inside surfaces looking for burrs and after carefully smoothing them the piddling carbine is equally slick equally a sewing machine!

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07-eighteen-2020, 03:18 PM

Neversink due north Klapperthal Member Join Engagement: Sep 2022 Posts: 775 Likes: ane,656 Liked 1,122 Times in 435 Posts

My blood brother in law has a 336. "Oh",he says,"I caint git a beat inta the chamber". First matter i did was to put a brush into the cage. Out comes a 3030 instance,minus the head. Consummate head seperation.

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07-18-2020, 06:27 PM

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I'chiliad not schooled almost model 92's (or Rossi specifically). However, with model 94's I heard they are a pain in the arse to tear down. So, I didn't even attempt it. As soon as I bought my beginning 1, eons ago, I took the butt stock off, opened the action, doused the whole thing with Gun Scrubber (muzzle upwards of course). So I sprayed the action with a light coat of oil, put the stock back on and worked the activeness for, well, quite a while to get information technology smoother. I've never experienced problems with Gun Scrubber either. As has been noted, withal, it takes "all" oil and protective coatings off the metallic. It'southward also non to be used with any plastic parts...

07-18-2020, 06:43 PM

ISCS Yoda The states Veteran Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 7,323 Likes: 1,932 Liked x,787 Times in 3,833 Posts

I used Rossis for years equally a cowboy action shooter. And I used Gun Scrubber for years, too. I have Ballistol for lubrication, gun oil, etc. The Ane thing I can recommend because I sure would never recommend taking a gun apart unless you REALLY know what you're doing is to open the magazine tube to make sure the tube is make clean and that the spring is clean. Shooting a lot of lead bullets, every bit you lot do and cowboy activity shooters do, in that location can be lead rest in that tube that needs to exist swabbed out. The only fourth dimension I had a Rossi get stuck on me was for that very reason and then I learned to open the tube and do a little housekeeping. The action I clean by bravado Gun Scrubber through it, maybe rub it down with an old T-shirt, become the little spots with a Q-tip, and and so spral Ballistol in there. Washed and done every bit far every bit that's concerned. YMMV every bit e'er. __________________ Come and take it!!

07-xviii-2020, 06:49 PM

bigwheelzip Member Bring together Date: Dec 2022 Location: Upstate SC Posts: 11,490 Likes: 15,608 Liked 35,810 Times in 7,855 Posts

I stripped it completely when new for a clean and lube. It was fairly gunky from the factory. A mutual fashion to quick clean it is to remove the wood buttstock, plow the rifle muzzle upwards, and spray a can of not-chlorinated brake cleaner down the barrel, letting information technology run through the activeness until information technology runs clean. Lube as needed.

07-18-2020, 06:58 PM

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There's a good youtube video on cleaning lever rifles past a popular gun guy who goes by H_____k 45. He shows how to remove the lever and so the commodities then he can clean the barrel from the breech and access the balance of the action.

07-eighteen-2020, 07:06 PM

max503 Member Join Engagement: Jan 2022 Location: So. Illinois Posts: 1,864 Likes: 837 Liked two,366 Times in 1,022 Posts

I like the idea of removing the buttstock and then dousing it with your cleaner of choice. Being a bandage boolit shooter, if I go that road I'll use Ed's Red. Ed's Red recipe. I'll do some research on Youtube and see if a disassembly is practical. Mine does feel a mite gritty. Last edited by max503; 07-18-2020 at 07:10 PM.

07-xviii-2020, 07:xviii PM

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Disassembly Causes Wear Y'all demand to keep in mind methods that minimize disassembly. Gun scrubber, Ballistol and an air compressor are your friend. I would never unscrew and migrate out fasteners just to go access to the breach for routine cleaning. Go yourself a conical cleaning rod guide made of brass to work bore brushes from the muzzle if you must apply a brush. I have several in my cleaning kit to protect the muzzles of lever guns, pump guns, and automatics without breach bore access. Screws are not meant to be used for routine disassembly, let lonely drift pins. You volition vesture out and loosen a gun pretty quick if you lot frequently disassemble it for simple cleaning.

07-18-2020, 07:26 PM

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Quote: Originally Posted past Squarebutt At that place's a good youtube video on cleaning lever rifles by a popular gun guy who goes by H_____k 45. He shows how to remove the lever and then the commodities so he can clean the butt from the breech and access the balance of the activeness. Does non use, He's working on a Marlin 336, which is completely unlike from the OP's Rossi. A Rossi M92 is a clone of the Winchester 1892. There's some good Youtube videos specifically on the Rossi, just do a search on "cleaning Rossi M92 lever action rifle". This i is a disassemble and reassemble in nether 5 mins: This one is a generalized lever gun cleaning by "GunBlue490", I really like his videos, they are no nonsense and straightforward without a bunch of excess gabbing. __________________ Conrad SWCA #1830 SWHF #222 Final edited by Gunhacker; 07-18-2020 at 07:27 PM.

07-19-2020, 08:57 AM

max503 Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Then. Illinois Posts: ane,864 Likes: 837 Liked 2,366 Times in i,022 Posts

OK. Thank you. Those videos show me it tin be done. Doesn't look similar something I want to do too often. Every bit far equally removing the stock and flooding the action; I know the mag follower is made of plastic, and then any really aggressive solvent is out. But thank you. The replies here have given me a lot to continue.

