The Famous M-N Cleaning Kit - Information ?
I just bought a 1891/30 Mosin-Nagant ($98) that came with the works - Beautiful Rifle,Bayonet, Sling, 2 Belt Pouches and this little setup in a bag with lots of Cosmoline -I know what Item A is for -...
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The muzzle protector is to protect the crown of the barrel, not the bore. No doubt a lot of the counter bored Mosins we see around had their crowns damaged through over enthusiastic cleaning. One side...
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According to Lapin in his book "The Mosin-Nagant Rifle" the letter that looks like an English H is the Russian letter N and stands for "neft" which means "oil". The letter that looks somewhat like an...
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I took care of the double for you Tenring. That happens now and again.
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Mosin-Nagant Field Accoutrements (updated Picture)Just thought I would clean up the loose ends, as it were....I put 5W-30 Motor Oil in the "Oil" Sideand1 part Clear Ammonia, 3 parts Water and 4 drops...
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I was at my local Big 5 sporting goods store and found an awesome mosin nagant"sniper" rifle. I have been learning about these rifles and hoping to pick one up. The price tag was 499.00 it includes...
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Doc, I put 5W-30 Motor Oil in the "Oil" Side Motor oil makes a very poor firearm lubricant. It is way "too thick," (regardless of the "weight) is not designed to lubricate and protect as is machine...
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The hole in the "combo tool" is to help get the bayonet off??? Just seems the contour is too perfect and purposefully designed not to be. Brian
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Doctor Bill - Thanks so much for the image you posted with the cleaning kit! Would it be possible to make it even better and change the Russian words you have there to the actual Russian words with...
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More rifles have had barrel damage due to improper cleaning than rounds fired thru them. If you look at some rifles that have been cleaned a lot, the muzzle is no longer perfectly round. It is worn...
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I can't tell you about Russian fluid contents but this info on Yugo cleaning bottles which often duplicated Russian. It has been my good fortune to have made acquaintance with one "Branko Bogdanovic"...
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Yikes !Oiled the rifles and pistols with used motor oil. Well, waste not, want not !I guess it would work just fine ! Easy oil to see and easy to see it on the weapon !Why not ? Who gives a damn...
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I have used leftover CLEAN motor oil on my 75 or so Mosin rifles for the last 30 years in pretty humid Georgia. I'm one of those anal retentive weirdoes who changes his own oil.I've never had any rust...
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I think the main thing about lubing is that you just keep it light. It's the heavy application of excess oil, whatever kind, that attracts and holds dust, which in turn draws moisture, that allows...
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Doc, you are just getting started! http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAcc.htm
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OK, I know that it may be "bad form" to reply to such an old post, but with regards to the oil, after using Rem oil, Hoppes, and all of that, I went back to the old tried and true GI classic. Singer...
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OK...here is my two cents worth.If you want an oil that is transparent and is made for conditions of ANY sort,why not pick a grade of simple MOTOR OIL for an automobile ?You couldn't have worse...
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Why in the world should you not reply to an old post ?Nothing in the world wrong with it! There's lots of life left in some of these old posts. if it's something you want to discussed or see cussed,...
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ATF, originally whale oil was used in automatic tranmissions, it doesn't gum, it's lightweight, doesn't go rancid, was about the best that was around until it was banned. todays ATF is more or less...
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The Russians diluted their oil with "gasoline" and kept shooting in the very cold winter.
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Interesting, I tried using the combo tool to take the bayonet off and it worked great.
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