judaspriest
Member
Hi,
I started noticing a disturbing brownish tint in and around the action of my 58 year old Mosin M44 (bought it recently and it looked to be in great shape). At first, I thought I haven't cleaned it well enough and even blamed Breakfree CLP for being corrosive (I use Greek Olympic ammo that is supposedly non-corrosive).
I wiped all of the tinted areas very hard with a few patches soaked with RemOil, something I am fairly certain isn't corrosive. To my chagrin, the tinting started to come back a few days later. I repeated the process and now I am seeing the same thing yet again. It is not a huge amount of rust and the surfaces are still smooth, but if I don't do something quick I am afraid it will rust much worse.
Surprisingly, I don't get any brown on the patches when I push them through the receiver and the barrel.
I am reluctant to take the rifle to a gunsmith - they'll probably charge 70% of its price just to take a look and the problem seems fairly simple, yet I feel soon I may not have much choice...
Any tips will be greatly appreciated
Happy 4th of July everyone!
Thanks,
JP
I started noticing a disturbing brownish tint in and around the action of my 58 year old Mosin M44 (bought it recently and it looked to be in great shape). At first, I thought I haven't cleaned it well enough and even blamed Breakfree CLP for being corrosive (I use Greek Olympic ammo that is supposedly non-corrosive).
I wiped all of the tinted areas very hard with a few patches soaked with RemOil, something I am fairly certain isn't corrosive. To my chagrin, the tinting started to come back a few days later. I repeated the process and now I am seeing the same thing yet again. It is not a huge amount of rust and the surfaces are still smooth, but if I don't do something quick I am afraid it will rust much worse.
Surprisingly, I don't get any brown on the patches when I push them through the receiver and the barrel.
I am reluctant to take the rifle to a gunsmith - they'll probably charge 70% of its price just to take a look and the problem seems fairly simple, yet I feel soon I may not have much choice...
Any tips will be greatly appreciated
Happy 4th of July everyone!
Thanks,
JP