I finally had the cosmo caked Yugo cleaned and took it out in the snow this weekend for some cold weather fun. It works splendidly. Here it is in all its freshly cleaned glory.
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Definitely a beaut Shotz! thumb1 How do you find shooting a Yugo vs. another variant w/o the G/L? Some guys love them and some guys wind up hating them. Then there are other guys like me that only have time to look at our rifles and never actually shoot them! cry2
Never shoot them? What does that even mean LOL. I don't mind the G/L personally. At least it didn't make much difference in how it shoots vs. the 2 chinese that I have. I will say its not quite as accurate as those 2 are which did surprise me. Regardless, I still love it and don't regret getting it.
I had to double take at the trigger guard. I think a drunk assembly line tech screwed you out of an all matching rifle by one digit. Beautiful Yugo. Great wear to it.
Thanks! Yeah I wasn't real happy about it but I'll forgive them. I like it as its screwed up self and you're right, he was probably loaded. If anyone ever sees that trigger guard, I'll trade w/ them haha.
I have an Enfield like that. All matching except the bolt handle, which has the last two digits reversed. It is a refurb though, so I'm sure the tech just stamped in the wrong order haha.
Have yo noticed those ports in the gl make it louder from the shooters position compared to a standard sks?
Nice Yugoslavian! thumb1 Cosmoline soaked elm keeps the moisture from the snow out :)
I've seen quite a few examples of different rifles -- even German Mausers Blicero :o -- with single digit mismatched parts.
Dragoslav (thinking): "Was that grab right, install left...or grab left, install right...aw, the heck with it" bat1 rofl
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on February 22, 2016, 12:10:48 PM
Have yo noticed those ports in the gl make it louder from the shooters position compared to a standard sks?
It didn't seem any louder to me. Of course it could have been excitement blocking any extra noise but I don't think so.
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on February 22, 2016, 12:39:13 PM
Nice Yugoslavian! thumb1 Cosmoline soaked elm keeps the moisture from the snow out :)
I've seen quite a few examples of different rifles -- even German Mausers Blicero :o -- with single digit mismatched parts.
Dragoslav (thinking): "Was that grab right, install left...or grab left, install right...aw, the heck with it" bat1 rofl
Thanks Phos. It got a nice little rub down for good measure when I got home just in case it was moistened LOL. I wonder what sort of refreshments they had for lunch?
I like the color of the wood. The 59/66 looks tough and rugged. Nice going great catch
Nice one man, looks to be in great shape, I think the trigger mismatch is neat... don't see that everyday!!
Congrats.
Thanks. I was surprised at how nice it was. I was lucky at something finally. The color of the wood is perfect! I had contemplated selling it but I've fallen for it and am just holding tight on the other thing I wanted to do.
I think a cosmo soaked stock makes the best finish. ;)
Can Phos add any scientific input to the pros/cons of this?
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on February 23, 2016, 07:11:22 PM
I think a cosmo soaked stock makes the best finish. ;)
Can Phos add any scientific input to the pros/cons of this?
It's just another type of oil "finish" so it's hydrophobic, in other words, repels moisture. It'll help keep water off from the outside, and help retain the normal 7-15% moisture found in "dry" wood inside. It's petroleum derived so it's somewhat similar to mineral oil, just not as highly refined and bleached and therefore has the brownish amber color. Ballistol is a secret formula but I think that was coal oil derived so it should have some very similar chemicals in it. Cosmoline is non-hardening, unlike the plant oils, tung and linseed, so it can always be bled out by heat or leached out by dissolving it with mineral spirits or something similar. However, once Cosmoline, or Tectyl 502C like the Yugoslavians use, is applied to a stock, you'll never get 100% of it out of the wood :)
Will it have any negative effects on the wood over time?
Quote from: Shotz90s on February 24, 2016, 05:54:50 PM
Will it have any negative effects on the wood over time?
I can't see much in the way of negatives. The oil can allow dirt to stick and get rubbed in but not a big problem for most of us who aren't on battlefields but going to the range or out in the woods and can clean our firearms after quite easily. It also has the likely benefit of inhibiting fungal/bacterial growth on the wood, both because the hydrocarbons are not good growth substrates for microbes and also because they prevent absorption of water which is the key issue in microbial destruction of wood; without water, microbes cannot grow.
Cosmo wood is gooooooooooood. dance2
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on February 24, 2016, 07:55:29 PM
Cosmo wood is gooooooooooood. dance2
Serbian trench perfume. :P
Hey hey... No sniffing. Just licking! bat1
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Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on February 25, 2016, 01:14:29 PM
Hey hey... No sniffing. Just licking! bat1
Whoa.....wood licker, like those rifles, the manlickers.. chuckles1 rofl2 rofl rofl
Quote from: Shotz90s on February 25, 2016, 07:30:12 AM
My wood shall stay cosmos'd! It smells good that way. rofl
As a self-affirmed rifle-licker myself (I've always taken this term to mean "one who licks his rifles instead of shoots them"), the big downside I see is the fact that the cosmo on a stock tends to slough off at the most inopportune times. You can't shoot it because the heat will melt the stuff and it will come off and get you & your clothes filthy. You can't have it out at the range on a sunny day because the sun will melt the stuff and it will come off and get you & your car/shooting bench filthy. You can't lay it down most places in your house because movement will melt the stuff and it will come off and get you and your carpet/furniture/dining room table filthy.
Even with stocks that I've 'cleaned' with the trash bag/dashboard method, the stuff still tends to ooze out in small amounts over time especially during temperature fluctuations and I find I have to wash my hands after handling more than a couple because I can feel that greasy layer on my fingertips. I will admit that the stuff works well though! thumb1
Thats how you know its milsurp.... Feel the ooze.. Feel the ooze
I usually cook it out now by gentle heating in a 180F oven (while my wife is away). Even after a dozen cycles of heating and wiping there is still plenty of Cosmoline left in the stock. I mean, wood is a bundle of hollow fibers so once you've applied something to it you are never going to leach 100% of it out. At least it doesn't bleed out easily on a warm day or after firing a few rounds (well, maybe the handguard will still bleed a bit).
Thats one thing I always found kind of interesting, oil on the stock or oil soaked wood in this instance lasts and lasts, yet oil soaked wood used for crib blocks and get exposed to alot of petroleum oils and grease gets soft, breaks down, falls apart and starts to deteriorate rather quickly.
I love the smell of Cosmo on a warm sunny day. It smells of a good bargain and years of enjoyment. ;)