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    Turkish K Kale question

    I pulled a 1941 K. Kale M38 apart for inspection....most awfully awesome nasty cosmolineicon ever!
    Anyhow...that's just an observation on that particular nasty stuff.

    My silly M38 question concerns the magazine follower. I think my follower is rusted stuck to the mag spring...It's a bit rusted where the spring slides into the follower tabs and will NOT budge a bit. Asking if the Turkishicon M38 mag spring is staked or supposed to be a tight...really tight fit..or should it just slide out/off the milled follower like a normal Mauser 'W' spring??

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    Get some penetrating oil and let it sit. But even if that doesn't work, is the function affected? If no, I would leave it.

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    Yeh….I've never seen one that's stuck on....I've used a bunch of penetrating oil on it over the last couple days....it ain't coming off the follower. I fear I will damage the spring if I persist. I came to the conclusion I better stop last night. Don't really know if it works or not....my guess is that it will work. The rest of the K Kale is relatively clean and nice.

    Thanx for the advice....I think I'll take it!!

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    Like another poster said if its not broke. If the rifle functions fine then just clean any active rust.....

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    Rust and cosmolineicon….cosmoline and rust. Really no rust to speak of on the Turkishicon long rifle(except the follower). I thought the bore was toasted on initial inspection but that must've been cosmoline and dirt!

    I don't know if it will work...never shot it yet. My best prediction is it will run like a Mauser...spring stuck to the follower or not!

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