LugerForum Discussion Forums - View Single Post

berkmberk1 · 07-04-2014, 09:26 PM

I'm trying to get a feel for the culture of this board. The only other one I currently haunt will remain unnamed. They deal with Russian hardware. Their way of looking at collecting/conservation is one of "NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, alter, redo, refinish, (and for some) clean ANYTHING, under threat of eternal punishment from the great Slavic god Mosin. Even taking off "too much" cosmoline from a 91/30 is considered by some to be sacrilegious, as that cosmoline is "historic", and removing it is destroying history! You should hear them wail when they see a rifle that has been restored, even if it was previously a rusty wreck. In one instance, a member wondered how to clean the gunk off the stock of his newly acquired rifle so he could shoot it. Another member strongly suggested that he purchase a new synthetic stock and mount the action in it for the range, so as to not compromise the "historic" condition of the rifle as it came out of the shipping case!

Hell should have such flames

My question is, what is the general consensus/opinion of this board toward various degrees of restoration and conservation?

07-04-2014, 09:26 PM	#1
berkmberk1 User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 49 Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 4 Posts	Forum "culture" I'm trying to get a feel for the culture of this board. The only other one I currently haunt will remain unnamed. They deal with Russian hardware. Their way of looking at collecting/conservation is one of "NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, alter, redo, refinish, (and for some) clean ANYTHING, under threat of eternal punishment from the great Slavic god Mosin. Even taking off "too much" cosmoline from a 91/30 is considered by some to be sacrilegious, as that cosmoline is "historic", and removing it is destroying history! You should hear them wail when they see a rifle that has been restored, even if it was previously a rusty wreck. In one instance, a member wondered how to clean the gunk off the stock of his newly acquired rifle so he could shoot it. Another member strongly suggested that he purchase a new synthetic stock and mount the action in it for the range, so as to not compromise the "historic" condition of the rifle as it came out of the shipping case! Hell should have such flames My question is, what is the general consensus/opinion of this board toward various degrees of restoration and conservation? __________________ Michael D. Berk SFC, USA Ret.