Am I addicted to sniffing cosmoline?

[Mosin Nagant]

A friend of mine laughed at my red rifle collection and said you must be sniffing to much cosmoline these rifles are junk. Don't worry I defended them and told him how much they have gone up in value and tried to tell him how cool they are and fun to shoot. He just shook his head and said I gotta go.

 

[Robert Nicholson]

There is alot to be said for these rifles: stored in cosmoline for fifty years rather than being abused by every kid in the family like other milsurps.

 

[infidel29]

They were built when men were men and guns were guns. Nothing at all wrong with red rifles. I prefer them myself.

 

[call2arms]

Cosmoline and generally all milsurp smell for me. I don't know what it is, but I like it. Hopefully not toxic?

 

[shredder0]

Those red rifles defeated the Nazis so they can't be too awful bad. I have a couple of Stalin's finest factory rifles as well and to be truthful they are my most accurate surplus rifles despite the terrible triggers. I also have a lee enfield and several mausers.

 

[Efall]

i use it as a moisturizer. keeps my skin looking young

 

[In The Black]

I put some in my wife's laundry room scentsy.....

ITB

 

[Mosin Nagant]

Those red rifles defeated the Nazis so they can't be too awful bad. I have a couple of Stalin's finest factory rifles as well and to be truthful they are my most accurate surplus rifles despite the terrible triggers. I also have a lee enfield and several mausers.

All of my Lee Enfields are shot out. Not accurate but still have that cool sound when fired.

 

[32 ACP]

Cosmoline works good as hair gel plus you get the scent.

 

[VuDu666]

Cosmo is addictive! You didn't know that? I've only been separated for about a year and a half but one of the rooms at my place already has strong smell of cosmo and oil My friend is even worse. His truck smells like a barrel of cosmo because of all the crap he "looses" in it for weeks. Cosmo packed accessories like oil bottles, bayonets and such. You stay in that vehicle for an hour or so and it gets really bad. He doesn't smoke so windows almost never go down, he complains about wind and other BS but I'm sure that he just likes to get high on that smell

 

[rockport guy]

my gloves smell like cosmo... LOVE IT!!!

 

[Mosin Nagant]

That cosmoline back in the 40's was it more of a liquid? It must have been a liquid then dried over 60 years.

 

[Mumbles Marble Mouth]

I'm at that point with red rifles where only unique ones interest me. A stamped receiver Chinese SKS, Yugo M59/66, Vz 52 or 52/57. I'd love to own an SKS with a grenade launcher.

 

[Mosin Nagant]

I'm at that point with red rifles where only unique ones interest me. A stamped receiver Chinese SKS, Yugo M59/66, Vz 52 or 52/57. I'd love to own an SKS with a grenade launcher.

Is it possible to get dummy grenades or smoke grenades for the Yugoslav?

 

[collector67]

Cosmo and BLO....mmmmmm....

 

[Robert Nicholson]

Is it possible to get........ grenades or smoke grenades for the Yugoslav?

Fixed it for you! Plus one!

 

[Butcherbill]

I enjoy the smell of cosmoline to be honest, the initial wipe down and cleaning is the best. It's like going into an old army surplus store, that smell of old canvas etc that's been in storage for years.

 

[st1264]

 

[Rifleman1984]

I also like the smell of Cosmoline. I would love to get one of those paint cans full of Cosmoline. I wonder if any retailers stock it here in Canada.

 

[zuke]

Is there an airfreshner?