I have a Winchester 1894AE in .44 mag that I was gonna takedown to do a thorough bbl cleaning from the breach as I've done before on my 1894AE Trapper, but I can't figger out how to get the lever to disengage from the bolt! Is there a certain way I need to hold my face or? I've taken the usual 3 screws out,but the carrier and the lever are still connected and I can't figger out how to get the carrier and lever free fron the underside of the bolt.
I was also gonna try and cut a coil off the hammer spring, but the spring hole at the end of the rod guide with a pin in it, is encapsulated in such a fashion with the bottom of the lower tang, that a guy can't remove it!! How do you go about that?
Thanks for any help.