On Christmas day I picked up a couple rifles and a shotgun from my brother. He has absolutely no idea about gun care. The main issue is w/ a pre-64 Winchester 30-30. It is rusted so badly that the action cannot be worked, nor the hammer. Problem damn thing is loaded but I don't know if it has a round chambered. Any help w/ this would be greatly appreciated.

First determine whether or not a round is in the chamber!

1. Keep the barrel pointed in a safe direction.
2. Do not place any part of your hands, face, body, etc. in front of the bore.
3. Put on goggles, earplugs, knee-pads, flame retardant protective suit, helmet, welder's mask, mouth guard, orthopedic insoles, jock strap and/or any other safety equipment you feel you should have.
3. Gently slide a cleaning rod down the bore and make note of how far it goes down by marking the rod at the muzzle with a Sharpie or other marker.
4. Remove the cleaning rod.
5. Lay the cleaning rod along the outside of barrel positioning the mark you made at the muzzle.

A. If the rifle IS NOT loaded then the front of the cleaning rod will be at the bolt face.
B. If the rifle IS loaded the end of the cleaning rod will be about three inches short of the bolt face. In that case add Depends to the list of items in 3 above.

Soak in a good penetrating oil ,be patient ,then try to operate.

Recently I had a friend wth a rifle that got rusty.

I had good luck using the spray Ballistol to dissolve the rust.

Paraffin aka in the USA as kerosene is good. Leave it to soak for two days or even longer.

As a safety precaution I would remove the hammer from the rifle. Luckily as it is a Winchester 92 you may be able to do that with a partial disassembly.

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Originally posted by enfieldspares:
Paraffin aka in the USA as kerosene is good. Leave it to soak for two days or even longer.

As a safety precaution I would remove the hammer from the rifle. Luckily as it is a Winchester 92 you may be able to do that with a partial disassembly.

The original poster said its a 30-30, that means its a 94. 92's are handgun length rounds!

Try to get the wood removed. The soak it down with Aero-Kriol for several days. Start working the action as much as you can. Any movement will be a help. Keep adding the Kroil and maybe some heat.

a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone will creep into the smallest areas quicker and better than the Kriol but it stinks more.