![]() ![]() Everyone has a different method, but I recommend washing it off with a solvent, like mineral spirits. You can use either heat or a solvent to remove cosmoline. Is your rifle covered in it? If so, you'll have to remove it. I am not responsible if you break something or injure someone.Ĭosmoline. Any remaining imperfection would be considered "character". I ultimately decided to spend some time cleaning it up and looking presentable on the range, but not perfect. It may have been possible to remove all the imperfections, but it would take far more time and effort than I was willing to invest. There wasn't any area on the rifle without machining marks, pitting, dings, and all sorts of other imperfections. This rifle looked like it was made in a high school metal shop class, then taken out and beaten with an ugly stick by half the Russian army. After I saw the rifle, I knew that wasn't going to happen. Expectationsīefore I saw the rifle, I had planned to restore it to the same condition as a typical new rifle. I made no effort to preserve the historic condition of my Mosin. Other people consider them old, surplus military rifles and despite a lot of historical significance, they're just a rifle with only one purpose - to blow holes in stuff. Some people consider Mosin Nagants historical artifacts, and frown upon anything more than minimal preservation. A new modern rifle? Like it came off the Russian assembly line 70 years ago? Or just cleaned up and ready for the range? This will help determine how much time, effort and money you'll need to put into the project. Restoration Goalsīefore you start refinishing, you should decide what you want your rifle to look like. This is the first Mosin I've restored, so I'm not an expert and I can't compare all the possible restoration techniques. This guide will document the process I used to restore and refinish a Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifle. ![]()
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