Mosin Nagant cleaning tips?

Question

I just turned 18 and purchased my first firearm, a 91/30 mosin nagant. Ive disassembled it and removed the cosmoline and reassembled it im just wondering how to generally clean it after shooting. I plan on using corrosive surplus ammo. Ive heard about putting windex on a brush and scraping the bore out? Not really sure what to do, So any info would be appreciated. Tips, Products, and just basic cleaning instructions not necessarily corrosive cleaning only :)

Answer 1

Look don't listen to guys that say NOT to put water down the barrel. In order to clean the corrosive salts, I have three Mosins, this is the way I clean them.



1. Use water and a little bit of bar soap dissolved in the water. I swab the barrel a couple of times to soak it. Then I run clean water patches until the patch come out somewhat clean. This just gets the salt out. Then run patches until it's dry.



2. Clean it like any normal gun with Hopps No. 9, Break free etc.



3. Secret cleaning method, try this on your first cleaning before you fire the rife for the first time. I leanred this after four years of cleaning these guys.



After you clean it good I mean really good for the first time. take brake parts cleaner and shoot it down the barrel from the receiver until it comes out the front. You want to soak it for about a minute. Then run your patches until they come out clean. You will see the barrel sparkle after that. Then just oil her up. It will shoot straighter.

Answer 2

Mosin Nagant Oil Can

Answer 3

Hello,



When you initially receive it, it will likely have a thick brown grease covering it.



I like grease cutting detergent like Dawn and others, along with hot water, to remove this.



Afterward, clean and oil thoroughly.



As for the stock, wrap it up in newspaper and set it on a heater or even put it in a car trunk during the summer. The cosmoline will sweat out. The rest will come out as you shoot it, so keep a roll of paper towels handy for the first couple range sessions.



If you are shooting military surplus, realize that the primers produce potassium chloride, a salt, when they ignite. This attracts moisture and will cause rust. You must clean right away.



A good cleaning as you would normally give it is all that's usually required. However, some folks feel better using a bit of soap or Windex first to clean the salts. (You will hear that Windex somehow "neutralizes" the salts; this simply is not true. It cleans it out like dishwater would).



If I feel the need to put water down my barrel, it's a patch soaked in dishwater followed by a patch or three dipped in regular water to rinse the soap as soap left on will cause rust, too!



After the initial cleaning with hot water to help dissolve the cosmoline, do not use hot water. Use tepid or cold water as hot water will cause flash rust.



Be sure to clean from the breech, and don't over clean. I've seen more guns cleaned to death than shot to death!



Regards,



Josh Smith

Smith-Sights.com

Answer 4

I use copious amounts of Kroil, combined with a .30 cal BRONZE brush. You may certainly use a nylon brush if you wish. (I've never seen a copper brush, and wouldn't put one in any bore of mine) I use a bore guide, and give it five good strokes, in both directions. (This is a Mosin Nagant. I've seen people scrub the bores with Comet. :-) )



Then I run patches through it until they are DRY.



Repeat with the brush, after cleaning it, then run more patches until the patches come out clean.



Be sure to keep the chamber scrubbed out too. Otherwise you'll likely experience 'sticky bolt'.





ATTN: Your rifle hasn't been fired yet. CLEAN IT REALLY WELL before you shoot it. The heat will turn any cosmoline into a varnish that's near impossible to get off. PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE CHAMBER AND BORE.

Answer 5

You should be able to find a Hoppe's or Winchester Cleaning kit of .30 caliber rifles..this will do the trick. You need solvent like Hoppe's #9 and oil like Hoppe's or Rem oil. Take out the bolt. Take patches, inset them into the rod accessory, dip them in solvent, run it through the bore from where the bolt sits. Then run dry patches until there is little to no residue on the patches. Run oil over all of the metal surfaces and then wipe down the rifle. When you wipe it down, you are only trying to remove most of the oil.



Very important that you clean it immediately after using milsurp ammo. The corrosive effects begin immediately and within 2-3 days your rifle can be infested with rust on any metal surface that came in contact with the powder in the ammo (bolt, breach, barrel, etc).

