Hello Everyone,

I just received an awesome early Christmas gift from my parents which is a K-31 Swiss Rifle in walnut! I cannot wait to clean it and take it out but the deal is I have to wait until Christmas to mess with it since it is a Christmas present. In the meantime I wanted to gather some information on how to remove cosmoline from the rifle? I saw someone online who used Krud Cutter but do you think this will hurt the finish? Also what type of oil should I put into the wood once the cosmoline has been removed? The wood does have bit of tiger stripping so I am looking forward to brining that out! Also I was looking for stripper clips for the K-31 but I only found one which came with the dummy rounds and it was close to $30 dollars. Does anyone know a local dealer or online dealer where I can find a pack of them? I cannot wait to get out to the range!! Thank you for your help!

I used Zep heavy duty oven cleaner on my sks stocks to remove comsoline I got it at Lowes. For metal parts I used brake cleaner on barrel and simple green and hot water on smaller parts. I bought a ultra sonic cleaner w/ heater from Harbor Freight ($70 before 25%of coupon) to clean my parts w simple green and water.

Other people have used their oven or summer day in the sun to heat it up to it oozes and wipe it down.

The Swiss never used cosmoline in the rifle, never!!!!

I bet the rifle it wont need any cleaning when you get it. 

Congrats on the gift!!!

I suggest calling Sarco for the chargers

I actually picked up the rifle today and its awesome!! It does have some sort of greasy material on it. It all over the bolt and all down the barrel. Thank you for the suggestions on the cleaner and where to find the stripper clips. I think I will be sending them an email!

I just spent last 15 min searching online, seems like they are impossible to find, one is because they were made of a heavy cardboard and don't last forever.

 

I see a lot of 6 round mags tho. are they detachable?

besides members here in our forum with experience

 

here is some other forums for Swiss rifles

 

http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard.yuku.com/

http://forums.gunboards.com/forumdisplay.php?13-Swiss-Weapons-Forum

Thank you Ogfarmer for the information! I was looking over the swiss board a while ago and posts in there seemed very old. However, the other forum you pointed out seem fantastic! I think I will join and ask some questions. Thank you for your help!

No problem o! I surf a lot of sites and pick up on some things.

Thank you Ogfarmer! I managed to order nine stripper clips and one metal trainer clip with the dummy rounds! They should arrive in a week or two. Do you perhaps own a Swiss Rifle?

Nope, I should tho