Hello all,
I just bought my first lever gun recently and will have all my components to load for it this week, so I need to clean it to get it ready.
Any time I've ever got a new bolt action, I'd strip everything and clean it well, then put my own lubricant on.
To what extent it is necessary to clean the internals of the action with a brand new lever gun? Mine is a new Winchester/miroku 1886. So, the disassembly and reassembly is completely new to me. I'm wondering if I should strip it down as much as possible to clean and relube, or if just cleaning the bore and chamber is sufficient?