[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;35829575]I used this: [URL]http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinDisassembly.htm[/URL]
Take it completely apart. Clean everything out. Especially the magazine and receiver.
Hunker down with a couple of big rags / old tshirts you don't want anymore, put on some Red Army Choir, and have fun.[/QUOTE]
MUCH appreciated. I took the bolt apart (along with the toolkit contents) and put them in boiling water and melted off most of the cosmolene. going to do it again tomorrow after I get a few thoussand q-tips. Should I do the same for the receiver and barrel?
First off I'd recommend not using water. If you do you have to reoil everything and regrease it all to make sure it doesn't rust because if you use water and don't reoil it, it WILL rust and corrode.
One of the guides I read suggested using paint thinner / mineral spirits to clean off the cosmoline.
Personally I just wiped it all down with a rag. Ran a couple of clean pieces of rag through the barrel thoroughly with the ramrod, was very thorough with the rifle, etc.
That leaves a thin film of cosmoline on the essentials such as the bolt, receiver, action, etc. It's nowhere near enough to cause problems, and it insures a long life on the parts. I put 40 rounds through my rifle after that, not a single issue.
The receiver and barrel are very straight forward. Just clean it out with rags/qtips/tshirts. Just make sure nothing gets left behind (like qtip cotton strands). You'll want to take the magazine completely apart, when I opened mine up it might as well have been full of cosmoline as much as there was in it.
As far as the wood goes the best way to sweat that out is either in the hot sun outside for 5+ hours or to put it in the oven at like 125 degrees. Depending on your mosin that might not be possible, because of the overall length of the stock.
Another good way to sweat the cosmo out is to fire rounds through it. After about 30 or 40 rounds the cosmoline was practically pouring out of the stock all I had to do was wipe it down with a rag. Just mind the barrel and receiver that shit got so hot I burned myself and actually had blisters.
[QUOTE=cardfan212;35828750]Mossberg 500 or Remington 870? Which one is "better" and which has better aftermarket?[/QUOTE]
Remington 870 has aftermarket comparable to the Honda Civic
[QUOTE=Timebomb575;35816774]Never ever watch a war movie with mosins in it then, Im sure they get abused a lot harder :v:
[editline]4th May 2012[/editline]
Haha prussel would rate the video dumb[/QUOTE]
War is different to someone with a rifle at home in a controlled environment.
But if it was already beyond shit then it's fine I don't care all that much any more.
[editline]5th May 2012[/editline]
Would anyone buy a 9x39mm bolt action rifle if you got the chance?
[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;35830200]First off I'd recommend not using water. If you do you have to reoil everything and regrease it all to make sure it doesn't rust because if you use water and don't reoil it, it WILL rust and corrode.
One of the guides I read suggested using paint thinner / mineral spirits to clean off the cosmoline.
Personally I just wiped it all down with a rag. Ran a couple of clean pieces of rag through the barrel thoroughly with the ramrod, was very thorough with the rifle, etc.
That leaves a thin film of cosmoline on the essentials such as the bolt, receiver, action, etc. It's nowhere near enough to cause problems, and it insures a long life on the parts. I put 40 rounds through my rifle after that, not a single issue.
The receiver and barrel are very straight forward. Just clean it out with rags/qtips/tshirts. Just make sure nothing gets left behind (like qtip cotton strands). You'll want to take the magazine completely apart, when I opened mine up it might as well have been full of cosmoline as much as there was in it.
As far as the wood goes the best way to sweat that out is either in the hot sun outside for 5+ hours or to put it in the oven at like 125 degrees. Depending on your mosin that might not be possible, because of the overall length of the stock.
Another good way to sweat the cosmo out is to fire rounds through it. After about 30 or 40 rounds the cosmoline was practically pouring out of the stock all I had to do was wipe it down with a rag. Just mind the barrel and receiver that shit got so hot I burned myself and actually had blisters.[/QUOTE]
Ok. I wiped down the magazine-trigger guard and will do the barrel tomorrow. I won't use the boiling water method anymore, but since I already did it with the bolt, any suggestions on what/how to regrease it? Again, thanks for the info, you've been a big help to a gun-noobie.
[b]EDIT:[/B]
The pawnshop I transfered it to had ammo, but I figured I could get it cheaper online and in bigger quantities, know any good places?
