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tangolima · May 4, 2014, 09:46 AM

Doesn't urine has content of sodium chloride, aka salt? Ammonia doesn't neutralize anything. Peeing down the bore of a rifle? My goodness!

The poor soul on the Soviet line could be dead before he got to clean his rifle, but the rifle almost never died. They didn't have enough rifle to give every conscript so the rifle would be picked up before he hit the ground.

All this peeing and dying aside, the question still stands, why didn't all the mosins have rotted bores?

Besides we owe respects to the Soviets in wwii. They killed the most number of Germans. They endured the conditions that we can't even image. The mosin nagant rifle itself is a living testimony of their heroic deeds, when compared to the much refined and sophisticated design of the k98k.

I'm not saying I don't need to clean my rifle properly and as soon as possiple after shooting corrosive ammunition, but I know I don't need to hyperventilate over it.

-TL

May 4, 2014, 09:46 AM	#18
tangolima Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2013 Posts: 5,109	Doesn't urine has content of sodium chloride, aka salt? Ammonia doesn't neutralize anything. Peeing down the bore of a rifle? My goodness! The poor soul on the Soviet line could be dead before he got to clean his rifle, but the rifle almost never died. They didn't have enough rifle to give every conscript so the rifle would be picked up before he hit the ground. All this peeing and dying aside, the question still stands, why didn't all the mosins have rotted bores? Besides we owe respects to the Soviets in wwii. They killed the most number of Germans. They endured the conditions that we can't even image. The mosin nagant rifle itself is a living testimony of their heroic deeds, when compared to the much refined and sophisticated design of the k98k. I'm not saying I don't need to clean my rifle properly and as soon as possiple after shooting corrosive ammunition, but I know I don't need to hyperventilate over it. -TL Last edited by tangolima; May 4, 2014 at 10:26 AM.