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Well the surplus rifle bug finally got me. I ended up getting me a Yugo M48 Mauser from Mitchell's Mausers, the basic collector grade with a teak stock that looks a lot better than I expected it to. Right now I've got it stripped down about as far as I can get it. After I get some shuteye, I'll get to work removing all the cosmoline and staining the wood. I've already got the bolt decosmo'ed and oiled, along with a Czech VZ-24 (?) bayonet that I've had for ten years (and yes, it fits). 
The Mauser tutorials on Surplusrifle.com and the cosmoline removal page on the Box O' Truth site have come in very handy.
If I had any advice to give to other milsurp newbies, its this: Learn how to disassemble your rifle, and to the best of your ability strip it down and get the cosmoline. On the outside, my rifle had very few spots of cosmo. The insides told quite a different story. These rifles IIRC were often dipped into big vats of cosmo. Get into as many nooks and crannies as you get and clean it off. Your rifle will likely thank you at the range.
Bob
The Mauser tutorials on Surplusrifle.com and the cosmoline removal page on the Box O' Truth site have come in very handy. If I had any advice to give to other milsurp newbies, its this: Learn how to disassemble your rifle, and to the best of your ability strip it down and get the cosmoline. On the outside, my rifle had very few spots of cosmo. The insides told quite a different story. These rifles IIRC were often dipped into big vats of cosmo. Get into as many nooks and crannies as you get and clean it off. Your rifle will likely thank you at the range.
Bob
