Any tips to clean this up?

[BananaKetchup]

Got myself some 0000 Steel wool. Planning to tackle it this weekend. Any tips to remove these? Its a pretty good Winchester 94, not really knowledgeable with removing rust(?) from firearms. And would Renaissance Wax be ok on the wood and metal?

[-hanko]

Got myself some 0000 Steel wool. Planning to tackle it this weekend. Any tips to remove these? Its a pretty good Winchester 94, not really knowledgeable with removing rust(?) from firearms. And would Renaissance Wax be ok on the wood and metal?

Change steel wool to copper wool. Hoppes #9 on a fabric pad and then hit it with the copper wool. Renaissance or other paste wax for hardwood flooring is fine.

[Featureless]

It looks fairly knarly, but try a pencil eraser first.

[lastinline]

I’d bead blast, and then parkerize all the metal parts of the entire gun.

[JackEllis]

The metal appears to be pitted, which is not good.

You might want to try something called GunBrite first. If you're going to use an abrasive to remove the surface rust, I agree that steel wool is probably not the best choice because it could leave scratches on the steel parts you're trying to clean up.

I live in a pretty dry climate but after I clean a gun, I rub the saturated patch I used to oil the barrel over all of the exposed metal parts of the gun (barrel and action), then wipe dry with a clean cotton cloth. The only time I've had any rust appear on a gun was after I'd taken it hunting in the constant rain on Kodiak Island and got lazy about wiping all of the steel surfaces down with oil after getting it all dry. Just a tiny dab of Gunbrite removed it all.

[freonr22]

In my humble opinion, start with Semichrome?

https://www.simichrome-happich.de/index.php?lang=en

[SkyHawk]

Do not use steel wool. I would start with a real copper penny and oil or Kroil, and perhaps copper wool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FosQqV0O_9E

Maybe follow that up with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J41c-uWChmM

[pennstater]

Do not use steel wool. I would start with a real copper penny and oil.

Haven't had any rusted guns like OP, but, why not the 0000 steel wool?
Would like to know in case I happen to run into that situation. Thanks.

[golfish]

. I would start with a real copper penny and oil or Kroil,

This would also be my suggestion..

How does the bore look ?

[SkyHawk]

Haven't had any rusted guns like OP, but, why not the 0000 steel wool?
Would like to know in case I happen to run into that situation. Thanks.

steel wool will shed tiny, almost microscopic pieces of steel everywhere on/in the gun, which will in turn begin to rust.

[ThatFishGuy]

I would recommend starting off with some Flitz metal polish paste and just a cloth/rag. It wont be abrasive like steelwool, but it does do a really good job of chemically removing surface rust without messing with bluing. It looks pretty badly pitted, so a media blasting or more might be in order, but the Flitz should safely remove enough so you can really see what you're working with.

[hntnnut]

First what year is the gun?

[BananaKetchup]

Thank you all for the advice, good thing I didnt dive in with that steel wool. Pretty much with this 94, the pitting is the only issue. The bore is very clean (used a light and looked in it) and seems to be it was not even used much. But then again I am a newbie and I appreciate all your input. I will be reading on the products you all suggested, I might not go as far as blasting it, the gun shoots very well, took it to the range twice and I am very happy with it. If anything I will just do some preventative maintenance so it doesn't get worse.

[BananaKetchup]

It's a 1975 based on the serial number.

[freonr22]

Thank you all for the advice, good thing I didnt dive in with that steel wool. Pretty much with this 94, the pitting is the only issue. The bore is very clean (used a light and looked in it) and seems to be it was not even used much. But then again I am a newbie and I appreciate all your input. I will be reading on the products you all suggested, I might not go as far as blasting it, the gun shoots very well, took it to the range twice and I am very happy with it. If anything I will just do some preventative maintenance so it doesn't get worse.

Once past this issue, disassemble, and use flitz or Semichrome on the movable internals. Its something you can do with a rag, while you watch cnn, or Trump win, just rubbing the parts, smoothening them out. Will be more buttery