Southern Belle: Removes Cosmoline

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We do stuff different in the South.

True.

Southern Belle has nice guns, just how raised and all.

She asked her daddy about one of them AKs and if he would mind if having one would be a problem.
Daddy was in Vietnam and daughter was being respectful.
"Well darlin' what is on your mind, I mean time has passed, still some things about that time will never heal".

"Daddy, I wanna rat-a-tat-tat to mess with on the property, one I , we, don't care about".

Like I said, nice guns, classics, ivory stocks, and daughter wants a AK variant with a 2x4 for a stock.

So the most inexpensive, AK was gotten.
"Darn thing got enough cosmo to smear over my truck, yours, your mom's..."

"Daddy, no big deal, this is not rocket science".
Mom ...she is watching and cracking up at these two. Daddy and daughter have this relationship that is so neat.

Daddy is to get the fire pit ready, daughter gets a 55 ga, drum, and other stuff ready.

Build a fire, get the 55 drum with water boiling, add Tide Detergent, and just toss the AK into boiling water.

Lift up after a bit , toss in the bed of the truck, run up to hose, spray it down and then remove wood from metal.

Come back...
Lower metal and wood back into this boiling soapy water, on hangers.

Oh yeah, there ain't no cosmoline, oil or nothing in wood or metal...did not take long either.

Momma found some Min-wax stain with polyurethane that should have been tossed, still good so she does the stock.
Daddy just sprayed all the metal down with Ballistol...

Daughter was having a good time with the cutting torch and welding equipment...she really likes messing with this equipment, and real good with it.

She made a hanging steel target with a 6" hole in the center and one solid.
Her idea being, if one shoots the one with the hole, and none of the bullets hit metal, close enough for government work, and not hearing a "ding" is good.

She likes reverse targets, no reason to go downrange and change targets, if one shoots through the holes and does not hit paper.
She does 2" holes for her pistol targets for instance.

Momma says the stain is ready, daddy says the metal is ready and daughter has been ready with her targets.

The gun works, shot through the hole, goes "rat-a-tat-tat" and makes a funny sound.

Just another fun , inexpensive family project.

This is the daughter when in school, taking a shop class on small engines, found an old lawnmower engine to use for class.
Ugly, greasy, oily and since mom was not home, just stuck it in the dishwasher, so it would not be so messy taking to school...

Seems Southern Belle Mom's have something to say about sticking Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine in dishwashers.

"YOUR daughter..."
...well you folks figure out what momma said to daddy over that deal...


*grin*
 
haha its been over a year, but i think i can finally understand SM's posts!

this is like, THR rite of passage!

thats cool you can spend time like that. kind of AK did you find still in cosmo?
 
This was some years ago...
I have no idea what kind of AK variant this gal and her daddy purchased.

They were at some gun show, looked at some, prices and , no offense, just chose "that ugly one that is not much money" .
He had his gun guy order one in with simple mags and "this cheap crap will run, but you can't reload it", ammunition.

Some folks do not get wrapped around the axle on some things for sure.

Now, start in on Old Winchester rifles and shotguns , or S&W and Colt handguns, they know all about these.
Even so, they don't get wrapped around the axle, just appreciate quality and history.

Family are good people, daughter is neat, she will find a old .22 rifle, clean it up, and mess with it, and give it to some kid that needs one.


She just wanted to mess with an old AK, after reading and hearing about how these guns were crude, worked, and did not need a lot of care.

She has used
John Deere tractor oil, for lube, found a old can of Lawn-Boy lawnmower oil, and they did not have a Lawn-Boy mower, and used it, clean with hot soapy water with some ammo being corrosive, and just had a good time, shooting this gun.

Pest control , plinking, and just something to do...
 
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