Yugoslavian SKS Cherry GSO

[owenj492]

Picked this up today, not sure if this is dried cosmoline or some kind of clear coat on the metal, mineral spirits did nothing, but Big Frontier 45 and CLP and elbow grease removed most of it:

[owenj492]

Gunbroker pictures prior to me taking it apart.....

[carls sks]

nice, thanks for sharing Owen. 

[owenj492]

nice, thanks for sharing Owen. 

Thanks! Upon further inspection, it seems to be dried cosmoline, never dealt with "dried" cosmoline before, pain in the butt to remove!

She's a beauty, perfect match to my other Cherry 1987 Yugo!

[Bob_The_Student]

 

[Cupid]

Looks nice and shiny.    What did it set you back ?

[Greatguns]

Very nice M59/66A1 you picked up there Owen. I always liked the inventory Cherry's has had over the years. Hard to beat.

[owenj492]

Very nice M59/66A1 you picked up there Owen. I always liked the inventory Cherry's has had over the years. Hard to beat.

Thank you!

[Greatguns]

Looking at the before pics again, it almost looks like varnish, shellac, or maybe even gym seal(which is made for wood floors and very hard to remove)

I wasn't paying attention before, but I have never seen an OEM Yugo of any flavor that had anything but oil on the stock and never shiny like that. Not saying I've seen every single Yugo in the country though.

[owenj492]

I forgot to update that it is dried cosmoline, it will need to be heated with a heat gun or maybe hair dryer to remove, I haven't done anything to it other than seal it in a rust proof bag for storage, some time in the future I will dig it out and remove the dried cosmoline, I did clean it because a prior owner fired it and did not clean the residue from firing the weapon.

[Greatguns]

I forgot to update that it is dried cosmoline, it will need to be heated with a heat gun or maybe hair dryer to remove, I haven't done anything to it other than seal it in a rust proof bag for storage, some time in the future I will dig it out and remove the dried cosmoline, I did clean it because a prior owner fired it and did not clean the residue from firing the weapon.

Did you try brake cleaner? I use that all the time to get cosmoline off, may suck some of your bluing out though if you use too much.

[owenj492]

I have not used brake cleaner yet.....I dug it out (rifle) and started with a heat gun on the receiver cover, removed most of it, then used Big 45 Frontier and oil and helped a lot....also got it off one end of the gas tube, being very gentle due to it is a Cherry GSO!