Answer 6

Corrosive ammo requires a water based solution to dissolve the corrosive deposits left behind after firing. Non-corrosive ammo does not.



Windex, very hot water, lukewarm water, cold water, all work. You can remove the bolt and hose it down the barrel, or soak patches and run them down the barrel. Then use some patches to dry the bore. (Very hot water evaporates easily, so does Windex.)



Then you will clean with whatever you normally choose to use. (If you are firing non-corrosive ammo, you can skip the water down the barrel bath.) You can use solvent & finish with oil, or use an all-in-one cleaner/preservative. I use BreakFree CLP. It cleans and prevents corrosion, aka rust. When done running patches, or bore brush then patches, run one last dry patch so the bore isn't dripping with oil.



The bolt doesn't need any lubricant to speak of. A little bit of oil or BreakFree CLP will prevent rust and allow it to move a bit more smoothly.

Answer 7

I have six Mosins, three Mausers, an AK47, a CZ 52 and an M57 Tokarev which I all regularly shoot corrosive ammo and I NEVER use Windex (nor did any of Armies who used these weapons). It will work in a pinch if you have nothing else, but any modern bore cleaner will do the trick just as well. I specifically use M-Pro 7 ( http://www.mpro7.com/MPro7-Gun-Cleaner.html ) on all my guns and it will neutralize corrosive salts: http://www.mpro7.com/MPro7-Faqs.html#Corrosive%20ammo . Unlike Windex it actually has the properties to clean and condition your gun. If I can't clean soon after I shoot I'll just use liberal amounts with a bore snake a few times to neutralize (and do a quick clean). However, normally I'll use the cleaner with some patches to get the easy residue off and neutralize, then a run the brush through a few times (with the cleaner), then just keep running patches with cleaner through until it comes clean (I alternate a wet patch with the jag and a dry patch).



For general lub/rust protection I use Slip 2000 EWL Gun Oil on all my guns, including the bore and internal parts of my bolt. I store with oil in the bore, but I always run a patch or two through the bore before shooting it to remove any excess oil. For the the outside of the bolt that moves against the receiver and the lugs, I use Tetra Gun Grease (only a little is necessary):

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/816005/slip-2000-ewl-gun-oil-4-oz-liquid

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/133862/tetra-gun-grease-1-oz-tube

Answer 8

I would encourage you to stay away from putting Windex in your barrel. Go to big 5 and pick up a rifle cleaning kit and some rods. And use some sort of oil such as CLP or Rem Oil to clean your barrel. Windex contains water. Water+old Russian iron barrel =lots of rust and a failed experiment.



Take the bolt out of the Mosin. Put together your cleaning rod and put a generous amount of oil on the copper brushes. Then run the rod through the barrel (make sure the brush goes in LAST and always run your brush through your weapon the direction that bullets travel, otherwise you will scratch the heck out of it). Do this a few times and then take off your copper brush and put your cotton swaps on your cleaning rod. Run it through the barrel in the same fashion as the brush to gather up any nastiness left in the barrel.



Just clean your bolt with a good stiff toothbrush and your oil. Get all the carbon deposits and make sure the firing pin is free of any debris. You can also use the oil to lightly cover the wood and outside metal parts for protection.



there you have it, a clean bolt action mosin nagant.



Oh yeah, cleaning the magazine should go without saying. Just take the spring and metal box housing and use your oil and toothbrush. Dry with cotton towel.

Answer 9

I konw some people who use windex and it seems to work well for them. i dont think there is any thing wrong with it. As far as how to clean it, just make sure nothing is real dirty. these guns are good, strong, and take little mantenence.



Here are some other tings that you could use to clean your gun.

-Rem oil

-Hops cleaning oil

-You could also use some amona

-A tooth brush is a nice thing to have

-Q-tips are nice things to have around as well

Answer 10

Listen to MJ. Don't use Windex ($$$), just use some regular household ammonia. It's next to or near the Windex in the store. The ammonia dissolves the corrosive salts. Typical bore cleaner won't.

Answer 11

go to the super mkt. and buy a shotgun news at the magazine rack. there are tons of places to buy ammo in it. you can get a cleaning rod and brush at the hardware store, just ask.