What do you do with your SKS kit?
- Thread starter Mr. Spectacular
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Interesting Eos; yes indeed there is a partition,Icouldn't tell for all the cosmo
Next noob question: any idea as to what manner of alkaline solution and oil the russians issued? Both terms are a bit vauge....gun oil...what is russian gun oil 15w40?
Next noob question: any idea as to what manner of alkaline solution and oil the russians issued? Both terms are a bit vauge....gun oil...what is russian gun oil 15w40?
Next noob question: any idea as to what manner of alkaline solution and oil the russians issued? Both terms are a bit vauge....gun oil...what is russian gun oil 15w40?
Alkaline solution = Windex
The communist russians had access to windex?......and used it to clean rifles in the 50's?....If they had windex I thought they would have distilled it to make Stolly....and ate the potatos?!
....and ate the potatos?!Russian alkaline solution was some sort of oil with added alkali salts. The idea was that it is works good to clean powder residue and, more importantly - corrosive primer residue. The closest analog available here would, probably, be "Ballistol" brand alkaline oil.
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the_snowman1
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- Location
- winnipeg manitoba
I use my cleaning kit, the sling and stripper clips i got with my sks but the ammo pouch i got with mine is from a mosin nagant the place i bought my sks from was supprised they sold one they told me they had 15 for about 5 years now
Thanks Aramir; Any idea as to the gun oil they used?
Just something that was called "gun oil". That's it No brand name, nothing. Im sure there was some technical name or spec name to it, but Im not sure what it was.
There were also 2 variations "normal" one and "light" one. The light one is about twice thinner/lighter than the normal one and was supposed to be used during winter.
No brand name, nothing. Im sure there was some technical name or spec name to it, but Im not sure what it was.There were also 2 variations "normal" one and "light" one. The light one is about twice thinner/lighter than the normal one and was supposed to be used during winter.
I think if you fill "Щ" part with Hoppe's #9 and "H" part with CLP - that would be relatively close to what they had back then. Well - better, probably, since whatever they used for the "Щ" part smelled about twice worse than Hoppe's
Aramir;sounds like you know what you're talking about,retired military? If so, man could I pick your brain. Cyrillic isn't my thing and I would love to know more about my izzy refurb. Pick can be found on this thread{My 54 izzy}. Cheers
Just something that was called "gun oil". That's it
There were also 2 variations "normal" one and "light" one. The light one is about twice thinner/lighter than the normal one and was supposed to be used during winter.
Winter grade was cut with kerosine?
Epps has them (Russian) for $7.00
- Location
- London, Ontario
I use the sling and put the little cleaning thing into the buttstock...the rest gets thrown into the "extra gun stuff" box
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
I made a copy of my registration and keep it in the buttstock with the kit. I actually find that the punch in the kit is the BEST thing for taking off the trigger group when giving the gun a full clean.
I keep my SKS on display, and the oil can and two poutches stay with. When I'm plinking, I have used the pouches to carry clips. They'll hold 4 each I think.
I use a better cleaning kit to keep my SKS looking shiny and working good.
I keep my SKS on display, and the oil can and two poutches stay with. When I'm plinking, I have used the pouches to carry clips. They'll hold 4 each I think.
I use a better cleaning kit to keep my SKS looking shiny and working good.
