I got a thing

"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword) 03/06/2017 at 19:36 • Filed to: None

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an old thing that go boom.

Guess the gun and win nothing! nerd!

Also congrats, apparently you can read.

Is in very, very nice shape overall. Some dings, but a numbers matching gun. Cleaning rod was MIA. Bore looks good if I had any idea what a good bore was supposed to look like. How much for an un-issued 60+year old gun? 270$ shipped.

I’ll post pics once I get the thing cleaned and all this crud off. The cosmoline isnt goo so much as it has solidified. Gonna be a pain in the ass to get off.

crowmolly > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 19:40

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k98. Turkish? Yugo?

CaptDale - is secretly British > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 19:41

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Mosin Nagant.

Best way to get the cosmoline off.

2 very large black trash bags and 2 newspapers

Take gun apart and separate wood and metal parts

Separate all the pages of the pares and fill the bags with 1 papers worth each

Lay the wood pats on top of the paper in one bag and the metal in the other and tie the bags shut.

Leave pieces in bags (paper side down) on the dash of your vehicle on a few sunny days. Cosmoline will heat up and be absorbed by the newspaper.

Repeat if necessary.

This technique and 880 rounds through my 91-30 and I still get a little cosmoline smell.

My bird IS the word > crowmolly 03/06/2017 at 19:41

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Yugo.

Trunk Impaired 318 > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 19:42

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Un-issued Mosin. That’s awesome. And have fun with the cosmoline, it took me about 6 months to actually get rid of the final trace of that stuff. They are hilariously fun to shoot though.

wiffleballtony > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 19:44

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Mauser?

whoarder is tellurium > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 19:44

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Cosmoline: The unwanted gift that keeps on giving.

Congrats on the raifu!

My bird IS the word > Trunk Impaired 318 03/06/2017 at 19:45

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Its a yugo built mauser, but yea. I shot my friend’s springfield 1903 and I had to have one.

My bird IS the word > wiffleballtony 03/06/2017 at 19:46

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Yup

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 19:47

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Something like this or an old Lee Enfield or Mosin is something I wouldn’t mind having someday to take to the range!

I also wouldn’t mind having something oddball like a French MAS-36 (which I grew to like after playing countless hours of ‘Hidden and Dangerous II -Sabre Squadron’ with friends throughout my early university years)!

My bird IS the word > whoarder is tellurium 03/06/2017 at 19:47

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Either the best first gun ever or the worst. Had to get one while they could still be had for cheap.

My bird IS the word > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 03/06/2017 at 19:51

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The yugo mauser pattern guns are great, still cheap, but ammo is a bitch. mosins are still cheap, just not as cheap as they used to be, I just wasn’t feeling it. Everything else has gotten so damn expensive that i just felt like I should get something before the supplies run out and they become arbitrarily expensive. These guns are cool, but no way in hell would I pay over a grand for one.

whoarder is tellurium > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 19:53

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First gun eh? Interesting choice.

Be sure to drill the 4 gun handling basics into your head.

Look up Jeff Cooper.

wiffleballtony > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 20:01

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Why are mil surp so expensive now

Trunk Impaired 318 > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 20:02

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Damn, I just associate cosmoline with Mosins. I thought it looked off, but that’s significantly cooler!

My bird IS the word > wiffleballtony 03/06/2017 at 20:21

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Obama.

Supplies are starting to dwindle. CMP has run out of both springfields and m1 garands, quality mosins are less common, I am pretty sure Lee Enfields have always been expensive. Good papered k98s have always been rare. Lack of availability is funneling buyers towards remaining rifles. Personally I would have rather had a 1903 but they are now over 1000$

My bird IS the word > whoarder is tellurium 03/06/2017 at 20:22

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will do.

My bird IS the word > Trunk Impaired 318 03/06/2017 at 20:24

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Yeah these yugos might as well be brand new K98s, nearly identical. The war they were built for never happened. I am pretty stoked.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 20:24

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There’s a turn of the century Swedish Mauser in pretty good shape in a local pawn shop (or was), but I haven’t lost my marbles and splurged because 1920s shotguns are life.

wiffleballtony > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 20:28

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I kept telling myself I’d pick up a sub $100 Mosin from Big 5 some day. Those days are long past and I missed the boat.

Ironically AR15 are now going sub $400.

My bird IS the word > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/06/2017 at 20:43

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It’s weird, I am not like this about any other antique gun, I just really wanted a bolt gun.

Viggen > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 20:44

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Congrats on joining the Mauser club. I’ve got a 1918 Kar98 AZ myself.

My bird IS the word > wiffleballtony 03/06/2017 at 20:45

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Gun prices are just getting silly. That would be like a model T selling for more than a brand new ferrari.
 

Viggen > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 20:45

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CMP still has Garands. The question is do you want to pay for them?

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > whoarder is tellurium 03/06/2017 at 20:47

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A gun is always loaded.

Never point it at anything you’re not willing to destroy.

