T56 In Da Wok

[Loose}{Cannon]

Its whats for dinner.  Ramen not included.   

[Power Surge]

Nice...look like 23/24 mil Jianshe....   what's the extra piece over the rear sight area?

[Loose}{Cannon]

Nice...look like 23/24 mil Jianshe....   what's the extra piece over the rear sight area?

Or late m21...  Maybe even your 1980 25m you found. 

Looks to be a sight hood....  Glare

[running-man]

I always love seeing these pics.  Certainly a french tickler handguard and III rear sight leaf on these bad boys.  Seems pretty easy to go from fresh in the crate to ready for action with a book of matches, 2 pots, and a gallon or two of water. 

[John Galt]

He must have been fresh out of brake/oven cleaner!

[carls sks]

enjoyed those pics, thanks for sharing. 

[martin08]

Those are fairly modern pics (see car design).  The guns had been in crates for 30 years or more.

The dudes all seem to have the same facial pox.  Cosmo fumes?  Bad water?

[Phosphorus32]

They need a deeper pot.  I've used the hot water method before but I pour it into a 4" diameter PVC tube capped at one end and only immerse the barreled action and other disassembled metal pieces. I usually add Dawn or another detergent to help disperse the Cosmoline (after skimming the bulk of it off the top).  Then spray down with RemOil after a hot water rinse (outside, because the solvent in the RemOil flashes off). I prefer dry heat for bleeding out the cosmo from the wood.

The dudes all seem to have the same facial pox.  Cosmo fumes?  Bad water?

That's a result of Pixelpox, a very disturbing emerging digital virus transmitted epidermally through the thumbs of digital device users   

[running-man]

Yeah I was going to say they don't even break down the gun, I bet the gas tube and spots between the stock and receiver are still pretty gooey after this process.  No breakdown of the bolt either. 

I wonder if the wood swells much after being bathed like that?  I'm with you Jon, I like dry natural heat (dashboard on the farm truck always does the trick) for sweating my stocks.  I never have to worry about going too far temperature wise (like near a stove or with a heat gun)  As an added bonus, I get to smell the grease for weeks driving around town after I sweat one!   

[Phosphorus32]

... As an added bonus, I get to smell the grease for weeks driving around town after I sweat one!   

  and Cosmoline, or similar preservative greases, are mostly just high boiling hydrocarbons, so no chloracne to worry about 

[newchi]

(dashboard on the farm truck always does the trick) for sweating my stocks.

I always thought that would be best, but havent brought anything during the summer recently

[Loose}{Cannon]

I bet they just boiled off the big stuff and actually 'cleaned' them after the fact.

I saved these pics a few years ago off a page where military guys were talking about some national pride shooting day something or other... They got to break out the old guns and shoot them.