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Old 02-11-2007, 11:28 PM
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Bobcat___4
 
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Default Tips for cleaning an old rifle (no knowledge about prior upkeep)

My girlfriend has a Remington Model 788 .30-30. Her dad bought it used before recently giving it to her. Based on the serial number I think it was made in 1967. GF has never killed a deer with it, but did say the "marks on the target were pretty close together" when it was sighted in last fall with a vise. I doubt she's ever cleaned it nor does it appear to have been rigorously maintained prior to that (some surface rust, bore fouling etc.), but otherwise appears to be in pretty good shape.

My newb question is, when I clean it up for her should I do anything different than one would when cleaning their current deer rifle? For instance, should I get out the Sweets and mess with the copper, or just stick with the standard solvent/CLP treatments (or maybe work it with a stainless steel 12gauge bore brush!) All comments appreciated, thanks
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