Late World War II Inland

[Wulf]

TRy this mixture to clean up your stock. It works like a charm. I mix it in a spray bottle to make it easier to apply. This is takenj from Tom's 1/3 mix site.

Typically, you can put this mixture in a 20 oz. water bottle, some disfiguring of the bottle will
occur, but it should be good for quite some time.

4 ounces of De-natured Alcohol
4 ounces of Turpentine
4 ounces of Raw linseed oil (I never tried BLO)
and 1 ounce of Ammonia

When using it on the stock, scrub with steel wool or possibly a green scratchy. How dirty the stock is, will determine how many times you have to use it. Typically, for a M1 Garrand Stock from Korea - you know the really grungy ones, it will take 2 or 3 "treatments". Wipe the stock with a disposable rag with Mineral Spirits in between applications. Also, let the stock set for a day between treatments - you are using Linseed Oil here.
Due to the Linseed Oil, your stock is pretty much "Finished" when you're done cleaning it.

[deserttrans]

Nice score....

[Milsurp Collector]

Guys, just to make it clear, I was kidding about messing around with the stock. All I'm going to do is put raw linseed oil on it.

[Jet Fixer]

I'd leave it alone, too. Good looking rifle.

[22mike]

Looks very nice...........

[Wulf]

I believe I would clean it up and at least get the grease pencil off. That would be a beauty after is cleaned up a little. That's the beauty though......to each is own.

[Dave-In-Maine]

Nice rifle.

Regarding cleaning the stock, I've had really good luck using "Pledge" furniture-cleaning wipes to get the surface dust/grime/gunk off of a number of stocks.

Mild stuff, they do a good job de-grunging 60+ years of dust and grime and haven't affected the overall patina. After using, I go over the stock with one of those silicone-impregnated gun-cleaning cloths and call it good.

[imarangemaster]

Nice score on the transitional carbine! I cleaned mine with just warm BLO/mineral spirits first time to cut surface grime, then used just warm BLO for several more coats, rubbing with lint free cloth in between.

[Milsurp Collector]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Someone on another forum said my extractor looked worn out, but that's because I took the pictures without cleaning the parts first. The close-up pictures make it easy to see crud. I cleaned off the crud and the extractor looks much better.



People on other forums have commented about the Type 2 band, since some carbines in this range have Type 3 bands. This carbine was made during the transition from the Type 2 to the Type 3 band. The Carbine Club had Inland Carbines of the Month with slightly lower (6.27 million) and slightly higher (6.37 million) that also have Type 2 bands. But the Type 3 bands were starting to be used around the same time.