Comments on: Gun Pr0n! Touch My Filthy Hole … With Pictures! http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/ ... because the alternative pretty much sucks. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:36:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: angus lincoln http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-936 angus lincoln Thu, 22 May 2008 05:51:48 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-936 Congratulations! Glad to hear the Man made everything ok. He gave me the free gun sleeve too, when I bought a sticky Mosin M44. When you finish with the initial cleaning, try leaving the rifle out in the hot sun with piece of absorbent material under it to catch the weeping cosmoline. As we get into the 80+degree days, you will see cosmoline coming out of the pores of the wood for a long time yet. Can't wait to see the baby cleaned up! Congratulations! Glad to hear the Man made everything ok. He gave me the free gun sleeve too, when I bought a sticky Mosin M44. When you finish with the initial cleaning, try leaving the rifle out in the hot sun with piece of absorbent material under it to catch the weeping cosmoline. As we get into the 80+degree days, you will see cosmoline coming out of the pores of the wood for a long time yet. Can’t wait to see the baby cleaned up!

]]> By: Liberty http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-931 Liberty Thu, 22 May 2008 00:24:18 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-931 I don't know about LOVING the smell. Perhaps if I was cleaning my own personal Browning .50. They could store one of those in ape shit and I'd be happy to clean it if I could keep it. :-) What I've discovered with the help of one of those links up there is another use for a wonderful device ... Steam Cleaner. It works for curtains AND weaponry! After the soak in the purple stuff it blasts that goopy crap half-way across the room. Still lots of cleaning to do, but it's looking good so far ... I don’t know about LOVING the smell. Perhaps if I was cleaning my own personal Browning .50. They could store one of those in ape shit and I’d be happy to clean it if I could keep it. :-)

What I’ve discovered with the help of one of those links up there is another use for a wonderful device …

Steam Cleaner. It works for curtains AND weaponry!

After the soak in the purple stuff it blasts that goopy crap half-way across the room. Still lots of cleaning to do, but it’s looking good so far …

]]> By: existingthing http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-930 existingthing Wed, 21 May 2008 23:29:39 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-930 Mmmmm... Sweet, sweet cosmoline. That does look like a particularly ugly batch, but cosmoline is just cosmoline. It's all part of the fun of military surplus rifles. :) Don't worry. After a while, you'll grow to love the smell. Mmmmm… Sweet, sweet cosmoline.

That does look like a particularly ugly batch, but cosmoline is just cosmoline. It’s all part of the fun of military surplus rifles. :)

Don’t worry. After a while, you’ll grow to love the smell.

]]> By: Liberty http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-929 Liberty Wed, 21 May 2008 19:20:57 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-929 Orange Glo! I'll get Billy Mays to come by and shout at the top of his voice while he cleans the damn thing for me. Ended up getting a jug of that purple stuff. Okay, not exactly "delicate", but does a damn fine job. Got an oil pan, put in a couple inches. Soak, remove, crap drips off, wipe and it's all nice and neat for almost the entire surface. There was a HUGE lump of shit in the gas tube that I'm still trying to get out, but all in all it's looking much better and I've got a nice high. Debating now ... since the stock is off, should I give it a quick sanding and poly re-coat? Yeah, the serial numbers match and yeah, you should TRY to keep it all original and blah blah blah but come on ... super-fine grain on an orbital sander with a nice new coat or three of smooth poly (just on the outside, don't want to alter the "fit" at all), that might end up being an actual nice-looking rifle ... Orange Glo! I’ll get Billy Mays to come by and shout at the top of his voice while he cleans the damn thing for me.

Ended up getting a jug of that purple stuff. Okay, not exactly “delicate”, but does a damn fine job. Got an oil pan, put in a couple inches. Soak, remove, crap drips off, wipe and it’s all nice and neat for almost the entire surface. There was a HUGE lump of shit in the gas tube that I’m still trying to get out, but all in all it’s looking much better and I’ve got a nice high.

Debating now … since the stock is off, should I give it a quick sanding and poly re-coat?

Yeah, the serial numbers match and yeah, you should TRY to keep it all original and blah blah blah but come on … super-fine grain on an orbital sander with a nice new coat or three of smooth poly (just on the outside, don’t want to alter the “fit” at all), that might end up being an actual nice-looking rifle …

]]> By: Bruce http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-928 Bruce Wed, 21 May 2008 18:28:52 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-928 Yeah, that citrus degreaser works well too. And smells orangey fresh. Especially good if working indoors. The firing pin cleaning is crucial to avoid slam-firing of multiple rounds. You do that, and someone sees it, and the ATF will string you up for possession of a machine gun. When you shake the pin assembly, the pin must be free to rattle back and forth with no sticking. Yeah, that citrus degreaser works well too. And smells orangey fresh. Especially good if working indoors.

