Help out a beginner female shooter with her norc lever .22

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Hey,

I just bought a norc .22 lever gun online. I have so many questions and hopefully someone can help me.

When the gun came it came in a box with orangey yellow goop all over it. It smells funny and really sticky. It it is all over the gun, even the inside workings of it .

How do i clean it out? What do i clean it out with? The manual it came with was covered in the goop and it is unreadable.

If you can give me step by steps what i should do and maybe a list of things i need to get this job done i will be forever grateful. When i am done i will post pics.

Thanks,
Becca
 
Sounds like the oil/grease that guns come packed in to avoid rust. I could be wrong but it sounds like cosmoline. There's a ton of resources on here and the web with how to remove it if you search for it. It's messy but a rite of passage :)
 
I'm sure some other people have really specific and extremely involved methods of cleaning cosmoline out, but with my norc .22 bolt action I simply wiped most of the stuff on the surfaces off with paper towels.

For the barrel and action I used solvent to clean it out then of course gave the action a really good lubrication. Just make sure you get the action really nice and clean and that it cycles smoothly and make sure the firing pin channel is clear of the goop.
 
I find a good, patient session with some mineral spirits (or any other type of 'paint thinner' like solvent, such as kerosene) and a small paintbrush/acid flux brush to be a great cure-all. Obviously try not to slather it all over the wood, but it's not the end of the world if you do.

Or, soak a rag with the same solvent and give the gun a good rub-down. Either way, you should get to bare metal (the brush really helps to get into the action's nooks and crannies)... after which, a little gun oil will go a long way to bringing out a decent finish.

Good luck to you!

-M
 
I used Remington grease remover, spray can., to remove cosmoline from my Norinco. Worked perfectly, highly recommended.

You have to disassemble your riffle completely.
 
Welcome to the club

there is several ways of cleaning it off
not sure of the best way as most of the guns that have that goup on them are usualy easier to clean than the one you have ( wood does not come off easy on your gun)

do you have a garage (private) that you can work in as some of the ways to clean it are not the best in a house in the winter Smelly or messy ?

need a old tooth brush
rags
gun cleaning stuff

not sure of what to tell you (because of the wood)

hot water (have to clean/ and dry lube parts after) (not sure about stock)
never tried it and not sure (if say you could get hot enough water out of the tap to say clean it in the bath tub
(and then you would have to clean bath tub)

WD40 works (good for small and hard to get to parts areas and leaves some protection from water) Smelly and messy

Varsol Smelly and messy


carb cleaner
( good for small and hard to get to parts areas but will remove all oils and some paint & finishes)

and if you wait a bit you will get better advice than mine
 
grease removal

This is what I`ve done in the past to my Norinco products:
Get a tall garbage pail (I use a household one about 20 inches high) and fill it with about 250 ml of Simple Green degreaser. I add lots of boiling water by heating some up on the stove in a pot as well as the kettle at the same time. After removing the wood from the firearm, I dip all the metal in the boiling solution - the grease will melt away but leave the metal unprotected. Switch ends to clean the other side the same way. Once out of the solution the metal dries almost instantly due to the heat. Now that the majority of the goop is gone, I blast the metal in and out with a can of Brake Parts cleaner. After a wipe down with some papertowels, I give the works a spray with silicone spray to protect the metal. For the wood, once it is removed, wipe away any grease manually, and use the silicone spray sparingly by spraying on a rag and then wiping down the wooden surfaces.

Silicone Spray, Simple Green and Brake Parts Cleaner are all available in the automotive chemicals section of your local Canadian Tire.

Next step is to reassemble, wipe down with oil and lubricate as necessary - enjoy.

CAUTION*** Some people have reactions to sprays and they are also quite flammable. I do this in the garage, and make sure to dispose of soaked rags and paper towels so they don`t combust. Use gloves of course throughout the process.***
 
That style of rifle isn't the easiest to clean. Spot cleaning with a spray bottle of gun cleaner and plenty of paper towels might be the best route to start. Try to avoid getting it on the wood, check the label for something safe for wood finishes.
Spray the crap out of the receiver repeatedly, don't forget the inside of the magazine tube.

If you can strip it completely(all the wood off) you can get in deeper but it may not be easy or even necessary.
 
Well its 2am and i finally finished cleaning this son #####.

I couldnt remove the barrel and everything from the wood, damn norcs but i took the gun apart as much as i could. I soaked the barrel half of the gun and the stock and action part of the firearm in boiling water mixed with dawn soap.

30 minutes later all the greese was off. I wiped the gun down, and washed it again in cold water. Hand and air dried everything. Oiled up the action barrel etc. Wood oil on the stock and put it together.

Just to make sure i out everything together right i cycled a couple rounds and it worked pretty good.

I am very pleased with my self, took me 2 and a half hours but i got the job done.

Thank you to everyone for your advice and support.
 
Its too late but Varsol is what you need to get rid of that cheap gorp..I have bought lots of Chinese machines that come with that "stuff" on them and Varsol is the way to go.
 
Hi Sig Girl,
Good on you, a lot of guys can't gitt'er done like that. I use brake clean to do all my new guns but you do need to do it outside as the fumes are horrendous. You do need to keep all the wood away from it as well as it will take the finish off in seconds. Enjoy your new toy.
Kim
 
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