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<blockquote data-quote="aestus" data-source="post: 2585530" data-attributes="member: 2989"><p>So here's the thing with most mosin barrels. Unless you get a pre-war era mosin with pristine bore, it's most likely pitted and no matter how much you clean it's always going to be dirty. Over scrubbing it with brushes can actually do more damage than good and you could be making it worse. </p><p></p><p>Unless you cake the inside with cosmoline, it's going to rust. That's assuming you're actually able to scrub out the rust, otherwise the cosmoline will sitting on top of the rust inside the pitting and it'll rust anyways under the cosmoline. Rust in the barrel is going to be the fact of life, especially in a war era gun with a blackened bore. Best way to keep the rust out is to keep shooting it and oiling it afterwards <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>If you're not looking for long term storage, but want to shoot the gun occasionally like a couple times a year, then only other rust barrier I can recommend is the Frog Lube paste. Not the CLP, but the paste. </p><p></p><p>Heat the barrel nice and hot after cleaning with a heat gun and run the paste in the bore. The barrel should be hot enough to instantly melt the paste into a viscous oil and it should get everywhere and inside all the tiny pitting. Once it cools, now you have a solid waxy barrier that holds up better than any oil or CLP for rust protection besides heavy grease or cosmoline. It'll also be safe to shoot and after the first round, the bore will be wet with melted Frog Lube.</p><p></p><p>That's literally the only thing I use Frog Lube for is weapon storage for firearms I hardly shoot. Otherwise, I normally run a wet lube like Slip 2000 EWL. There's a few vids that shows just how great Frog Lube paste is at preventing rust VS all the other lubes. It's not because Frog Lube paste is anything magical, but because it cools to a solid waxy paste, which doesn't run and can't be washed off like more viscous oils and CLP. That's really the only reason why it performs better than an "oil" for rust prevention.</p><p></p><p>That being said... Is Frog Lube paste really worth it for a $100 rifle? The stuff is not exactly that cheap and seems overkill for a cheap surplus rifle...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aestus, post: 2585530, member: 2989"] So here's the thing with most mosin barrels. Unless you get a pre-war era mosin with pristine bore, it's most likely pitted and no matter how much you clean it's always going to be dirty. Over scrubbing it with brushes can actually do more damage than good and you could be making it worse. Unless you cake the inside with cosmoline, it's going to rust. That's assuming you're actually able to scrub out the rust, otherwise the cosmoline will sitting on top of the rust inside the pitting and it'll rust anyways under the cosmoline. Rust in the barrel is going to be the fact of life, especially in a war era gun with a blackened bore. Best way to keep the rust out is to keep shooting it and oiling it afterwards :) If you're not looking for long term storage, but want to shoot the gun occasionally like a couple times a year, then only other rust barrier I can recommend is the Frog Lube paste. Not the CLP, but the paste. Heat the barrel nice and hot after cleaning with a heat gun and run the paste in the bore. The barrel should be hot enough to instantly melt the paste into a viscous oil and it should get everywhere and inside all the tiny pitting. Once it cools, now you have a solid waxy barrier that holds up better than any oil or CLP for rust protection besides heavy grease or cosmoline. It'll also be safe to shoot and after the first round, the bore will be wet with melted Frog Lube. That's literally the only thing I use Frog Lube for is weapon storage for firearms I hardly shoot. Otherwise, I normally run a wet lube like Slip 2000 EWL. There's a few vids that shows just how great Frog Lube paste is at preventing rust VS all the other lubes. It's not because Frog Lube paste is anything magical, but because it cools to a solid waxy paste, which doesn't run and can't be washed off like more viscous oils and CLP. That's really the only reason why it performs better than an "oil" for rust prevention. That being said... Is Frog Lube paste really worth it for a $100 rifle? The stuff is not exactly that cheap and seems overkill for a cheap surplus rifle... [/QUOTE]
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