I finally bought one yesterday, I'll try to get pics up soon. I figured it would be easy to find instructions on disassembly on the internet but I couldn't find any for this particular style. So, of course, I went ahead anyway and took it apart, attempted to clean it. I even managed to get it back together without having extra pieces.
Here is the problem, now the rifle doesn't cycle as smoothly as it did before. On closing the lever it takes considerably more force to close the last inch (this is before the spring detent in the bottom of the link contacts the receiver) I'm thinking either I didn't get something put back together correctly or possibly I didn't get the receiver clean and just moved some of the carbon around. Any thoughts?
Is there a good website that details the disassembly of this rifle? How do you guys get the receiver clean, it's hard to get in there to clean?
disassembly intstructions for 1949 win94?
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sven556,
Welcome to the forum.
The assembly / disassembly procedure for the Mdl 94 Winchester was unchanged up to 1964. Then it changed a little bit. I changed a bit more in 1992 as well.
Here is a link with disassembly instructions and an exploded drawing. Check it out and look close at the drawing.
http://www.nrapublications.org/tar/Winchester94.asp
Your hard closing has to be because you didn't get something put back in the same place it was originally.
To clean out the insides of a Mdl 94 of any vintage I use a small 2 ended military type brush. KleenBore and others sell them.
No need to take them apart very often for cleaning.
Joe
Welcome to the forum.
The assembly / disassembly procedure for the Mdl 94 Winchester was unchanged up to 1964. Then it changed a little bit. I changed a bit more in 1992 as well.
Here is a link with disassembly instructions and an exploded drawing. Check it out and look close at the drawing.
http://www.nrapublications.org/tar/Winchester94.asp
Your hard closing has to be because you didn't get something put back in the same place it was originally.
To clean out the insides of a Mdl 94 of any vintage I use a small 2 ended military type brush. KleenBore and others sell them.
No need to take them apart very often for cleaning.
Joe
***Be sneaky, get closer, bust the cap on him when you can put the ball where it counts 
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.***Cleaned my .32 Special last week. Greatly improved cycling.
I too asked for advice. The verdict was--don't get happy with any steel wool or other abrasives used to remove metal. Just clean the parts and reassemble.
http://www.castbullet.com/misc/tdown.htm
http://members.fortunecity.com/oldvalkyry/w1.html
I too asked for advice. The verdict was--don't get happy with any steel wool or other abrasives used to remove metal. Just clean the parts and reassemble.
http://www.castbullet.com/misc/tdown.htm
http://members.fortunecity.com/oldvalkyry/w1.html
Thanks for the quick replies. I'll take it apart again when I get time and try to get it put together correctly. Once
I've got a couple other questions though. How much would it cost to have the holes for a receiver sight drilled and tapped? Is this something I could do with a hand-held drill? I don't have access to a shop at the moment.
Also, I know many people don't like to see original firearms altered but this gun has little bluing left (~20%) and the outside is speckled with surface rust. This one is no beauty queen, there are several dings in the metal, the front site appears to have been broken off and a copper bead glued or soldered on (this actually shows up pretty well and I'm considering just cleaning up the work someone did and leaving it on). Surprisingly the wood stock is in good shape with just a couple minor scratches, the finish appears to be an oil finish does that sound original. The insides all appear to be in good shape with little wear. I think this was a normal farm gun that was handled a lot and shot every now and then. So, I don't think I'm going to be ruining a collector piece by doing any minor modifications.
I know it's hard to say with out pictures but what would you guys pay for a rifle in this condition, then I'll tell you what I actually paid.
Eventually I plan to re-blue this rifle, add receiver sights, put on a sling and then use as my main deer rifle. It will be a couple years before I get time to tackle the bluing project though.
I've got a couple other questions though. How much would it cost to have the holes for a receiver sight drilled and tapped? Is this something I could do with a hand-held drill? I don't have access to a shop at the moment.
Also, I know many people don't like to see original firearms altered but this gun has little bluing left (~20%) and the outside is speckled with surface rust. This one is no beauty queen, there are several dings in the metal, the front site appears to have been broken off and a copper bead glued or soldered on (this actually shows up pretty well and I'm considering just cleaning up the work someone did and leaving it on). Surprisingly the wood stock is in good shape with just a couple minor scratches, the finish appears to be an oil finish does that sound original. The insides all appear to be in good shape with little wear. I think this was a normal farm gun that was handled a lot and shot every now and then. So, I don't think I'm going to be ruining a collector piece by doing any minor modifications.
I know it's hard to say with out pictures but what would you guys pay for a rifle in this condition, then I'll tell you what I actually paid.
Eventually I plan to re-blue this rifle, add receiver sights, put on a sling and then use as my main deer rifle. It will be a couple years before I get time to tackle the bluing project though.