i joined the MOSIN gang

[NOTABIKER]

i just could not pass up on the 119 dollar price of this gun. i like to clean and tinker with stuff. it will keep me out of trouble for a while. i pick up my Savage AXIS in 223 in 3 days. i am into cheep and lots of it.. you rich guys can have the expensive stuff. i do my home work on what is cheep Quality.

[Chaos47]

Congrats!
To clean cosmoline:
Mineral spirits for the metal
Heat for the wood

[Squid]

get a bore snake for the Mosin if you value your.....

time at more than $1.00/hour, and I'm not exaggerating.

All mine came with serious deposits that ONLY came out with snaking a dozen or more times after wasting HOURS on rodding with brushes and 4 diff 'compounds'.

The semi-worn, semi pitted barrel will grab a lot more metal of all kinds than a new polished tube. Not even "same animal" IMO.

PS-you need at least 2 matching Mosins, but 4-6 or more lined up in a rack on the wall is really cool.

[Mr. Gillious]

welcome to the gang... now go watch 'Enemy At The Gates'!

[Chaos47]

welcome to the gang... now go watch 'Enemy At The Gates'!

with rifle in hand, bayonet affixed!

[Mr. Gillious]

with rifle in hand, bayonet affixed!

DON'T FORGET THE SLING!

If you really wanna be a part of this gang, please don't be a douche and load each round hand by hand. USE THOSE STRIPPER CLIPS!!

oh yeah, and you gotta wear the ammo pouches at the range =)

here's summa my mosins standing tall..

[NOTABIKER]

like the guy said about the T34 tank. Quanity has a Quality all its own. the germens built great tanks, the ruskeys built lots of them.

[NOTABIKER]

will kyrosen work just as well as mineral spirits. if i just want to clean and polish the stock what should i put on the wood after cleaning.

[NOTABIKER]

DON'T FORGET THE SLING!

If you really wanna be a part of this gang, please don't be a douche and load each round hand by hand. USE THOSE STRIPPER CLIPS!!

oh yeah, and you gotta wear the ammo pouches at the range =)

here's summa my mosins standing tall..

you are very sick i like it

[fighterpilot562]

+1 to stripper clips, i got all mine at the gun show.

[morfeeis]

i just could not pass up on the 119 dollar price of this gun. i like to clean and tinker with stuff. it will keep me out of trouble for a while. i pick up my Savage AXIS in 223 in 3 days. i am into cheep and lots of it.. you rich guys can have the expensive stuff. i do my home work on what is cheep Quality.

Welcome to the club, i got my first Mosin about two months ago and the things is a load of fun to shoot.

[Mr. Gillious]

will kyrosen work just as well as mineral spirits. if i just want to clean and polish the stock what should i put on the wood after cleaning.

what i've found best and cost effective for cheapies like you and me is simple green for the metal.

spray simple green all over every metal part including the bolt after you disassemble it. brush and scrub off all cosmoline. wipe down everything with old t shirt. spray brake cleaner and wash off all simple green and excess dirt. then spray cloth with gun lube and wipe every nook and cranny with oil for moisture protection.

hang your stock outside until all the cosmoline bleeds out or use a heat gun set at medium temperature and bleed it out yourself. then wipe the stock lightly with gun oil.

clean your barrel with water, gun solvent, and gun oil. and repeat the process until it's clean.

don't forget to lube the barrel bands before you take them off so you don't scratch your stock.

clean and lube the ammo pouches with boot oil or Armor All

your mosin will then be battle ready

[Zartan]

...want

[TNP'R]

Congrats!
To clean cosmoline:
Mineral spirits for the metal
Heat for the wood

Also put the bolt and oil can in the oven for a few minutes works too.

OP welcome to the club, I have two of them and they are two of my favorite rifles, very fun to shoot.

[Kinsel83]

Hot water, simple green, lots of patches, bring out old shirts and wipe cosmo down. Get as much as you can out. Take it to the range and shoot it and that cosmo will come out everywhere. Have fun.