Some questions about my new Mauser - Page 2

Wrothgar · February 6, 2009, 11:32 PM

Just looking at pictures of other people's guns with cosmoline and it doesn't even look like my gun has any. The only thing that seems greasy about it is the wood (flakes of something keeps coming off). Here are some pictures.

This thing (what is it?) seems covered in cosmoline.

Here's the magazine. Looks pretty clean to me.

And the bolt (not dissasembled), also looks pretty clean to me.

So, is it actually cosmoline free?

Milspec · February 6, 2009, 11:40 PM

To clean old cosmoline off your pistol try a big spray can of WD-40 (with the plastic tube nozzle) and an M-16 cleaning brush. Works great...

Milspec

Wrothgar · February 7, 2009, 12:01 AM

Its not a pistol and I don't even know if it has cosmoline on it. Again, its from Century arms and they may have taken the cosmoline off.

Edit:
I took the bolt and magazine apart last night and there isn't any cosmoline to be seen. I also cleaned out the barrel and there wasn't any in it (although it was still plenty dirty).

Anyone know what's on the wood that's coming off onto my hands?

Vergeltung · February 7, 2009, 11:57 AM

sorry man, wish I had an answer for you. what does it smell like?

Wrothgar · February 7, 2009, 12:05 PM

Its probably cosmoline (smells petroleum like), but its only on the wood. Can I steam the cosmoline out of the wood?

TEDDY · February 7, 2009, 03:44 PM

yours looks clean cosmoline is a very heavy grease.dark brown in color.
that bottle is an oil and cleaner.the 98 looks good.

Wrothgar · February 7, 2009, 05:33 PM

Then What is on the wood and what can I do to keep it from coming off on to my hands? I've wiped it down pretty well with a gun cloth, but it still isn't clean.

Vergeltung · February 7, 2009, 07:09 PM

when I fire my Mauser at a high ROF at the range, it bleeds something, at wood on the top of the front of the barrell. I just try to rub it back in with my gloved fingers (Winter and all that

).

it smells like 60 years of history. I like it.

FWIW, your Mosin looks great. no worries there.

Wulfmann · February 15, 2009, 10:40 AM

I am not convinced you have a Russian capture.
Is there a number stamped in the left side of the butt os the stock? can you post a picture?
Is there an "X" stamped on the receiver?
Are any metal parts electro penciled with new numbers?
Can you check the various numbers on the gun and do any of those numbers match other numbers?
Can you check the proof marks (Little eagle with a WaA and number) and let us know what some of them are?
Laminated stocks do not require oil. The only time I oil one is when I remove the Russian Shellac from and RC and whatever I use, Lacquer thinner, acetone etc dries the wood near the surface and so I put some BLSO on it. The laminated wood holds the resin which gives the stock its weather protection.

Wulfmann

February 6, 2009, 11:40 PM	#27
Milspec Senior Member Join Date: July 19, 2008 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 117	To clean old cosmoline off your pistol try a big spray can of WD-40 (with the plastic tube nozzle) and an M-16 cleaning brush. Works great... Milspec __________________ "...there is no second place winner in a gunfight." Colonel Bill Jordan

February 7, 2009, 12:01 AM	#28
Wrothgar Junior member Join Date: January 28, 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 778	Its not a pistol and I don't even know if it has cosmoline on it. Again, its from Century arms and they may have taken the cosmoline off. Edit: I took the bolt and magazine apart last night and there isn't any cosmoline to be seen. I also cleaned out the barrel and there wasn't any in it (although it was still plenty dirty). Anyone know what's on the wood that's coming off onto my hands? Last edited by Wrothgar; February 7, 2009 at 11:38 AM.

February 7, 2009, 11:57 AM	#29
Vergeltung Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Location: near NYC, USA Posts: 292	sorry man, wish I had an answer for you. what does it smell like? __________________ *Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum*

February 7, 2009, 03:44 PM	#31
TEDDY Junior member Join Date: December 10, 2006 Location: MANNING SC Posts: 837	grease yours looks clean cosmoline is a very heavy grease.dark brown in color. that bottle is an oil and cleaner.the 98 looks good.

February 7, 2009, 07:09 PM	#33
Vergeltung Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2008 Location: near NYC, USA Posts: 292	when I fire my Mauser at a high ROF at the range, it bleeds something, at wood on the top of the front of the barrell. I just try to rub it back in with my gloved fingers (Winter and all that ). it smells like 60 years of history. I like it. FWIW, your Mosin looks great. no worries there. __________________ *Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum*

February 6, 2009, 11:32 PM	#26
Wrothgar Junior member Join Date: January 28, 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 778	Just looking at pictures of other people's guns with cosmoline and it doesn't even look like my gun has any. The only thing that seems greasy about it is the wood (flakes of something keeps coming off). Here are some pictures. This thing (what is it?) seems covered in cosmoline. Here's the magazine. Looks pretty clean to me. And the bolt (not dissasembled), also looks pretty clean to me. So, is it actually cosmoline free?

February 7, 2009, 12:05 PM	#30
Wrothgar Junior member Join Date: January 28, 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 778	Its probably cosmoline (smells petroleum like), but its only on the wood. Can I steam the cosmoline out of the wood?

February 7, 2009, 05:33 PM	#32
Wrothgar Junior member Join Date: January 28, 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 778	Then What is on the wood and what can I do to keep it from coming off on to my hands? I've wiped it down pretty well with a gun cloth, but it still isn't clean.

February 15, 2009, 10:40 AM	#34
Wulfmann Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 188	I am not convinced you have a Russian capture. Is there a number stamped in the left side of the butt os the stock? can you post a picture? Is there an "X" stamped on the receiver? Are any metal parts electro penciled with new numbers? Can you check the various numbers on the gun and do any of those numbers match other numbers? Can you check the proof marks (Little eagle with a WaA and number) and let us know what some of them are? Laminated stocks do not require oil. The only time I oil one is when I remove the Russian Shellac from and RC and whatever I use, Lacquer thinner, acetone etc dries the wood near the surface and so I put some BLSO on it. The laminated wood holds the resin which gives the stock its weather protection. Wulfmann __________________ "The right to bear arms should not be infringed upon if only to prevent tyranny in government". Thomas Jefferson, Constitutional debates