question for those history buffs on Russian and Eastern block weapon maintenance?

[MrPlink]

taken off a somali pirate. Still operational. Still worried?

[SJgunguy24]

taken off a somali pirate. Still operational. Still worried?

Bah, little kroil and elbow grease she'll be gtg.

[stormy_clothing]

the simple answer is cosmoline, it works.

[smle-man]

I can't speak for Soviet practices during WW2 but our GIs would exchange out their weapons when coming off the line when under combat conditions. The weapons were stripped, cleaned, repaired and reissued. The military expected barrel pitting as a simple fact of using weapons in combat conditions and not being able to clean them frequently. The ordnance manuals of the time detailed what kind of pitting and how extensive was acceptable in bores to continue a weapon in service. All it would take is shooting an eight round clip of corrosive ammo in northwest Europe in an M1 rifle and not cleaning it for a day or two and you have pinprick pitting in the tube, bolt face and oprod end.

[NorCalK9.com]

taken off a somali pirate. Still operational. Still worried?

Oh you found my ak. Tell me you wouldnt take that over an assenal lol.

[Richard Erichsen]

lots of rumors on pissing down barrels....

Rumors? I just did it.

R

[Richard Erichsen]

taken off a somali pirate. Still operational. Still worried?

Salt spray test confirmed - now let this thread die.

R

[chead]

Love the exposed tang. Like, seriously bro, you couldn't find a stock?

[rojocorsa]

Love the exposed tang. Like, seriously bro, you couldn't find a stock?

It's Somalia.

[NorCalK9.com]

Ive been leaving my wasr outside in the rain i'm geeting rust but i'm not to that point yet lol.

[chicoredneck]

That gun must have shot a 3' group. I wonder if it had any rifling left at all.

[joe_sun]

I have a mosin m44 that I went 3 days without cleaning. That taught me how quickly rust can form. There was so much rust I thought I had ruined my rifle! Luckily it was mostly surface rust and aside from a few small pits it cleaned up well.

A few years ago there were a couple of threads on the files with nasty rusted Aks from shooting corrosive ammo. I think John@jcdlesales posted one.

[wilit]

A few years ago there were a couple of threads on the files with nasty rusted Aks from shooting corrosive ammo. I think John@jcdlesales posted one.

Here's a good article with some pics of the effects of corrosive ammo.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/06/09/suppressed-rifles-get-very-dirty/

[joe_sun]

Here's a good article with some pics of the effects of corrosive ammo.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...et-very-dirty/

Thanks! That was one I was thinking about, Adco's 74, the other was dstorm1911.

Man I miss dstorm1911, I hope he's doing well.