Cleaning my Lever Action
I recently bought a Rossi lever action 357 rifle which I like very much. I'm a reloader and I cast my own bullets. This gun is getting a steady diet of cast 124 grain bullets, lubed with Liquid Alox and powered by Unique powder.
The owners manual doesn't say much about maintenance except to keep the gun wiped down. I'm wondering how you all maintain your well-used lever action firearms. It doesn't seem like it would be easy to disassemble the gun. I'm wondering if I can hold it upside down and spray the action out with gun scrubber, being careful to keep the solvent off the wood. I built 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 bore with a piece of weed eater cord. I don't think that could do the bore any harm. Do you?
But my main concern is keeping the action clean. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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