My mom is on the line between irked and outright pissed off
 

She can't understand why a friend would think that a Mosin-Nagant M44 Carbine is an appropriate gift as thanks for helping him get re-admitted to school (long story, doesn't need to be told here.) She understands that it's cheaper to buy the gun than rent a rifle for four hours, and acknowledges that it's a beautiful piece of hardware, especially considering its age, but the former captain of the Fordham University women's rifle team cannot understand why I would want to need the right to bear arms at my age (22) and why I would want to keep a rifle in her house.

:rolleyes: :lol: :crazy:

it's beditme

my head just asploded :lol:

she's got you on one thing ...

it's HER house.

Yeah, but she didn't tell me to get it out, just bombarded my wtih faulty logic.

ah ... I see.

cool mom.

say, does she happen to have a younger single sister who might be interested in meeting an attractive, educated and enlightened practicing physician?

just wondering

Her sister is older and married.

Waht she's really going to be pissed about is the surplusrifle.com "lazy man's method" of removing cosmoline. I can just imagine it now, shouts of, "Ian, why is your gun in the dishwasher?!"

dude, the dishwasher is not a good way to remove cosmoline, it's really bad for the wood.

try a steam cleaner.
http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting...line/index.asp

D'you ever find that screw?

keep us posted on the results of this method

The dishwasher worked well on the metal parts, but since couldn't fit the stock in I tried Easy-Off BAM degreaser and it worked fine. All I need to do now is get some electrical tape to make a homemade headspace gauge, and I'm set.
no :( At least it's just for the butt plate and not the reciever.