The firing pin cleaning is crucial to avoid slam-firing of multiple rounds. You do that, and someone sees it, and the ATF will string you up for possession of a machine gun.

When you shake the pin assembly, the pin must be free to rattle back and forth with no sticking.

]]> By: Liberty http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-927 Liberty Wed, 21 May 2008 17:00:33 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-927 Good stuff, Eric, thank you. I ended up picking up a jug of a more delicate degreaser. Should work well on the metal. I'm going to give it a try with a brief soak on some of the smaller parts to see how it goes. Keeping the rubber gloves on though. And I'll try not to snuff it. Heh. Good stuff, Eric, thank you. I ended up picking up a jug of a more delicate degreaser. Should work well on the metal. I’m going to give it a try with a brief soak on some of the smaller parts to see how it goes.

Keeping the rubber gloves on though. And I’ll try not to snuff it. Heh.

]]> By: Eric von Michigan http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-926 Eric von Michigan Wed, 21 May 2008 16:46:55 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-926 My Yugo Mauser and M44 both had appreciable amounts of cosmoline, but nothing like that. Brake cleaner is not my first choice since it's the most aggressive solvent I've ever worked with. Go with the non-chlorinated stuff if you go that route; the chlorinated version will seriously mess with your head, even if you were using it outside. When I shot the Mauser for the first time, the combined heat from direct sunlight and shooting made a little cosmoline seep out from the wood. Lots of other info is at http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/cosmoline/index.asp . My Yugo Mauser and M44 both had appreciable amounts of cosmoline, but nothing like that. Brake cleaner is not my first choice since it’s the most aggressive solvent I’ve ever worked with. Go with the non-chlorinated stuff if you go that route; the chlorinated version will seriously mess with your head, even if you were using it outside.

When I shot the Mauser for the first time, the combined heat from direct sunlight and shooting made a little cosmoline seep out from the wood.

Lots of other info is at http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/cosmoline/index.asp .

]]> By: Liberty http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-925 Liberty Wed, 21 May 2008 14:08:45 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-925 Yer the man, Bruce, appreciate the pointers. WD-40! Firing pin assembly actually isn't as bad. I mean, it doesn't look like it's spent the last 30 years in a donkey's ass. Either way it looks like I'm going to strip this thing out of the stock and give it a real good scrubbing. I'll post up some after-clean pictures once it's all purdy! Yer the man, Bruce, appreciate the pointers. WD-40!

Firing pin assembly actually isn’t as bad. I mean, it doesn’t look like it’s spent the last 30 years in a donkey’s ass.

Either way it looks like I’m going to strip this thing out of the stock and give it a real good scrubbing.

I’ll post up some after-clean pictures once it’s all purdy!

]]> By: Bruce http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-924 Bruce Wed, 21 May 2008 13:50:42 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-924 If you haven't done so already, go <a href="http://www.surplusrifle.com/sks/index.asp" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Lots of cleaning tips. And, save the Hoppes for post-shooting clean-up. WD-40 will do a much better job for degunking, as will brake cleaner (wear gloves, ventilated work space, etc.). Above all, don't skimp when it comes time to CLEAN THE FIRING PIN ASSEMBLY. If you haven’t done so already, go here.

Lots of cleaning tips.

And, save the Hoppes for post-shooting clean-up. WD-40 will do a much better job for degunking, as will brake cleaner (wear gloves, ventilated work space, etc.).

Above all, don’t skimp when it comes time to CLEAN THE FIRING PIN ASSEMBLY.

]]> By: Liberty http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-916 Liberty Wed, 21 May 2008 03:32:00 +0000 http://fightingforliberty.com/339/gun-pr0n-touch-my-filthy-hole-with-pictures/#comment-916 Dude, I don't even know. Looks like it, smells like it. Probably been on this particular SKS for a loooooooong time. Really, whatever the hell this nasty goo is, it's going to be a real bitch to get off. Dude, I don’t even know. Looks like it, smells like it. Probably been on this particular SKS for a loooooooong time.

Really, whatever the hell this nasty goo is, it’s going to be a real bitch to get off.

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