russian SKS and WD-40

I'm sure no one cares but WD40 stands for water dispersant 40. 40 being the 40th "recipe" they tried. Being a water dispersant it's a great rust inhibitor. This being said, is it the best way to clean your sks? Probably not. You "can" clean it with it but your probably better off with a real oil that will actually coat the parts.
 
Stevo said:
Bulls**t.
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I was gonna say that too. :D

I've used WD40 on almost every my gun. It keeps my guns rust free so well that I wonder sometimes why some people will ignore this cheap reliable solution and pay much more for some 'proper gun oil'. Some would mention that WD40 would collect all the residual and cause jamming. I've never had any problem like that. My SKS firing pin has never caused slam fire because of WD40.
 
did a small test on the shellac wood , left it for 5 min and wiped , it seems to have no effect . :rockOn:
 
It'll need more time to eat away at the shellac, anything petroleum based will eat at anything besides metal.

Put a spot on the test spot and leave it for a few months :)
 
I personally use gun oil on my stocks, as I find it's high viscosity helps soak into the wood if it shrinks or expands, should it come into the cold for a long time. Another simple solution is to do as the Russians did, and bathe your rifle in cosmoline :p. A more modest, simple method, is make a little tight crate or drum, and fill it with a mix of motor oil, auto transmission fluid, and anything else. Worst come to worst, you can use a drum of crude oil and add gelatin powder. These are things I've heard in the outback and boonies. A friend's great grandpa brought his Garand home, cleaned the bore out, and dunked it whole into a drum of motor oil. Left it there until just recently, when it was found after buddy poured out the drum. Who knows? Just my two cents.
 
Drachenblut said:
I personally use gun oil on my stocks, as I find it's high viscosity helps soak into the wood if it shrinks or expands, should it come into the cold for a long time. Another simple solution is to do as the Russians did, and bathe your rifle in cosmoline :p. A more modest, simple method, is make a little tight crate or drum, and fill it with a mix of motor oil, auto transmission fluid, and anything else. Worst come to worst, you can use a drum of crude oil and add gelatin powder. These are things I've heard in the outback and boonies. A friend's great grandpa brought his Garand home, cleaned the bore out, and dunked it whole into a drum of motor oil. Left it there until just recently, when it was found after buddy poured out the drum. Who knows? Just my two cents.
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I think thats a little longer than most of us plan to go without shooting, not speaking for the hole digging cashers of corse.
 
WD40 is for displacing water, penetrating and light lubing of rusty hinges and bolts on the back garden gate, it has zero anti rust properties.

It is very wimpy and unstable to heat as well.

I have never seen a firearms that looked good for long after WD40 was used on it as the primary lubricant.

Try G96 or Ballistol instead.
 
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