Found the following on line.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=116342A friend hired me to clean 15 guns for him. One was a nice lever action 88 Winchester in .308 that was gummed up with 50 years of wd-40 sprayings and other trash. Leaves a yellowish/brownish film on parts that is tough as glue to get off. Some rust was inside too. I carefully disassembled it with the help of my Brownells Gun Encyclopedia (thank THE LORD for that book), and cleaned the parts with Gas, and Rem-oil soaked 0000 steel wool (removes rust, but not blue, if used carefully), compressed air, and wearing Nitrile gloves, of course. WHEW, what a job it was. Even though I carefully noted the disassembly procedure, and followed the re-assembly directions and pictures, it was the Devil putting that thing back together. It takes 2 ea. 3/16" dia. slave pins, 3 hands, and both feet to put that beast back together. I didn't get any scratches on it, and it looked and shot great afterwards.
Surely others have had trouble with this particular rifle. Years ago I was in the gun repair business, on the side, 7 years and never encountered anything like this. This was my first, and LAST 88. Am I alone for having this much trouble?
?? I charged him $60 because he was a friend. A stranger would have paid me $100. Bet I had 4 hours total in it. Depreacher
