SS Mauser experts: Is this the single rune??
- Thread starter J996
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I always get a kick out of the purists here who don't even clean their rifles for fear of removing the 'original dirt'. If wood finishes aren't re-done every once and a while, the wood will deteriorate with time. Then the rifle will truly be useless.
The second I buy an RC Masuer, that shellac is coming right off, to be replaced with a German equivalent finish. Who cares if some armourer slathered shellac and cosmo all over a weapon in a depot after the war was over?
Some of you guys are so anal retentive....
The second I buy an RC Masuer, that shellac is coming right off, to be replaced with a German equivalent finish. Who cares if some armourer slathered shellac and cosmo all over a weapon in a depot after the war was over?
Some of you guys are so anal retentive....
No one here is talking about not cleaning a rifle. And the wood will not "deteriorate over time" if its not refinished. It will deteriorate from refinishing.
Who cares if a German armourer slathered it with motor oil when the war was going on? Your reasoning is deeply flawed and seems to show an ethnic preference for historical items... which is just bizarre.
Please tell me you're being sarcastic....
So when the crappy Russian shellac peels and falls off with time, it's a good idea to leave the wood exposed to the elements?
Please tell me you're being sarcastic....
So when the crappy Russian shellac peels and falls off with time, it's a good idea to leave the wood exposed to the elements?
The elements? Your gun safe? If you're going to leave it outside in the rain and snow perhaps you should put a synthetic stock on it. Even if you take it out into "the elements" a proper cleaning/drying off will be more than sufficient. The stock is already oiled under the shellac.
