Corrosive Ammo - So what did the Russians do?

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There seems to be a lot of bandwidth being used up on the proper cleaning of corrosive ammo.

After reading numerous posts and the zillion different ways people clean their guns I have one question.

How did the Russians do it or for that matter the Chinese.

1. Firearms were issued back in the 1950's.
2. Assumming the corrosive ammo used to feed it was as well.
3. Under battlefield conditions I suspect hot water and Windex were in short supply.
4. Situtation dictated that a proper cleaning after every firing of the rifle might not be in the cards at that particular moment.
5. Rifle used under adverse conditions that would promote corrosion if not delt with in a expedient manner.

What did they do?

Seems the most efficient method of cleaning the gun would be the one that allowed them to return to the fight in the shortest period of time without causing life ending problems with their rifles.

Does anyone have a cleaning manual for the SKS from any of the major users of this type of rifle during this period?

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I just use oil, brush and swap, and i clean the barrel till its shinny again, than go back a week or so later and do it again. of course there is carbon remover too.
 
TGC said:
I just use oil, brush and swap, and i clean the barrel till its shinny again, than go back a week or so later and do it again. of course there is carbon remover too.
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me too , I just use oil , once in a while I will use the nitro solvent and a wire brush to get the barrel nice and shiny!
I think that back in the day they only used oil!
 
Pretty sure that in the heat of war no one cared to clean their guns everyday because of corrosive ammo. If the gun breaks of starts to malfunction... get a new one.
 
The bottle issued with the SKS has two chambers; one for oil and one for cleaning solvent. I suspect that the solvent was some sort of water-based degreaser, much like Ballistol or GI bore cleaner.
 
In military training, gun cleaning is a very important components. In China, and I assume Russia, school children were trained to shoot, disassemble, and clean the service rifles. This generally involves taking the gun apart and cleaning every piece.
 
I have a Russian manual on the AK-47 somewhere that was translated to English.

I seem to recall something about cleaning after firing as soon as possible. Followed up by cleaning the next day, then every week after that.

I will have to take a look for it and see if I still have it.
 
CanAm said:
In military training, gun cleaning is a very important components. In China, and I assume Russia, school children were trained to shoot, disassemble, and clean the service rifles. This generally involves taking the gun apart and cleaning every piece.
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My wife says she had to do one month of "military training" which included range time. This was a requirment for enterance into her chinese univeristy. That range time did not inlude "ACT" or "PROVE." all it included was prone position, cheek weld, rifle butt tight to shoulded. No cleaning either. (the no cleaning part was my point)
 
bigdaddyeo said:
Pretty sure that in the heat of war no one cared to clean their guns everyday because of corrosive ammo. If the gun breaks of starts to malfunction... get a new one.
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I'd assume so, Have the Russians ever had a limited supply of guns? Or I guess you could always nick another one off the battlefield somewhere.

"is break, is GET NEW ONE!"
 
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