Got a 1915 Win 1894 a couple of
months ago.
I don’t think it was ever taken apart and cleaned. The bore is good though. Would not hardly cycle and wouldn’t lift the cartridge and if it did lift it would jam.
Took it all apart and scraped out 100 years of carbon, polished all of the surfaces replaced the carrier with one I found on gunbroker and had to work on the link with a chisel to make it lift.
Wood felt like an old fence post it was so dry and rough. Have lovingly sanded it with 400 grit very lightly now for last month and let the years of oil seep back through til it was smooth.
Took her to the range last Sunday and she ran perfect and smooth and was accurate to boot.
I am very happy with this one.