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It followed me home... (pic heavy)

11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
edited October 2011 in General Discussion
...and I'm keeping it, damnit!

My brand new 1925 Mosin-Nagant 91/30!

With everything pictured and 2 boxes of ammo, I payed a little over $128 after taxes.

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Now what's the best way to clean cosmoline off of a rifle?
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  • swampgutswampgut Member Posts: 5,555
    edited November -1
    Brand new as in "never been fired?"
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  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by swampgut
    Brand new as in "never been fired?"



    New to me. The bore looks like it's never been fired.
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,522 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nice baseball bat[:D]
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  • redneckandyredneckandy Member Posts: 9,714 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Took you this long to get one???[;)]
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  • Duce1Duce1 Member Posts: 9,329
    edited November -1
    Well some are going to have a fit of my way of removing the cosmoline.

    Take the gun apart,and put it in "gasoline " yes gasoline brush it off with an old tooth brush or whatever you have and it comes off quick and clean. Let it dry then clean the normal way with oil and it is ready to go. " Do Not " use this method on the wood.
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  • MVPMVP Member Posts: 23,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nics Package and ammo is still affordable for those.
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  • SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    i think you did very well.
    looks like one of the packages mitchell used to sell (for a lot more).
    gasoline is not such a crazy idea to take off cosmoline. i use a cheap natural hair paintbrush, with the bristles cut to 1" length or an actual parts brush and just brush the gas on and scrub a little. a couple shots of gunscrubber will neutralize the gasoline, then just apply a good gun oil.
    great guns!

    tom
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,159 ******
    edited November -1
    Mighty nice Jake. Congrats. [:)][:)][:)]
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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    Now, why in the heck can this be imported, whereby other surplus military arms
    can not be imported?

    Silly laws.

    I think I'm going to buy a bottle of 'law repellant'.
    Law repellant that's been aged for over twelve years!

    Doofus American, benign public. We have a law-set that
    effectively tells us we can do anything..but we are
    choosing to ignore it.


    B-a-a-a-a-a
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  • reload999reload999 Member Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Very nice! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do my 1943. I fired mine today. I managed a 2" 5 shot group, and another just under 2" using surplus "light ball" ammo at 100 yards. ..I love that rifle [:D]
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  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by givette
    Now, why in the heck can this be imported, whereby other surplus military arms
    can not be imported?

    Silly laws.

    I think I'm going to buy a bottle of 'law repellant'.
    Law repellant that's been aged for over twelve years!

    Doofus American, benign public. We have a law-set that
    effectively tells us we can do anything..but we are
    choosing to ignore it.


    B-a-a-a-a-a



    My "law repellant" was made in 1925...so it's been aging for roughly 86 years.
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  • KEVD18KEVD18 Member Posts: 15,037
    edited November -1
    ive heard of heat, brake cleaner, diesel, and kerosine to remove cosmo; but never gasoline. i guess it makes sense, but it is a first.
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  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What is the little round dealie-bob with the two screw caps for?
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  • SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    its an oiler/cleaning solution container.
    i can't see the markings on yours, but the side that has a w looking letter is for cleaner, the other for oil
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not my cuppa, never had much interest in mil-surps, but it looks like you could have a nice afternoon with that one, and at an enviable price.
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  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Spartacus
    its an oiler/cleaning solution container.
    i can't see the markings on yours, but the side that has a w looking letter is for cleaner, the other for oil




    One is a "W" type character, the other is an "H," if memory serves. I already put it away for the day.
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  • SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    yeah, "h" should be on the right side. that's for oil.
    the original gun cleaner supplied was HIGHLY toxic and no longer available.

    have fun with it!
    tom
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  • SpartacusSpartacus Member Posts: 14,415
    edited November -1
    yeah, "h" should be on the right side. that's for oil.
    the original gun cleaner supplied was HIGHLY toxic and no longer available.

    have fun with it!
    tom
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Damn, Zulu....you could have cleaned it for us before you presented it![:D]

    I have an M44 (-bayonet) that is a blast to shoot. Pun intended.[:D]

    Enjoy!
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    http://www.amazon.com/Prima-Cosmonot-Cosmoline-Remover-16/dp/B005CVGETS
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Damn, Zulu....you could have cleaned it for us before you presented it![:D]

    I have an M44 (-bayonet) that is a blast to shoot. Pun intended.[:D]

    Enjoy!


    me too....its a thumper best $99 I've ever spent on a gun
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  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Damn, Zulu....you could have cleaned it for us before you presented it![:D]

    I have an M44 (-bayonet) that is a blast to shoot. Pun intended.[:D]

    Enjoy!



    I spent 2 hours after I posted this thread cleaning cosmoline. That is some nasty stuff, and the Russians seem to have heaps and gobs of it, because that's what was on and in the rifle.
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  • footlongfootlong Member Posts: 8,009
    edited November -1
    ZZ-l was going to suggest you remove the Barreled Action from the stock so as not to discolor the Turkish Walnut or nick the 24 LPI checkering while cleaning. l really like the HARPOON. l hear there are quite a few Beached whales in ID [:0]


    NICE gun [;)]
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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like greasy gobs of good fun there.
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  • gbeggrowgbeggrow Member Posts: 5,499 ✭
    edited November -1
    I really like both my "hex" 91/30 and M44. Some folks hate the recoil on them but for some reason I just can't get enough of it. I also always enjoy the flame from the barrel of the M44. [^]

    Good score and enjoy the new toy! [8D]
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Damn, Zulu....you could have cleaned it for us before you presented it![:D]

    I have an M44 (-bayonet) that is a blast to shoot. Pun intended.[:D]

    Enjoy!



    I spent 2 hours after I posted this thread cleaning cosmoline. That is some nasty stuff, and the Russians seem to have heaps and gobs of it, because that's what was on and in the rifle.


    The one PITA about collecting MILSURPs.
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  • gbeggrowgbeggrow Member Posts: 5,499 ✭
    edited November -1
    Just had a thought about the cosmoline removal...what if you placed the rifle in a hot car on a rack above something that would catch all the droppings? Of course...it might make the car smell funky, but I personally might like the smell of an old military surplus rifle in my ride. [:D][;)][8D]
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Damn, Zulu....you could have cleaned it for us before you presented it![:D]

    I have an M44 (-bayonet) that is a blast to shoot. Pun intended.[:D]

    Enjoy!I spent 2 hours after I posted this thread cleaning cosmoline. That is some nasty stuff, and the Russians seem to have heaps and gobs of it, because that's what was on and in the rifle.nah. they don't have a lot of it. they only have 1 big jar. it was toe cheese from women tractor factory workers in Smegminsk collected during the winter of 1837. they discovered its preservative properties when one of the ladies put some ball bearings between her toes to keep them warm (the ball bearings) and they discovered they simply would not rust. they tried it on a wooden tractor seat, that didn't rust either so a representative from Moscow had them walk around in a vat and collect toe cheese. it wasn't adding up to much before they started wearing stockings in their boots so that was the end of it. they only got 5 buckets but it was very powerful stuff, they figured out they could mix it with lard to stretch it out. a 1/1000 ratio lasts a long time and they finally ran out about 1958.
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