07-19-2020, 09:24 AM

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Cleaners such as gun scrubber don't cause rust. They remove oil and grease which protect from rust. Yous have to oil after you clean or you volition accept rusting. I don't have whatsoever Rossi levers merely I have original Wins and Marlins that but fire bandage bullets, lubed on 450. Loaded with pistol powders such equally Unique. They will get muddied actions compared to guys shooting factory jacketed ammo. I oasis't encounter any Win or Marlin lever that takes much smarts to tear down. I would caution rookies to stay abroad from spool magazines on Cruel 99s.

07-28-2020, 10:17 PM

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A quick cleaning would exist to flush with diesel fuel and so wipe dry. __________________ Where we go one, we go all

07-29-2020, 05:xl PM

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Only off Winchester I ain is a Uberti 44-40 1876 type. I like the '76 for cleaning because of the removable side panels. I but shoot black powder and was originally concerned about residue. The only area that needs whatever real concentration is the area immediately around the bedroom, that an of course the barrel. I wouldn't exist too concerned almost a complete tear down except peradventure every other shooting session or fifty-fifty a piddling more. I'm a big fan of Ballistol on everything I shoot, especially black pulverisation. Friends of mine accept good luck with Breakfree for in between shooting storage. 92's are miniature 86's and two of the nigh complicated lever deportment John Thou. e'er developed. I used to shoot an '86 with blackness powder and learned to brand upwardly a few words while figuring out how to disassemble and reassemble. Those videos should be big help to yous and your Marlin, Good Luck and shoot sharp.

07-29-2020, 05:49 PM

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I have 2 92'south. One an Interarms. The other a Navy Arms. Both take been hither over 20 years. Both still piece of work as good as new. Neither has e'er been disassembled. If either is particular dirty I will wipe the open up action with an oily rag/tooth brush. All these rifles get is Unique and cast bullets. Seldom clean the diameter as my loads don't pb. __________________ S&W Accumulator

07-31-2020, 05:57 PM

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Easy Peasy, good video, strip and reassembly.

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07-31-2020, 07:17 PM

glowe US Veteran Bring together Engagement: November 2009 Location: Michigan Western Upward Posts: 11,336 Likes: 2,097 Liked 10,747 Times in 4,375 Posts

For me, picking the right cartridge tin result in cleaner guns. Direct walled cases oft result in lots of blowback into the activeness. I have several leverguns and the bottleneck cartridges shoot so much cleaner that they rarely demand interior cleaning. I currently shoot mostly Uberti reproductions, 44-40 Henry, 44-40 Model 1866, 45 Colt Model 1873, 45-75 Model 1875, and 45-70 Model 1886. The dirtiest of the agglomeration is the Model 1873 shooting straight-walled 45 Colt. Actually the Model 1886 shoots pretty make clean probably due to the long case. As for deep cleaning, the Model 1873 is the toughest levergun to strip and reassemble and if I had it to practise over, information technology would be a 44-40, just the 30" Deluxe model was too much to turn down. I am a firm believer or keeping guns oiled and that allows me to shoot them longer betwixt cleaning, but I probably accept to exercise a deep clean my 1873 a few times a year, certainly non every time I take information technology shooting. If the gun is not running dry, it volition shoot a long time without issues and will never rust. If i shoots black pulverization, that is a whole dissimilar story and I don't need that headache. Fastened Images 3.jpg (110.0 KB, 230 views) __________________ Gary SWCA 2515 Concluding edited by glowe; 07-31-2020 at 07:19 PM.

07-31-2020, 07:49 PM

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I just bought a Henry rifle. I want to have good care of it. Practise you demand to deep clean it? I am afraid that if I deep clean it-- I will have parts that I won't know how to put back or worse -- lose some parts.

07-31-2020, ten:14 PM

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Rossi 92s are my favorite leverguns for bumping around in the woods. Yes I take Marlin Texan 336 and Marlin Guide Gun in 45/70 simply the ii Rossi .44 magnums I have, 16 and twenty inch, are outstanding. Favorite load is Winchester White Label 240 grain soft points. They shoot very well and make 1900 fps from my 20 inch Rossi. Equally for cleaning.. I use Intermission Complimentary for all of it. Works fine. __________________ Deaf

08-01-2020, 08:00 AM

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Quote: Originally Posted by Flattop5 I would caution you about Gun Scrubber. I used it on a Marlin xxx-30 lever activity in one case, and information technology instantly caused the inner receiver to rust. In, like, 4 minutes. Now, I'm not necessarily saying that Gun Scrubber itself did that. Perchance I wasn't following the directions properly. But, yet, I would caution people nearly that type of cleaner (i.east., a cleaner that instantly "de-oils/de-greases" the gun followed by lots of air). --------------------------- Gunsccrubber is a very good product and cleans crud and debris off very well. Immediately after using Gunscrubber - the parts cleaned MUST be oiled correct away! Gunscrubber removes all oil from the pores of the metallic! I've used information technology for many years and every bit long as new oil is applied right away, no rust will occur and y'all will be good to become. Last edited by chief38; 08-01-2020 at 08:02 AM.

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