My Mosin was Hissing at ME!!!!!

F1609 · 04-30-2008, 09:45 PM

I guess she doesn't like shooting cinders and red bricks..... After I got done she started to hiss at me! At first I thought it was the wind but put my ear next to the rear sight/handgaurd and heard hissing. Ya, five deep cleanings, steaming the stock, boiling the metal parts, the dang old cosmoline is still there!!!! You gotta hate this stuff. I guess I'll take the rear sight off AGAIN and clean some parts around there....

squirrelbaster · 04-30-2008, 09:49 PM

gotta ether love it or hate it...... i cant seem to make up my mind.....

F1609 · 04-30-2008, 09:52 PM

it's definately a love hate thing, you love shooting her, but then cuss her out when the secret cosmo boils onto your fingers....

Geo M44 · 04-30-2008, 09:55 PM

Cleaning metal, mineral spirits.

If the stock won't clean then it may be time for a strippin'.

F1609 · 04-30-2008, 09:59 PM

I've tried everything, there is NO cosmo on the rifle. But the stock has it in there, stripped it once and steamed it out for a long time. I've refinished it since but now I said screw it, the hissing adds character to my rifle. Sorta like it's talking to me. Aren't they supposed to talk to you?

lefty o · 04-30-2008, 10:03 PM

you'll never get all the cosmoline out. ive got a k98 mauser i just love to pound 20 or 30 rnds thru it fast, and watch the cosmoline bubble out of the pores in the wood.

F1609 · 04-30-2008, 10:09 PM

lol i think the best way to get the cosmoline out of it is to just shoot the guns, I get more out that way than by just cleaning them!

jpwilly · 04-30-2008, 10:25 PM

Hair Dryer, heat gun, oven, the ARIZONA SUN...all have helped me get cosmoline out of a stock or two.

Geo M44 · 04-30-2008, 10:52 PM

Dawn Power Desolver. But then you will have to refinish it... as it strips everything... the finish and the cosmolene. On the upside there is usually some nice wood under that arsenal "refinish".

billy · 04-30-2008, 11:02 PM

i just wipe em down whenever i notice it a bubblin up like texas tea.

SwedeSteve · 04-30-2008, 11:56 PM

Lick it off, what you waitin' on?

marion57 · 05-01-2008, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SwedeSteve

Lick it off, what you waitin' on?

mmmmmmmmmm yummy !

R5CYA · 05-01-2008, 01:05 AM

if you haven't got mosinitis allready, that'll give it to you for sure!

Capt'n Mil Coll · 05-01-2008, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by F1609

I guess she doesn't like shooting cinders and red bricks..... After I got done she started to hiss at me! At first I thought it was the wind but put my ear next to the rear sight/handgaurd and heard hissing. Ya, five deep cleanings, steaming the stock, boiling the metal parts, the dang old cosmoline is still there!!!! You gotta hate this stuff. I guess I'll take the rear sight off AGAIN and clean some parts around there....

A rattler mosin. Hope it dont bite ya.

sean46953 · 05-01-2008, 03:14 AM

I'm not sure anyone has ever gotten all the cosmo outta a mil-surp rifle yet! i know that my 91/30 that I've been shooting for almost 6 years now still gets me sticky after a good day of shooting. lol Just the way that goes though. not to mention, I've come to expect it from my rifles and feel that I would be lost if they didn't leak on me...lol

LefthandShooter · 05-01-2008, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by F1609

Sorta like it's talking to me. Aren't they supposed to talk to you?

I talk to mine but they seldom answer.

texnmidwest · 05-01-2008, 05:54 AM

I talk to mine too. I do get answers but WOW are they loud!!

Mike82 · 05-01-2008, 06:41 AM

ROFL....loud?!? what??? i cant hear you <grabs headset/microfone> WHAT DID YOU SAY??? oh....well, you dont have to yell!!!!

CalifgirlinOk · 05-01-2008, 06:44 AM

Hissing at you?? Well as long as it doesn't bite and claw..!!!

SwedeSteve · 05-01-2008, 06:51 AM

She's not hissing! She's blowing in your ear!

04-30-2008, 09:45 PM	#1
F1609 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Medina, Ohio Posts: 201 Trader Rating: (0)	My Mosin was Hissing at ME!!!!! I guess she doesn't like shooting cinders and red bricks..... After I got done she started to hiss at me! At first I thought it was the wind but put my ear next to the rear sight/handgaurd and heard hissing. Ya, five deep cleanings, steaming the stock, boiling the metal parts, the dang old cosmoline is still there!!!! You gotta hate this stuff. I guess I'll take the rear sight off AGAIN and clean some parts around there....

