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Amsdorf
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10-21-2011 07:40 AM
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Looks like good ol' USGI rifle grease to me. Same dark brown stuff that comes in the little plastic bottles that fit in the buttstock, or also in one-pound cans (common surplus item at one time).
Late production rifles were NOT shipped/packed in cosmoline
. They were "dusted" with a dessicant-type powder and stuffed in plastic bags. When removed from the bags, they are VERY dry, especially the wood. So there's no reason for your rifle to have ever had any cosmoline on it.
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Many of these rifles were returned full of heavy preservative grease from the Greeks, but that just like like a previous owner lubed his rifle
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Amsdorf
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Thanks, I've determined it is definitely just grease, lube from previous owner.
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