Mosin-Nagant cleaning problem

[emcon5]

My cleaning regiment is completely separating the action from the stock, soaking be magazine follower, ad the bolt head and firing pin in boiling water, then pouring boiling water down the barreled action, then using 1 1/8" patches, putting some hoppe's on a brass brush, then running it down the bore, followed by clean patches until the patches come out clean.

Damn, you do that every time you shoot? That is WAY more than necessary.

 

[tahunua001]

agreed, that set of steps is a MUST for the first couple times just to make sure you got all the cosmoline out but after that, just clean the bolt face, and clean the barrel, bolts don't let any of that crud inside that action or magazine, every once in a while it may be necessary to clean the mag if you live in a sandy/dusty area but given what I've seen of your google earth pic... you don't

 

[Mosin-Marauder]

I'd rather go through the "hassle" of doing all of that ( I kinda enjoy it) than have a) my barrel rust or b) moisture get into the wood.

 

[Heavy Metal 1]

This is all you have to do for corrosive ammo: http://www.empirearms.com/clean.htm

I made a cheap bore guide from a piece of plastic conduit w/ the forward section of 762x54 brass glued in it. I put a small window in it as a solvent port.

 

[emcon5]

Get a turkey baster, you can put the water right down the barrel. ~$5 at most grocery stores.

It can also effect accuracy. It won't go back in the stock the same way each time, and unless you have an inch-lb torque wrench, you won't get the same torque in the screws each time.

Whether or not you would notice in an iron-sighted Mosin is another question, but the inconsistency will be there regardless.