nwilliams
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So the other day I was at the gun shop and the manager there told me he had something I would probably be interested in. He knew I loved old milsurp rifles and said he was holding something for me in the back.
He went into the back of the shop and came out with a Yugo 24/47 with all matching numbers! Bolt, barrel, receiver, stock and everything else matches and he offered it to me for $199. I couldn't resist the temptation and had to bring her home, I had my project rifle.
The gun was in very good condition with no rust and a great bore and smooth action. The gun was however heavily saturated in cosmoline it took a good bit work to clean it up.
After spending a couple hours breaking the rifle down to every component and cleaning off all the cosmoline I could find I turned my attention to the stock.
I went to the grocery store and picked up five cans of heavy duty oven cleaner and some rubber gloves. When I got back home I spent the afternoon hard at work trying to get all the cosmoline out of the stock using the oven cleaner and boiling water.
Finally after letting it dry for a day the stock was bleached and I went to work with steel wool and went over all the wood to smooth it out. I then added a very light coat of linseed oil and after letting it dry I went over it once more with steel wool.
The final step was to use a single coat of wood stain. I decided to go with a color called Early American and I'm pretty happy with the results.
He went into the back of the shop and came out with a Yugo 24/47 with all matching numbers! Bolt, barrel, receiver, stock and everything else matches and he offered it to me for $199. I couldn't resist the temptation and had to bring her home, I had my project rifle.
The gun was in very good condition with no rust and a great bore and smooth action. The gun was however heavily saturated in cosmoline it took a good bit work to clean it up.
After spending a couple hours breaking the rifle down to every component and cleaning off all the cosmoline I could find I turned my attention to the stock.
I went to the grocery store and picked up five cans of heavy duty oven cleaner and some rubber gloves. When I got back home I spent the afternoon hard at work trying to get all the cosmoline out of the stock using the oven cleaner and boiling water.
Finally after letting it dry for a day the stock was bleached and I went to work with steel wool and went over all the wood to smooth it out. I then added a very light coat of linseed oil and after letting it dry I went over it once more with steel wool.
The final step was to use a single coat of wood stain. I decided to go with a color called Early American and I'm pretty happy with the results.
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