Guest GMoney Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Fuck cosmoline on guns! 32 year old never fired gun, ugh! That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 lol Browning still uses Cosmoline. I hate that shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1647545493 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 once you get the bulk of it off use a hand steamer to get it out of the hard to reach spots. I've used this method on several Nagants and AK47 magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I thought you bought a mosin but no mosin is 32 years young. I'm about to buy my 2nd mosin at vances since they are on sale. Then it gets anti cosmoline bath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GMoney Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 SKS yugo If any one wants stock parts off a never fired SKS yugo pm me. I bought the full tapco conversion with every goodie possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I thought you bought a mosin but no mosin is 32 years young. I'm about to buy my 2nd mosin at vances since they are on sale. Then it gets anti cosmoline bath. FTW I bought my MOSIN from vances 2 weeks ago. Picked up some cosmo remover too and 100 rds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh8sti Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 just dunk that gun in some fuckin bore breaker, let it soak for a few days, wipe, profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 You guys put too much effort into cleaning that gunk. Just stick it in the dishwasher and steam it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macpyro2 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 A few hundred rounds will take that shit right out of the important parts.....win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 A few hundred rounds will take that shit right out of the important parts.....win Yeah, only go that route if you enjoy slamfires, seeing how thats what SKSs are notorious for when they don't get the cosmo cleaned out of the firing pin. GMoney - don't listen to this guy. Instead, read this: http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/lowheatmethod/index.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangsn95gt Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 A few hundred rounds will take that shit right out of the important parts.....win May work on an 80.00 mosin but not an SKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macpyro2 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 May work on an 80.00 mosin but not an SKS Mosin eats cosmoline all day long.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macpyro2 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 You guys put too much effort into cleaning that gunk. Just stick it in the dishwasher and steam it out Gmoney- dont listen to this guy. instead, read this. http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/lowheatmethod/index.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Gmoney- dont listen to this guy. instead, read this. http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/lowheatmethod/index.asp Dishwasher method: http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2006/dishwashermethod/index.asp I posted the wrong link the first time, oh well. And this is why you don't fire an SKS dirty: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=244071 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger1647545502 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I've done the dishwasher route...but I wouldn't do it again. Removing cosmo from metal is easy...any number of products will work, brake cleaner is good enough. But wood is difficult since it soaks into the grain. The best way I've found to get cosmo out of wood is heat...wrap the stock in paper towels, shove it in a black garbage bag, and leave it in the sun during summertime. Since it isn't summer now, maybe find which of your heating ducts gets warmest and leave it in there for a couple days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GMoney Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'm not worried about the wood, as stated in one of my posts i have purchased the entire Tapco stock setup with all kinds of mounting rails and what not. I am also not concerned about slam fired yet, i am super anal about cleanliness of all my stuff including my guns. I have been working on the cosmo on the metal for about 1 hour so far and am about half way done. I have sprayed everything with WD40, cuts the comso like right now and doesn't trash my gloves or hands like the brake cleaner, followed up with Hops 9, and then some really good Lucus gun oil. Then start the process over because i cut off all the genade launcher, bayonet, and carring straps/mounts after the gun was clean enough to touch. I will prolly have to do this Hops9 and gun oil a third time to get it where i want it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjxlr8 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Cosmoline melts at a low temperature and can be removed with a little heat. It's easy to do in the summer just buy leaving it out in the sun on a rack or on something that will absorb the cosmoline. A hair dryer might help. You should hang onto the original parts in case you ever want to re-sell the rifle. It's MUCH easier to sell an original matching rifle than one with aftermarket parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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