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    HELP! I sold my soul to the internet st1264's Avatar
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    Thanks for the mint SKS! w/Pics

    Just gorgeous SKS. WOW. Except for needing a cosmo cleanup (yuck) it is just a great specimen (haven't cleaned it yet). The bayo looks brand new! I could butter my toast with it. If all of Wanstalls sks's look like this, it's a great deal at $199!

    Here's some pics:





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    Looks good! Ive been thinking of picking up a second SKS and these look good!
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    Far, far better than I thought it would be... I handpicked my last one, but this has it beat, hands down. Have to read some threads on the cosmo cleaning, as I'm a beginner at that stuff... Imagine how good it will look when that crap is off!

    Very impressed.
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    I got one from Wanstalls and it looks just like yours. Nice wood and no painted parts. Once you get the wood off, extra hot tap water and Simple Green cleaner is all you need. Do not get cleaner on wood. Metal parts will be literally squeeky clean after the Simple Green, so hit it with CLP or G96 after. Don't forget to take the piston out and put the wiggly end of the recoil spring back in first. YouTube is your friend.

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    Have fun with the Cosmo! Can't beat the price and they're a hell of a fun shooter. Enjoy.
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    may I suggest the following:

    Take your bolt out, and if you can't remove the pin to get the actual firing pin out - then soak the entire bolt in a small container of mineral spirits. It will eat the cosmoline clean off the bolt. I left mine over night. I would take it out every few hours and shake it around to make sure the mineral spirits were getting in every nook and cranny. You'll find the mineral spirits will literally dissolve the cosmoline in quick fashion.

    This method has worked on 4 sks's and I've never experiences a slam fire yet due to cosmo-caked firing pin yet.

    After you've soaked the bolt over night, and dried it off, give it a shake. The firing pin should move freely and not feel "gummed" up or stuck.

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    Is that the hardwood one or laminated?

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    Quote Originally Posted by st1264 View Post
    Just gorgeous SKS. WOW. Except for needing a cosmo cleanup (yuck) it is just a great specimen (haven't cleaned it yet). The bayo looks brand new! I could butter my toast with it. If all of Wanstalls sks's look like this, it's a great deal at $199! ]

    I have never heard of a bayonet being described as "I could butter toast with it" As a butter knife is about the dullest least leathal knife there is and a bayonet was meant to be pretty scary and deadly. Do you mean this as a good thing?

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    Very nice Rifle. Wanstall rules

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    Quote Originally Posted by Natureboy View Post
    I have never heard of a bayonet being described as "I could butter toast with it" As a butter knife is about the dullest least leathal knife there is and a bayonet was meant to be pretty scary and deadly. Do you mean this as a good thing?
    Well buttered toast woudl be soggy and hard to cleanly cut, I assume this is what he means. lol
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