my first mosin

[96232]

[TRICKSTER]

If you truly care to honor the spirit of the Mosin you must never forget the sacrifices of the Great Motherland War and the courage of the Soviet soldier.

When you bring the rifle home for the first time you must use the bayonet and your helmet to dig a fighting trench at your front door. You may cover the trench with evergreen branches and snow if available. Then you must spend the night in your fighting trench without a jacket or blanket, just shirt sleeves. If you have a comrade to keep watch with you (also dressed in shirtsleeves) you may watch in turns and sleep if you can. In the morning you may refresh yourselves from the garden hose if it is not frozen. You must journey to the firing range in the back of an open pickup truck (or preferably, walk) and may not break your fast until you have fired your weapon.

It is not necessary to find a Nazi or the image of a Nazi to shoot. This is just silly superstition. Screaming "Rodina!" or "for Comrade Stalin!" just before you fire is certainly welcomed.

Don't forget to pee down the barrel when your done shooting to wash out the corrosive salts.

[Bob Ragen]

I bought my first rifle last monday. Mosin-Nagant 91/30. I pick it up next Friday. WooHoo! They sound like a lot of fun. I'll didn't check the markings when I bought it, so when I get it home I'll try and figure out where it was made. The Mosin sites are very helpful.

[Volksgrenadier]

If you truly care to honor the spirit of the Mosin you must never forget the sacrifices of the Great Motherland War and the courage of the Soviet soldier.

When you bring the rifle home for the first time you must use the bayonet and your helmet to dig a fighting trench at your front door. You may cover the trench with evergreen branches and snow if available. Then you must spend the night in your fighting trench without a jacket or blanket, just shirt sleeves. If you have a comrade to keep watch with you (also dressed in shirtsleeves) you may watch in turns and sleep if you can. In the morning you may refresh yourselves from the garden hose if it is not frozen. You must journey to the firing range in the back of an open pickup truck (or preferably, walk) and may not break your fast until you have fired your weapon.

It is not necessary to find a Nazi or the image of a Nazi to shoot. This is just silly superstition. Screaming "Rodina!" or "for Comrade Stalin!" just before you fire is certainly welcomed.

This is no mere superstition! Doing so will check headspace, recrown the muzzle, and remove cosmoline all at the same time!

[Anchors]

Don't forget to pee down the barrel when your done shooting to wash out the corrosive salts.

I laughed out loud at this.
Mostly because it would actually work really really well considering the warm nature and ammonia content of urine.

Well played. New sig.

[mauser98k]

I laughed out loud at this.
Mostly because it would actually work really really well considering the warm nature and ammonia content of urine.

Well played. New sig.

urine is an oxidizing agent. it'd rust the bore

[devilinblack]

urine is an oxidizing agent. it'd rust the bore

So would the windex that a lot of people use. The point is to wash away the corrosive salts (if you're using cheap surplus ammo) and then oil it. Just peeing down the barrel would not be enough!

Hoppes #9 is even better, but more expensive than urine or windex.

[finloq]

I'm waiting for a: "My arm's not long enough." joke here.

[rojocorsa]

Hoppes #9 is even better, but more expensive than urine or windex.

In my experience, putting Hoppes 9 down the bore of a 98K after shooting 196gr Yugo surp did not actually remove the potassium chloride(?) [the salts].


However, hot water----->drying out (with boresnake)----->Motor oil....that works just fine.

[Anchors]

So would the windex that a lot of people use. The point is to wash away the corrosive salts (if you're using cheap surplus ammo) and then oil it. Just peeing down the barrel would not be enough!

Hoppes #9 is even better, but more expensive than urine or windex.

Like I said.
Pee is the clear winner.
I will definitely be peeing down all my bores when shooting surplus.
Then when I get home I'll run a few patches down the pipe and then clean as normal.

Plus it will make me feel more intimate with my rifle.
"This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. My rifle is my lover. You can take it if you want, but I already peed in the chamber and barrel. It is marked for life."

[finloq]

Like I said.
Pee is the clear winner.
I will definitely be peeing down all my bores when shooting surplus.
Then when I get home I'll run a few patches down the pipe and then clean as normal.

Plus it will make me feel more intimate with my rifle.
"This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. My rifle is my lover. You can take it if you want, but I already peed in the chamber and barrel. It is marked for life."

Put down the beer, Ryan.

[Stryfe76]

Plus it will make me feel more intimate with my rifle.
"This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. My rifle is my lover. You can take it if you want, but I already peed in the chamber and barrel. It is marked for life."

I love my Mosin Nagants as much as the next guy but apparently some of us love them just a little bit more than the rest.

[Interloper]

Now we know where sticky-bolt syndrome comes from.

[indobos72]

Okay, now that were done with p**ing and whatever else in the barrel. What would be the best way to clean the barrel? I got a 1926 tula dragoon and the Barrel looks like it has some old residue near the chamber end of the barrel. Should I run a standard bore brush with cleaner? Or do I go for the other methods to remove the cosmoline first then do a bore scrubbing? Any help appreciated as I am very excited about getting this cleaned up but want to preserve the age and quality of the finish. Thanks