I picked my gun up last summer, but due to some emergency cardiac surgery, I was not able to get going on it until today.

Man, that gun is covered in old grease or dirt or who knows what else! The barrel was black inside. Today, after a good hour of cleaning, it's showing signs of life. I can see the rifling now, and the bore is starting to shine up. Still dirty, but nothing like it was. It looks like a gun inside.

The bolt was covered in 100 year old grease, I guess. I spend about an hour working on that and getting a lot of it off. Looks shiny now, for the most part. Still have a couple of areas to get to. I'm thinking of soaking the whole thing in some Hoppes #9.

I'm not complaining, mind you. I like working on these old guns, and the time flies by for me. I had other things to do today, but I am looking forward to next weekend when I can work on it some more.