2007-03-06 12:05:38 · 8 answers · asked by Ghost of Fire 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
What are you going to soak it in, water?? Don't do that. You will damage the wood, and rust will certainly be a problem if you don't dry off everything. Disassemble the rifle and use a good solvent. A little time consuming but better than soaking it in a tub.
2007-03-06 13:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Learn to take it apart and clean it properly. It's your duty as a gun owner and the owner of a piece of history.
Taking apart the rifle may seem like a pain, but when you do it....even if you don't quite know how yet....you will gain an appreciation of it's construction and design and workmanship, which was excellent at one point.
You should also be thinking that the last person to have that gun apart was a Russian soldier sometime shortly after WWII, greasing it up for storage for perhaps the next war.
Before him a Wermacht soldier in the field of Russia or Poland, probably starving and cold, knowing that his cause was lost and he was doomed.....there was no stopping the Red Army that was going to be rolling over him like a steamroller.
Here's the link to an illustrated step-by-step guide to taking it apart. It seems like a lot of stuff, but it will only take you a while the first time and then you will know.
2007-03-07 02:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by DJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ghost,
No no...don't do that, bud...
Try this...
Build a heating chamber by mounting 2 to 3 100 watt lightbulbs in a galvanized steel garbage can...build a 'drip through' bottom with chicken wire (or some other mesh) built up off the bottom of the can so that the grease has somewhere to go when it melts off of your rifle.
Do this, and some 12 hours after you light those bulbs up and lid the can, the cosmoline should all be melted off...
2007-03-06 20:27:56 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfsburgh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
separate the wood and metal, should take aobut 2 minutes and you will only need a flat head screw driver. Then take the wood and place it in teh dishwasher (yes dishwasher) and wash it like a dish. you can do the same with the metal pieces but it is best to take apart as much as you feel comfortable. take the wood out as soon as possible and let it dry. take the metal out and let it dry, oil after it dries over night. do not leave in the dishwasher,
2007-03-06 13:55:43 · answer #4 · answered by somoss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful using water. Water will eventually swell the wood and cause you trouble.
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2007-03-06 12:25:34 · answer #5 · answered by miketyson26 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, wipe it off. Never submerge a firearm in water.
2007-03-06 12:12:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never soak a wooden stock.
2007-03-06 14:32:22 · answer #7 · answered by The Big Shot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hay try simple green that stuff cuts greese and is safe
2007-03-06 23:37:28 · answer #8 · answered by chad s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