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  1. #41
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    Default Re: My new SKS

    Easy Off oven cleaner removes cosmoline with no problems

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    I soaked all my metal in paint thinner/mineral spirits.
    I soaked my stock in it too.

    It looked "whitish" after wiping it off. Probably from taking the finish off the wood.
    I then wiped it down with Ballistol and it looked great.
    Nobody ever questioned me about it. Nobody could tell there was anything different about it.
    I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!

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    Now we all know your little secret!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoshIronshaft View Post
    Now we all know your little secret!
    I had no idea what to do with the stock.
    I read all the dumb shit like "put it in a tray and leave it on your dashboard in the sun", but figured the paint thinner would be faster. It was. LOL
    Looked like hell and I thought I ruined it.

    My plan was to coat all metal with Ballistol as I reassembled it.
    Knowing the million uses for the stuff, I took a rag and wiped it onto the stock.
    Just like magic the wood color came back.
    Sort of like wiping Old English liquid furniture polish on your furniture.
    It didn't make it shine, but the COLOR came back to life.
    I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!

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    Be careful with the cosmoline. It soaks into your skin and gets into your blood. Next thing you know you have milsurpitis. There is no cure and the medicine is very expensive. And getting scarce.

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    My 35yr old Harbor Freight recirculating parts cleaning bin is filled with plain ol' mineral spirits. $29/5gal. Works just fine on cosmo.
    I don't speak English , I talk American!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MD66948 View Post
    I saw this Red Nine at an action and it was covered in Cosmolean. I wiped off the left side of the barrel and saw it had a Luftwaffe Eagle on it so I knew right away I was looking at a rare gun from a retired WWII Army Colonel. I put the grease back over the Eagle and I won it for 1K. I took it home and removed the grips and soaked it in kerosean for two days. Then I took it apart and soaked it again in kerosean for another two days.

    I oiled it up and put it back together. I also dropped off the kerosean at a toownship dispossal site.

    I have been offered a lot of cash for this Red Nine from serious collectors but I am going to keep it.


    very nice, sir

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoshIronshaft View Post
    Check out the FAL. The rifle that should of served in place of the M1A.

    I just did a cosmoline clean on a parts kit. I have a harbor freight parts washer filled with diesel fuel so I let everything soak in there, then scrubbed in there, and then finished with an acetone spray bottle and wipe down. Pretty quick and painless.
    Oh, I know about the FAL, and that's another one I wouldn't mind having, for its historical significance, and for it just being a fine rifle. It's just lower on my list because I found out about it a lot later, after the other rifles had already made their way to "legendary" status in my videogame-soaked brain.

    One thing I did come across recently too: Apparently Norinco makes an M14 called the M305. From what I hear it's garbage compared to an actual M1A/M14, but what intrigued me the most about it is the fact that they also make a version that fires 7.62x39 and runs AK-47 magazines. Since I know it can't really handle 7.62 NATO, I'm really curious to see how it would fare with an intermediate cartridge. But it really doesn't matter unless I'm gonna move to Canada anyway.

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    From my experience with a Norinco shotgun, critical parts are of low quality, causing poor or even dangerous results, and by the time you replace them you were better off buying the more expensive gun from the start.
    In America arms are free merchandise such that anyone who has the capital may make their houses into armories and their gardens into parks of artillery. - Ira Allen, 1796

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