claybreaker Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 (edited) I think I have over oiled my gun twice or so by spaying lube down pin holes, not knowing it was bad, and stored my gun muzzle up! What damage would I have done to the wood? Surely twice would not damage it. Edited March 21, 2009 by claybreaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEREALTHRILLER Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Maybe a silly question - but how do you know you've OVER oiled it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisv Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 And why would you do it twice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlock Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 A) learn from your mistakes How do you manage to use so much oil that it drowns it? 1 or 2 drops on moving parts is sufficent, a few drops on a tissue wiped over metal parts is fine, no need to spray gun oil everywhere. C)only time will tell if you have damaged anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claybreaker Posted March 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 i didn't drown it. i spayed lube in the pin holes some one classed this as over oiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 why oil it, iv never done it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinker Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 your gun will be a scrapper now i will give you a fiver for it for parts store it muzzle down for a while and dont worry about it. if the worse comes to the worse and something stops working (and it probaly wont) take it to your gunsmith for a strip and clean thats no biggy either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarpa Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Most of the reported problems are due to the woodwork swelling behind the action, you do need a fair amount of oil to cause this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 As said above I have read that the action gumming up is very unlikely, the biggest problem is getting mineral oil into the stock, and as there will be exposed, open grain wood behind the action this will cause irreversible rotting and swelling of the stock. That said, you would notice darkening of the wood where it meets the action long before a problem occurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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