The smell of cosmoline

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Man, i am just glad that i live in the good ole' USA; that private citizen can own personal firerams. I get that feeling everytime i am cleaning my guns. Today i just got a shipment of AK 74 parts kit and it still has a thin layer of cosmoline. As I was inspecting the pieces, the smell of cosmoline got to me and i just took a deep breath breating it all in. It instantly triggers pleasant memories of my shooting excapades (got a wife if you know what i'm saying :neener:).

Too bad i'm too broke to have this thing assembled, so it'll be on its way to a buyer sometime soon :(. Oh well, time to save up to get a complete one.

mods please remove if it's out of topic, just want to share.
 
Ah yes, much of what I learned about firearms came from taking them apart to get the cosmo out of every nook and cranny. Good memories.
 
I personally think cosmoline does not have much of a smell. It is probably that I am using Hoppe"s #9 and brake cleaner at the same time and they have much more potent smells.

I have also discovered that cosmoline does not stand a chance when you give it a shot of brake cleaner.

BTW cosmoline was not just used my eastern European contries, the US also used it to pack firearms for long term storage during WWII.
 
Sniff-sniff, yeah that's the smell of good old times and cheap guns that were fun to tinker with. It wasn't complete without that moldy GI surplus smell of the other gear though.:D
 
Cosmoline smell reminds me of the days when my dad and I use to go to the army/navy surplus store and sort through the crates of NOS rifles and bayonets. When Carcanos and Mausers were about $20.00 and bayonets were $3.00 or $4.00 with the metal sheath. I remember buying a British .303 and having to clean the cosmoline out of the sights. What a pia that was.
 
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