The Tokarev ammo and spare magazines that I ordered came today. Holy moly. The mags were *packed* with brown cosmolene and wrapped in greasy waxed paper. I've got most of it out with gasoline and a chip brush, then a blast of cmpressed air. But how to really get them clean without taking them apart?
If I put them on a piece of newspaper and slowly heat with a hair dryer, will the stuff melt and drip out? (I don't want to hurt the spring with too much heat.) I could also use boiling water or my wife's steam-jet cleaner if that would work better.
Or I could soak them in some clean gasoline...
If I put them on a piece of newspaper and slowly heat with a hair dryer, will the stuff melt and drip out? (I don't want to hurt the spring with too much heat.) I could also use boiling water or my wife's steam-jet cleaner if that would work better.
Or I could soak them in some clean gasoline...