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Started the cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:50 am
by pasvorto
My wife and her sister went somewhere for the day. I started thinking that it might be a good time to have a look at the Mosin and start the cleaning process. I set a pan of water to boiling on the stove. While it was cooking I got the box with the Mosin. I tossed the tool kit the oil tank and the bolt in the boiling water. I got them all cleaned and even, after a few tries, got the bolt back together. I wiped off the ammo packs. The sling looks ok, not very greasy. I started looking at serial #s. The numbers match on the bolt, the receiver. the butt plate, and the magazine. The bayonet has a different number. I got it at Fleet Farm. They probably just grabbed the first bayonet they could find. I imagine someone out there has my bayonet.
The rest of the rifle is really, really packed in cosmoline. I decided that it can wait for later. I was lucky that I got the mess cleaned up in the kitchen. Of course, that's "guy clean". My wife might have a fit when she gets home. I can hear her now. "What's that smell?"
I had a good look at the stock. It looks pretty good. I did not see any patching or any splits, etc.
Maybe I can talk her into leaving town for the weekend. ;-)
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:07 pm
by Rsmith7
I will be undertaking this task myself.
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:09 pm
by desdem12
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 6:54 pm
by ModelAUZI
Mosin soup nothing like it.!!!!
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:18 pm
by Longcolt44
You only have to duck when she finds out you have been using the dishwasher to clean off the metal parts.
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:15 pm
by Cosmoline guy
The Century Arms Mosins at Fleet Farm don't come with matching bayonets. They are packed with whatever one is handy
long before they get to the store. This is done at Century Arms.
I hope that you survive your wife coming home so that we can get some pictures of your new acquisition.
Preferably not in your obituary.
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Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 9:32 pm
by bunkysdad
Yeah if you catch any grief I am going to suggest taking it to the garage. I would hate for her to bayonet you in the middle of the kitchen!
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 5:26 am
by Junk Yard Dog
What's wrong with cleaning guns in the kitchen? I do it all the time, in fact there is a disassembled shotgun on the kitchen table right now, it's been there for three weeks, I work slow and careful
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Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:55 am
by zeebill
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:27 am
by Judi and her Mosins
Tell the wife not to worry my house smells like cosomline too. Now get some pictures, next time start taking a picture right out the box. I went out and bought pots for just the Mosin's. Find a garage sale and buy the biggest ones. I also have a metal can for any rags with cosmo or bore cleaner. Welcome the the best site for Mosin information. Judi and her Mosin's
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Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:43 am
by Junk Yard Dog
My place smells like the hamburger I burnt up last night, or maybe it's the chili I burnt last week, or possibly still the incident with the broiled spam.
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:43 am
by pasvorto
When my wife first met me we had to stop by my apartment to pick up something. She also wanted to see it. She never did that again. My roommate & I were rebuilding his 427 (from his Mustang) in the kitchen. The short block was in the corner, the sink was full of pistons... You get the picture. I guess some things never change. ;-)
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:10 am
by Vendetta
pasvorto wrote:When my wife first met me we had to stop by my apartment to pick up something. She also wanted to see it. She never did that again. My roommate & I were rebuilding his 427 (from his Mustang) in the kitchen. The short block was in the corner, the sink was full of pistons... You get the picture. I guess some things never change. ;-)
I had a bunch of buddies over one night when my wife and I first started dating. We decided we were going to swap the cam in my Mustang. At 3 oclock in the morning after having been ignored most of the evening she decided she was going home. She didnt come to those "parties" anymore.
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Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:36 am
by qz2026
Vendetta wrote:pasvorto wrote:When my wife first met me we had to stop by my apartment to pick up something. She also wanted to see it. She never did that again. My roommate & I were rebuilding his 427 (from his Mustang) in the kitchen. The short block was in the corner, the sink was full of pistons... You get the picture. I guess some things never change. ;-)
I had a bunch of buddies over one night when my wife and I first started dating. We decided we were going to swap the cam in my Mustang. At 3 oclock in the morning after having been ignored most of the evening she decided she was going home. She didnt come to those "parties" anymore.
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Hey Vendetta, didn't you just sell that rifle in the Avatar? Looks awful familiar to a '34 91/59 I got outbid on the other night
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Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:49 pm
by Vendetta
qz2026 wrote:Vendetta wrote:pasvorto wrote:When my wife first met me we had to stop by my apartment to pick up something. She also wanted to see it. She never did that again. My roommate & I were rebuilding his 427 (from his Mustang) in the kitchen. The short block was in the corner, the sink was full of pistons... You get the picture. I guess some things never change. ;-)
I had a bunch of buddies over one night when my wife and I first started dating. We decided we were going to swap the cam in my Mustang. At 3 oclock in the morning after having been ignored most of the evening she decided she was going home. She didnt come to those "parties" anymore.
![:grin:](//cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f601.svg)
Hey Vendetta, didn't you just sell that rifle in the Avatar? Looks awful familiar to a '34 91/59 I got outbid on the other night
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
No sir its an m44 from the wrong side.
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Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:29 pm
by Joeinthehills
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:40 pm
by wingspar
pasvorto wrote:The rest of the rifle is really, really packed in cosmoline. I decided that it can wait for later. I was lucky that I got the mess cleaned up in the kitchen. Of course, that's "guy clean". My wife might have a fit when she gets home. I can hear her now. "What's that smell?"
Why, it’s my new aftershave lotion honey. Do ya like it?
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Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:53 pm
by 41_Tula
Hahaha, that's awesome! When I cleaned mine, my kitchen, basement and clothes smelt like Cosmo for a while. Smell is gone now, guess that means it's time to search for another 91/30! I'm happily divorced and can get away with it!
Re: Started the cleaning
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:22 am
by akguy1985
Ahh the cleaning of cosmo off a mosin. Fun times.