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I'm not sure why I did it, certainly didn't need one. I was in Sportsman's Warehouse and saw they had SKS rifles on sale. I've had a lot of SKSs over the years, starting in the late 1980s. I've had Chinese, Yugoslavian, Russian, Sino-Soviet, even an NVA at one time. Most were a very long time ago. I've spent many an hour cleaning cosmoline from rifles over the years.
I honestly never figured I'd get much chance to ever smell that delightful perfume of cosmoline, just because the glory days of surplus are well in the past.
Well, I got talking to the gun counter guy at Sportsman's, and he offered to go in the back and find me a good one. He did a good job, and I bought it. I just got done cleaning the cosmoline from it, and other than the usual dings on the stock from 52 years, it looks practically unused.
It's funny how something like this brings back good memories. I'm happy with a gun purchase, but it's not because it's a cool new gun I've never had before, really just nostalgia.
I honestly never figured I'd get much chance to ever smell that delightful perfume of cosmoline, just because the glory days of surplus are well in the past.
Well, I got talking to the gun counter guy at Sportsman's, and he offered to go in the back and find me a good one. He did a good job, and I bought it. I just got done cleaning the cosmoline from it, and other than the usual dings on the stock from 52 years, it looks practically unused.
It's funny how something like this brings back good memories. I'm happy with a gun purchase, but it's not because it's a cool new gun I've never had before, really just nostalgia.