I have newly manufactured Bulgarian AK-74 imported through Atlantic Firearms. I hadn’t had a chance to get it out onto the range until yesterday, only to realize that there was a thin coating of Cosmoline on it. It’s not the totally caked on Cosmoline that you find on old Cold War era SKS’s (which I why I initially missed it), but it was enough to cause the rifle not to cycle correctly (Doh!).
Does anyone have any suggestions on how best to remove the Cosmoline? I read that mineral spirits would be the way to go. The rifle has a composite and not wooden stock, and I read that I should be careful not to get about mineral spirits on a composite stock.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how best to remove the Cosmoline? I read that mineral spirits would be the way to go. The rifle has a composite and not wooden stock, and I read that I should be careful not to get about mineral spirits on a composite stock.