Why I don't use Tula Ammo

08-01-2015, 11:01 AM,

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RE: Why I don't use Tula Ammo

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08-01-2015, 11:01 AM

(08-01-2015, 12:51 AM)rwhite135 Wrote: When I bought my son his SKS the gastube was so full of cosmoline and powder residue it was hard to work the action. That was real fun to have to clean.

An uncut pipe cleaner (generally they come in 3' lengths) and mineral spirits should do the trick... but if it was that fouled with powder residue you might have to soak it in Rubbing alcohol overnight. Mineral spirits is very good at dissolving cosmoline. When I did my Mosin, I used a small rubber cork and filled the barrel, and let it soak overnight. Just remember to cover the pan you are soaking your parts in with aluminum foil, and leave it outside.

"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -Col. Jeff Cooper

(08-01-2015, 12:51 AM)rwhite135 Wrote: When I bought my son his SKS the gastube was so full of cosmoline and powder residue it was hard to work the action. That was real fun to have to clean.
An uncut pipe cleaner (generally they come in 3' lengths) and mineral spirits should do the trick... but if it was that fouled with powder residue you might have to soak it in Rubbing alcohol overnight. Mineral spirits is very good at dissolving cosmoline. When I did my Mosin, I used a small rubber cork and filled the barrel, and let it soak overnight. Just remember to cover the pan you are soaking your parts in with aluminum foil, and leave it outside.

"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -Col. Jeff Cooper

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