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Originally posted by Adam Helmer
From what I gather from you post, you did not carefully inspect the 4 guns before you bought them and took them out of the box. It seems like $200 per SKS to refinish them would have been better spent on buying Excellent+ condition arms from the get go. I am not trying to second guess you here.
Most SKSs have chrome lined bores so they should be shiny, even if well worn. I remove cosmoline by dunking parts in hot, soapy water and melting the gung off. A large coffee can of water at near boiling will soften the grease.
For your next project, you might consider a M48 Yugo or a Russian Mosin as they seem to be quite common these days.
Adam
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Second guess away! I shed the wife 3 years ago and haven't had anyone to second guess me for a while. Unlike her, however, you happen to be right. I never looked into them before the sale. I was never interested in mil surplus weapons (with the exception of getting an M1, through CMP maybe) until recently. They were just cheap rifles. We were not able to open the boxes on sale day so it was a crap shoot. It was not until after I sent those two off I started looking into SKS's and other mil surplus weapons. 20 minutes on the internet and there were more than a few four letter words coming out of my mouth.
So now I know a lot more than I did, and not nearly as much as I want. I consider the whole thing a learning experience. And as far as they go it was pretty cheap. I still have the rifles, although with quite a bit more money invested than needed. And unlike other learning experiences, this one only goes off when I pull the trigger!
One of the things I learned.. Most SKS's indeed have a chrome lined barrel. Except for the Yugo's. Yugoslavia has little or no chromium ore deposits so no chrome lined barrels.
David