Always be aware of what’s behind your target.

Finger outside the trigger guard until you’re ready to fire.

My bird IS the word > Viggen 03/06/2017 at 20:47

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zis ist ein superior deustch design! Made by friggin commies.

whoarder is tellurium > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 03/06/2017 at 20:47

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Amen.

My bird IS the word > Viggen 03/06/2017 at 20:49

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Arent they junk like garands that survived ww2 and korea but somehow never got refurbished? All the vids I watched showed empty shelves.

Viggen > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 20:52

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Ist inferior produkt of Yugoreich!

Viggen > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 20:55

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One I’m looking at getting has “strong pitting” on the reciever by the wood. But I’d rather get one with some issues that I could get taken care of over time rather than paying a premium or one of the M1C or M1D snipers that CMP has for sale. 

My bird IS the word > Viggen 03/06/2017 at 20:55

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My bird IS the word > Viggen 03/06/2017 at 20:57

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At least gun restoration is easier than car restoration.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 21:03

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For both the Iver Johnson and the Auto 5, I had a strong “Come to Butthead” reaction. Most of the time, not so much.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/06/2017 at 21:05

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6.5x55 Mauser is best Mauser.

crowmolly > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 21:16

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ww2 and korea but somehow

Funny you mention Korea and Garands...

Alfalfa > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 21:25

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Yay, Mauser!

Axial > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 21:34

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Mmmm, Mauser.

What I really want to get is a Swiss Vetterli. Utterly fascinating rifle. Winchester action...but turn-bolt. Black-powder, but with cartridges. 10-round capacity at a time when everybody was more or less still stuck at one. Positively space-age compared to the muzzle-loading rifles that were in vogue the same decade it came out.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > crowmolly 03/06/2017 at 22:46

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GAAAAAAAAH...

E90M3 > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 22:47

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Nice, my dad has a German K98K, only downside to that is it’s not numbers matching. I’ve got a Mosin M44, they’re fun to shoot.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 03/06/2017 at 22:50

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#4's paraphrase “keep the booger hook off the bang switch” is one of my favorite things to pronounce solemnly.

BorkBorkBjork > My bird IS the word 03/06/2017 at 22:57

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Ah the Mauser Action. Good for everything, except winning World Wars.

(I’m a Mosin Owner)

My bird IS the word > E90M3 03/07/2017 at 00:17

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Don’t worry too much about the 98k, from what I understand most aren’t numbers matching.

My bird IS the word > BorkBorkBjork 03/07/2017 at 00:21

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Good enough for the u.s army to rip it off :)

I debated a mosin but I just don’t like the look of them. Just couldn’t pass up a “like new” gun.

E90M3 > My bird IS the word 03/07/2017 at 00:50

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It’s because it a Russian capture gun, most k98s aren’t matching.

My bird IS the word > E90M3 03/07/2017 at 00:52

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Makes it easier to enjoy rather that worrying about collector value I think.

E90M3 > My bird IS the word 03/07/2017 at 00:55

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Only problem is some of the parts don’t fit together as well as they should. My mosin is numbers matching since the Russians won the war.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/07/2017 at 09:26

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I’mma steal that one.

BorkBorkBjork > My bird IS the word 03/07/2017 at 10:26

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Oh yea, Mosin’s are rough. Mine has a minute barrel bulge that prevents the bayonet from being completely mounted (I like to think it occured at Stalingrad when some young Soviet pushed the rifle into a Wehrmact soldiers belly and pulled the trigger), but is still accurate and dependable. I’m looking into buying a few more relics to add to my collection, might grab a K98 or a SMLE next.

crowmolly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/07/2017 at 10:41

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I’m just sayin.

You know.

Just sayin’.

Rykilla303 > My bird IS the word 03/07/2017 at 11:50

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Not sure what the laws are in your area... but colorado (where i am) it’s legal to have a gun in your car.

After an initial cleaning, I put my mosin (taken apart) in the trunk for a few days in the hot summer and bundled up in paper towels, that absorbed all the left over cosmoline. (yeah, your’s is a mauser, but the technique should work still)

My bird IS the word > Rykilla303 03/07/2017 at 14:09

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I got a heat gun, just going to take my time with it. Not in a hurry, ammo is expensive:(

JohnH3ASP > My bird IS the word 03/16/2017 at 22:54

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What gun is that? I don’t know guns that well but... Mosin Nagant?

Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? > My bird IS the word 04/17/2017 at 15:04

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I have some really good oil for that thing.

My bird IS the word > Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? 04/17/2017 at 16:09

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I like that you can use synthetic motor oil, I can combine my hobbies.

Ironic you commented today, I just bought a shotgun.

Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? > My bird IS the word 04/17/2017 at 19:35

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I use Muscle Products FP10. It is phenomenal.

My bird IS the word > Autophile412 - what's the world got in store? 04/17/2017 at 19:41

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I’ll keep it in mind. I am trying to do things on the cheap right now.