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I just picked this up on Friday. Haven't had a chance to get it out yet.


I resorted to acetone to get the cosmoline off mine, it was a pain! Pick up some Sweet's 7.62 and get used to swabbing the bore. These guns stay dirty.
By the way- my Mosin used to be hard to cycle when using surplus ammo, the bolt would not want to move after firing. Last trip to the range I fired some Prvi Partizan brass ammo and it worked like a champ. Seemed to group better than surplus too, although it's no tack driver.
Polishing the chamber will usually take care of the brass sticking.I resorted to acetone to get the cosmoline off mine, it was a pain! Pick up some Sweet's 7.62 and get used to swabbing the bore. These guns stay dirty.
By the way- my Mosin used to be hard to cycle when using surplus ammo, the bolt would not want to move after firing. Last trip to the range I fired some Prvi Partizan brass ammo and it worked like a champ. Seemed to group better than surplus too, although it's no tack driver.
Get a surplus sling and plenty of ammo.
I would leave the finish alone too.
Shoot it and enjoy! :mrgreen: