How your milsurp rifle stock got oil impregnated

Sanders · 06-18-2021, 07:02 PM

If you ever wondered why your milsurp rifle drips oil from the stock when it gets hot...

https://www.criticalpast.com/video/6...ine_small-cart

bill3542 · 07-12-2021, 01:10 PM

When I bought a Yugoslav M24/47 Mauser rifle for my son 10 years back it was cosmoline city. I totally disassembled it and it was 3 days in kerosene for the metal,the bolt was taken apart and put in very hot soapy water for 2 hours.

The stock and upper hand guard where put near the wood burner and the heat would leech the cosmoline to the surface to be wiped off with mineral spirits.
This was a 3 week process getting it out and still wiping it down with a degreaser when done.

I didn't wanna take all the scratches out so just a light go-over with 220 grit on the stock and hand guard making sure all metal was taped over, we cleaned up the dust and give a coating of a polyurethane matte finish.

It's his toy and looks great but even after all of this when you get it hot you can still smell the cosmoline.

ZastavaGuy · 11-24-2021, 01:25 PM

Wow! That looks like something the Soviets would have done.

Gunslinger808 · 11-24-2021, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bill3542

When I bought a Yugoslav M24/47 Mauser rifle for my son 10 years back it was cosmoline city. I totally disassembled it and it was 3 days in kerosene for the metal,the bolt was taken apart and put in very hot soapy water for 2 hours.

The stock and upper hand guard where put near the wood burner and the heat would leech the cosmoline to the surface to be wiped off with mineral spirits.
This was a 3 week process getting it out and still wiping it down with a degreaser when done.

I didn't wanna take all the scratches out so just a light go-over with 220 grit on the stock and hand guard making sure all metal was taped over, we cleaned up the dust and give a coating of a polyurethane matte finish.

It's his toy and looks great but even after all of this when you get it hot you can still smell the cosmoline.

I bought an old Romanian
69 trainer that was like that, used a safety clean parts washer on the metal, and Easy Off oven cleaner on the wood to get all the cosmoline off.
The oven cleaner worked well, ended up refinishing the stock.

JD Miller · 11-24-2021, 10:05 PM

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He dips rifle in cosmoline to avoid rusting.

dinkydow · 12-23-2021, 08:13 PM

I had an old, but still serviceable, Kenmore dishwasher in my basement. I would disassemble the grease monsters wiping the worst globs of cosmoline off with paper wipes..put the parts...if they fit...into the machine. dumped the detergent in...and let her rip. The really nice stocks, I placed in boiling hot water to soak..moving them around with insulated rubber gloves...and using paper towels to skim off the grease that floated to the surface. worked great. It also raised up a lot of the dents in the wood.

I would pull them out of the water, wipe them off...and place them in the sunlight to dry.

Then...using an air powered, palm, DA sander sanded them to perfection. Put the "arsenal style" sanding scratches back onto them with 40 grit sandpaper...then,re-dyed and refinished them with linseed oil, reduced with alcohol. Damn! They came out nice.

06-18-2021, 07:02 PM	#1
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,461	How your milsurp rifle stock got oil impregnated If you ever wondered why your milsurp rifle drips oil from the stock when it gets hot... https://www.criticalpast.com/video/6...ine_small-cart __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

12-23-2021, 08:13 PM	#6
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,469	I had an old, but still serviceable, Kenmore dishwasher in my basement. I would disassemble the grease monsters wiping the worst globs of cosmoline off with paper wipes..put the parts...if they fit...into the machine. dumped the detergent in...and let her rip. The really nice stocks, I placed in boiling hot water to soak..moving them around with insulated rubber gloves...and using paper towels to skim off the grease that floated to the surface. worked great. It also raised up a lot of the dents in the wood. I would pull them out of the water, wipe them off...and place them in the sunlight to dry. Then...using an air powered, palm, DA sander sanded them to perfection. Put the "arsenal style" sanding scratches back onto them with 40 grit sandpaper...then,re-dyed and refinished them with linseed oil, reduced with alcohol. Damn! They came out nice. __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

07-12-2021, 01:10 PM	#2
bill3542 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,700	When I bought a Yugoslav M24/47 Mauser rifle for my son 10 years back it was cosmoline city. I totally disassembled it and it was 3 days in kerosene for the metal,the bolt was taken apart and put in very hot soapy water for 2 hours. The stock and upper hand guard where put near the wood burner and the heat would leech the cosmoline to the surface to be wiped off with mineral spirits. This was a 3 week process getting it out and still wiping it down with a degreaser when done. I didn't wanna take all the scratches out so just a light go-over with 220 grit on the stock and hand guard making sure all metal was taped over, we cleaned up the dust and give a coating of a polyurethane matte finish. It's his toy and looks great but even after all of this when you get it hot you can still smell the cosmoline.

11-24-2021, 01:25 PM	#3
ZastavaGuy Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Eastern Kentucky Posts: 82	Wow! That looks like something the Soviets would have done.