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08-24-2014, 09:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-25-2014, 12:37 PM by BelieveIn308.)
I didn't think of that. It was really pretty easy. Completely strip the Mosin, disassemble the bolt, and all metal parts. I took a 2" deep baking pan, placed all the metal parts in it covered them with mineral spirits ($12 Home depot), then covered the pan with aluminum foil. Plugged the barrel with a small rubber stopper, and then filled it with mineral spirits. The next day I drained the barrel. Scrubbed the receiver with a small toothbrush. Then cleaned the bore with a copper solvent, then with good old CLP. There seemed to be a ton of black removed with the copper cleaner. Then I scrubbed all the other metal parts in the mineral spirits with a toothbrush. Then I let all the metal parts dry.
Next I took the hairdryer to the stock and heated the stock till it was pretty hot and the cosmoline beaded up. Then wiped it down. Repeated a couple times. Then lightly oiled the metal parts and reassembled the entire rifle.
The only tricky part is making sure you properly align the firing pin. The rifle's cleaning kit came with a tool for doing this.
I think it's range ready.
Next I took the hairdryer to the stock and heated the stock till it was pretty hot and the cosmoline beaded up. Then wiped it down. Repeated a couple times. Then lightly oiled the metal parts and reassembled the entire rifle.
The only tricky part is making sure you properly align the firing pin. The rifle's cleaning kit came with a tool for doing this.
I think it's range ready.
Next I took the hairdryer to the stock and heated the stock till it was pretty hot and the cosmoline beaded up. Then wiped it down. Repeated a couple times. Then lightly oiled the metal parts and reassembled the entire rifle.
The only tricky part is making sure you properly align the firing pin. The rifle's cleaning kit came with a tool for doing this.
I think it's range ready.