My "new" 1949 SKS from Westrifle

Excuse me, but is it "the Kurgan" or just "Kurgan" when replying?

Sir, your '49 in hard stamped matching laminate is stunning! It's hard to believe that firearm didn't come off the factory floor yesterday. You folks up here really have a new level of collecting, it seems. What I mean is, you are getting such unbelievably pristine specimens, how do you decide whether or not to clean them out of their cosmoline or not? Do you folks think that down the road the value of the firearm that still has cosmoline will garner a premium over one just as nice, but that has been cleaned up?

There is a kindof "newborn" feeling seeing them globbed in preservative. Ours down south were imported so long ago that finding one still in that much cosmoline is fairly rare.
 
Sorry for the rudeness, I see a certain name and I see red ( friggin rude prick)...anyways...
Back to your rifle, very cool, the laminated stock on the sks always make me drool. I have a 49 myself, so glad I never sold it. I wouldn't believe the cosmo will add value.
 
Sorry Bro didn't mean to highjack your thread. Sweet '49 you have there. I have been torn between the originality of the hardwood and the sweet lines of the laminate. Tho some of the hardwood stock are truly stunning in the right light... Ahhhh! so conflicted...
 
Drago said:
Excuse me, but is it "the Kurgan" or just "Kurgan" when replying?

Sir, your '49 in hard stamped matching laminate is stunning! It's hard to believe that firearm didn't come off the factory floor yesterday. You folks up here really have a new level of collecting, it seems. What I mean is, you are getting such unbelievably pristine specimens, how do you decide whether or not to clean them out of their cosmoline or not? Do you folks think that down the road the value of the firearm that still has cosmoline will garner a premium over one just as nice, but that has been cleaned up?


There is a kindof "newborn" feeling seeing them globbed in preservative. Ours down south were imported so long ago that finding one still in that much cosmoline is fairly rare.
Click to expand...


Up here a cosmo soaked SKS detracts from the value and is certainly brutal on the stocks. Best to clean them thoroughly and lighty oil the metal. Of couse, I don't mean chucking them in a dishwasher or oven!
 
ljones said:
Sorry Bro didn't mean to highjack your thread. Sweet '49 you have there. I have been torn between the originality of the hardwood and the sweet lines of the laminate. Tho some of the hardwood stock are truly stunning in the right light... Ahhhh! so conflicted...
Click to expand...

No worries. Just want to keep things civil and on topic.
 
Mr_jonny said:
Sorry for the rudeness, I see a certain name and I see red ( friggin rude prick)...anyways...
Back to your rifle, very cool, the laminated stock on the sks always make me drool. I have a 49 myself, so glad I never sold it. I wouldn't believe the cosmo will add value.
Click to expand...

Most folks on that forum are very good and knowledgable, but yes, there are two or three jacka$$es that need a lesson in friendliness and tolerance. I would just stay with this forum until the moderators on their end make some badly needed changes. We are much larger anyway, and their market is different.
 
The Kurgan said:
Up here a cosmo soaked SKS detracts from the value and is certainly brutal on the stocks. Best to clean them thoroughly and lighty oil the metal. Of couse, I don't mean chucking them in a dishwasher or oven!
Click to expand...

Kurgan,
I have left my 49 in the Cosmo still, do you suggest I clean it off instead of storing it with it on? I'm never going to fire it, it going to be a safe queen. I just assumed it would preserve better in the Cosmo. I didn't know it was harsh on the stock.
Thanks, Kevin
 
cyclops666 said:
Ok instead of starting a whole new thread , I'll just ask in this one. Using the cleaning kit from my '52 Tula . With either the jag or brush on the rod inserted into the muzzle end , I'm about half inch short of exiting into the chamber! Shouldn't the jag come thru all the way?
Click to expand...
They dont need to since the chamber can be cleaned from back of the rifle.

Joce
 
I simply wipe them down with a clean cotton towel. For the really badly soaked stocks, I use the wife's hair dryer and about about an hour's worth of time. I am careful not to aim the hair dryer on one spot for too long... as the stock sweats, I wipe it down with the towel. If you're in the dead of summer, wrap the stock in a cotton towel, place in a black garbage bag, and sit it in the hot sun --- it will really get the cosmo out.
 
Last edited:
cyclops666 said:
Ok instead of starting a whole new thread , I'll just ask in this one. Using the cleaning kit from my '52 Tula . With either the jag or brush on the rod inserted into the muzzle end , I'm about half inch short of exiting into the chamber! Shouldn't the jag come thru all the way?
Click to expand...

Buy a full length cleaning rod and leave that one for the conscripts!
 
The Kurgan said:
I simply wipe them down with a clean cotton towel. For the really badly soaked stocks, I use the wife's hair dryer and about about an hour's worth of time. I am careful not to aim the hair dryer on one spot for too long... as the stock sweats, I wipe it down with the towel. I you're in the dead of summer, wrapping the stock in a cotton towel and placed in a black garbage bag in the hot sun will really get the cosmo out.
Click to expand...

Okay thanks for the ideas.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom