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Okay so its been a few months since I took my mini out and shot it, maybe even a year and it was raining that day. Well I didn't bother to clean it until today. I realized I didn't have a cleaning rod so I straightened out a wire coat hanger and made a little hook in one end. I don't have any patches so I used some steel wool that was a little rusty. But first I sprayed it down real good with some WD-40 and brake cleaner, forgot to disassemble the rifle first so I boogered up the stock a little bit with the WD-40 and brake clean.
The bolt did not want to come out so I used some locking pliers and wrestled it out finally, going to need to sand off some nicks and dings now. The bore was pretty clean after just a couple swipes with the steel wool, I think anyway, since it was squeeking. I reassembled my mini, had a hard time getting the bolt back in, of course nothing a few taps with a hammer didn't rectify. Remembered I was supposed to put some oil somewhere first but since I got it back together I just drizzled a bit of oil around the stock, into the chamber area and a splash down the barrel. I couldn't find my regular gun oil so I had to use some brake fluid, I figured it should be fine since I had used brake cleaner already.
Anyway, its back together and all lubed up ready to go. How did I do? Should I have used a different oil? I have some old gear oil, maybe I will use that next time I need to clean it.
Hopefully nobody really thinks I did all that. Cheers.
The bolt did not want to come out so I used some locking pliers and wrestled it out finally, going to need to sand off some nicks and dings now. The bore was pretty clean after just a couple swipes with the steel wool, I think anyway, since it was squeeking. I reassembled my mini, had a hard time getting the bolt back in, of course nothing a few taps with a hammer didn't rectify. Remembered I was supposed to put some oil somewhere first but since I got it back together I just drizzled a bit of oil around the stock, into the chamber area and a splash down the barrel. I couldn't find my regular gun oil so I had to use some brake fluid, I figured it should be fine since I had used brake cleaner already.
Anyway, its back together and all lubed up ready to go. How did I do? Should I have used a different oil? I have some old gear oil, maybe I will use that next time I need to clean it.
Hopefully nobody really thinks I did all that. Cheers.