For ammo:
[url]www.ammoman.com[/url]
[url]www.aimsurplus.com[/url]
[url]www.classicarms.us[/url]
[url]www.cheaperthandirt.com[/url]
Honestly, x54r is some of the cheapest ammo there is. You can probably even buy a can of it from the local shop for a halfway decent price.
As for the bolt, just make sure all the surfaces have a nice, thin layer of gun oil on them. This will keep the water away and keep it from rusting.
If you have excess cosmoline from wiping the rifle down regrease the bolt with that. You will most likely have a rag that's caked in the shit just wipe the bolt assembly down with that and it should put enough back onto it to prevent rusting and seizing.
I'm not saying gunk it up with cosmoline just put a thin film back on.
The very thin film of cosmoline I left on my Mosin after cleaning it worked really well as a lubricant. You can't even feel it being there with your hands but I can tell the action of the bolt is a bit smoother because of it.
Cosmoline is not a grease. It's a packing material. You want to get it all out.
I only wiped my mosin down with a rag and I had absolutely no issues at all. It fired and cycled smooth as a baby's bottom.
I WOULD have used mineral spirits but I didn't have any and it was late at night (cleaned it from 9pm to midnight) so everything was closed.
my mosin has the sticky bolt of the devil
i have to cycle it with a rock
I sold my Aimpoint T-1 today, and bought a lever action .22 for a fun gun.
On top is my old Daisy Red Rider
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/gM1X6.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Ridge;35841959]I sold my Aimpoint T-1 today, and bought a lever action .22 for a fun gun.
On top is my old Daisy Red Rider
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/gM1X6.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Thinking about getting a semi auto 22lr or 22 WMR for plinking. I have a 22 WMR bolt action already but I just like semi auto.
[QUOTE=Ridge;35841959]I sold my Aimpoint T-1 today, and bought a lever action .22 for a fun gun.
On top is my old Daisy Red Rider
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/gM1X6.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
lever actions are the sexiest. I wish modern shotguns were in lever action instead of in pump.
[QUOTE=Ridge;35841959]I sold my Aimpoint T-1 today, and bought a lever action .22 for a fun gun.
On top is my old Daisy Red Rider
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/gM1X6.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Do I spy a Henry?
[QUOTE=massn7;35842208]Do I spy a Henry?[/QUOTE]
Yeppers, Henry Lever Youth .22
This is my lever action
[t]http://i.imgur.com/CzDqe.jpg[/t]
:(
Fuck what an awesome gun. I saw "Browning Clitoris" first.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we8Fvp5FXtE&feature=relmfu[/media]
God I fucking love break-action firearms.
I still don't know how a gun that just bends open costs more than everything else.
Magic.
I wish the MP412 Rex had entered production instead of being cancelled. I would love to own a break action revolver.
Are there any like it in current production?
[editline]5th May 2012[/editline]
So I'm looking at some financial and political stuff here and from what I can tell, when a nation joins the World Trade Organization that nullifies any and all previous mutual import/export restrictions that nation might have had with existing WTO countries.
For example, with Russia in the WTO, at some point in the future, unless Russia claims their exception on firearms (which I doubt they'd do, because their energy/raw materials industry is so much higher) that would mean a nullification of the 1998 ban on the importation of Russian arms and munitions into the United States.
When I realized this I started fucking drooling. Can you guys (Other Americans) imagine the heaven we would be in with a mostly unrestricted importing of Russian arms and ammo into the US?
Fuck you that ban is what keeps them cheaply flowing up here and I'd rather not see Russian gun prices jump because a bigger market is hogging all the fun.
Sorry Commie but I'd rather have dragunovs and newer AK's and all around cheaper guns.
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;35844124]Fuck you that ban is what keeps them cheaply flowing up here and I'd rather not see Russian gun prices jump because a bigger market is hogging all the fun.[/QUOTE]
that's what you get for not being america
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOuOcR43p_M&feature=related[/media]
If only I had $10,000...
If any of you like laughing at people who think they know about guns because of video games, here you go: [URL="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100329093342AAI5MXk"]http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100329093342AAI5MXk[/URL]
who thinks i should save up $5000 for that FG42 repro?
[QUOTE=Chernzobog;35847124]who thinks i should save up $5000 for that FG42 repro?[/QUOTE]
One thing I always say to lads that really want a certain gun is just go for it. If you can save up the amount and that's the best or only version of the gun you can buy and you really want it go for it.
If you're into machining and a lot of work you could build a semi-auto MG42 from a parts kit
[editline]6th May 2012[/editline]
For about a thousand bucks
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