The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Just for fun, and out of a bit of curiosity, I scraped off all of the grease that I could from my new M91/30 1937 Tula and put it in an old baby food jar. I used a small wooden stir stick and an old hotel key card. I scraped off all that could be scraped and picked it out of the receiver, bolt, rear sight, magazine and other nooks and crannies. Not as much as I thought there would be, but, quite a bit too.

It's about a quarter of an inch plus. I am guessing that the grease that I wiped off with a rag would probably increase the total by about 25% or so...



Old pics showing the extent of the grease...

Nice Tula! That's a lot of guck.

That nasty old grease worked though, didn't it? I'll take it.

that is not cosmoline, THAT IS VASOLINE!

Looks like a jar of frog $hit.

Looks like the Hex i got from Classic, but more so !!!! As far as putting it in the jar, i think you have a little too much time on your hands !!


Jim

This is a joy that you newer collectors have to deal with, five years back the rifles were coming out of the crates lightly oiled, or even dry, preserved in the crates with desiccant paper. The only time I saw a mess like this was with a Turk Mauser, and even they were not so.....wet.

You think that rifle was bad, I have a Greek return 03' Springfield that came from the cmp..... You wanna talk about grease, lets just put it this way, I had to go get a spoon to find the bolt handle, not to mention, to get the bolt out

I'm sorry but that pic with the jar and what's in it just doesn't look right for this forum. Looks like a crap sample too me

Who is the importer..... CAI???

I believe CAI will clean and regrease the rifle after their inspection and stamp

Yep. it's from CAI.

And it's not so much that I have too much time on my hands rideandslidejim, I'm taking my time because once I finish this one, I'll be sniffing around the 'net, the gun show this weekend and my LGSs for another one! I'm trying to make this dose 'o mosin last...

websterz wrote:Looks like a jar of frog $hit.

It might look like $hit, but millman wants it. I'm selling it to him for .29 cents plus $49.71 shipping and handling

websterz wrote:Looks like a jar of frog $hit.

So that's what frog shit looks like.

cjsimoh wrote:

websterz wrote:Looks like a jar of frog $hit.

It might look like $hit, but millman wants it. I'm selling it to him for .29 cents plus $49.71 shipping and handling

He'll probably use it to lube his spindle...if ya' know what I mean...and I believe you do...

Hey cjsimoh, If you can sell that jar to millman I might be tempted to part with my jar of bellybutton lint.

Can i see a picture of your rear sight please?

FINNADDICT wrote:I'm sorry but that pic with the jar and what's in it just doesn't look right for this forum. Looks like a crap sample too me

If someone is shitting that out I hate to think of what they ate.

Celt wrote:Can i see a picture of your rear sight please?

I forgot this one.

buddhaboy wrote:Hey cjsimoh, If you can sell that jar to millman I might be tempted to part with my jar of bellybutton lint.

Frog shit grease AND belly button lint. Holy shit. It is Christmas in May.