04-30-2008, 09:49 PM	#2
squirrelbaster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,074 Trader Rating: (0)	gotta ether love it or hate it...... i cant seem to make up my mind..... __________________ "My Shotgun SAYS I AM the POLICE !"--Mooseman684 "I like Turtles!" youtube kid

04-30-2008, 09:55 PM	#4
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 2,033 Trader Rating: (0)	Cleaning metal, mineral spirits. If the stock won't clean then it may be time for a strippin'. __________________ Remember when seconds count... the police are only minutes away.

04-30-2008, 10:52 PM	#9
Geo M44 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Desert Posts: 2,033 Trader Rating: (0)	Dawn Power Desolver. But then you will have to refinish it... as it strips everything... the finish and the cosmolene. On the upside there is usually some nice wood under that arsenal "refinish". __________________ Remember when seconds count... the police are only minutes away.

04-30-2008, 11:02 PM	#10
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 10,865 Trader Rating: (0)	i just wipe em down whenever i notice it a bubblin up like texas tea. __________________ i'll keep an eye out for ya!

04-30-2008, 09:52 PM	#3
F1609 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Medina, Ohio Posts: 201 Trader Rating: (0)	it's definately a love hate thing, you love shooting her, but then cuss her out when the secret cosmo boils onto your fingers....

04-30-2008, 09:59 PM	#5
F1609 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Medina, Ohio Posts: 201 Trader Rating: (0)	I've tried everything, there is NO cosmo on the rifle. But the stock has it in there, stripped it once and steamed it out for a long time. I've refinished it since but now I said screw it, the hissing adds character to my rifle. Sorta like it's talking to me. Aren't they supposed to talk to you?

04-30-2008, 10:03 PM	#6
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,695 Trader Rating: (0)	you'll never get all the cosmoline out. ive got a k98 mauser i just love to pound 20 or 30 rnds thru it fast, and watch the cosmoline bubble out of the pores in the wood.

04-30-2008, 10:09 PM	#7
F1609 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Medina, Ohio Posts: 201 Trader Rating: (0)	lol i think the best way to get the cosmoline out of it is to just shoot the guns, I get more out that way than by just cleaning them!

04-30-2008, 10:25 PM	#8
jpwilly Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 70 Trader Rating: (0)	Hair Dryer, heat gun, oven, the ARIZONA SUN...all have helped me get cosmoline out of a stock or two.

04-30-2008, 11:56 PM	#11
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,178 Trader Rating: (0)	Lick it off, what you waitin' on? __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

05-01-2008, 01:05 AM	#13
R5CYA Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Bruno, Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 435 Trader Rating: (0)	if you haven't got mosinitis allready, that'll give it to you for sure! __________________ Soylent Green is people!!!! (Charlton Heston)

05-01-2008, 03:14 AM	#15
sean46953 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Marion, Indiana Posts: 357 Trader Rating: (0)	I'm not sure anyone has ever gotten all the cosmo outta a mil-surp rifle yet! i know that my 91/30 that I've been shooting for almost 6 years now still gets me sticky after a good day of shooting. lol Just the way that goes though. not to mention, I've come to expect it from my rifles and feel that I would be lost if they didn't leak on me...lol __________________ http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...00_0535100.jpgSean M. Hartman

05-01-2008, 05:54 AM	#17
texnmidwest Senior Bear Fluffer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,037 Trader Rating: (0)	I talk to mine too. I do get answers but WOW are they loud!! __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

05-01-2008, 06:41 AM	#18
Mike82 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi USA Posts: 822 Trader Rating: (0)	ROFL....loud?!? what??? i cant hear you <grabs headset/microfone> WHAT DID YOU SAY??? oh....well, you dont have to yell!!!! __________________ No Trespassing! Violators Will Be Shot! Survivors Will Be Shot Again!

05-01-2008, 06:44 AM	#19
CalifgirlinOk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,321 Trader Rating: (0)	Hissing at you?? Well as long as it doesn't bite and claw..!!! __________________ "Most of the troubles in the world is caused by people wanting to be important". T.S.Eliot

05-01-2008, 06:51 AM	#20
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,178 Trader Rating: (0)	She's not hissing! She's blowing in your ear! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers