Its not that bad a recoil. Or to tell you the truth I dont mind recoil one bit. But What I did Was stole some of my moms hairdryers ( hehe) and Ran A bath Of Hot HOT HOT!! water and Took all the metal parts and threw them in the scalding water. After the water cooled to flesh-freindly temperatures, but was still fairly hot, I ran some patches through it, and I scrubbed the bore with a sponge and some paper towels and ect. Then I let It sit more And repeated. I had made Russian Cosmoliner soup. My mom Was so confused. Lol. Then I Took all the parts out. And I cant stress this part to you enough. DRY IT! let blowdryers just do their thing, and Get all the water out of every crack and crevice, and everything. NO WATER! Then let it cool. Those blow dryers get that metal really hot. I returned my moms hairdryers, and she was still like "***?!?!" And I reassembled the rifle. At that point I Gave it a good coat of REM OIL. (Precious REM OIL!! MUST HAVE!!!) And Called it a night. My bolt is smooth(ish) and NO sticky Cartridges! Try 7.62x54r.net/ It is probally the best place to start. And for gods sake. Check Your headspacing, And dont Baby or Bubba her. ( I feel like an overprotective father as his daughter steps out the door on a date. eh.) But anyways. Have fun, cause once you smell that cosmoliner your in for life.