removing cosmoline grease
 

I have an artillery sight that is packed in cosmoline
grease. What is the best way to remove the grease?
Would something like gasoline work?
Ray

FWIW, I use lacquer thinner...

Gasoline, an old tooth brush or small paint brush, and no sparks or cigarettes in the area.

grease removed
 

Thanks Guys,
I first tried the lacquer thinner method and
a small brush. That worked fine.

Ray

Good... :)

Now...where did you find an artillery sight packed in cosmoline??? :D

I have used Kerosene to clean cosmoline, it even rhymes

I bought the fine tune sight with Erfurt proofs from a guy in
the UK. Whatever the grease, it was pretty dried up. I'm
guessing it was casmoline (or is that only a USA product).
No idea how the guy in the UK got the sight originally. The
blueing is perfect.