Reloading cases for a mosin nagant

[Dirtdart89]

Haha yeah science never ceases to amaze!

[Dirtdart89]

So I have been doing work on my mosin... Never ceases to amaze how much cosmoline is in these things. And I'm thinking of redoing the varnish as it has been pretty banged up since 39 haha. My questions here are what varnish does everyone think suits them best? As I can't really decide... A deep red would probably be my choice... And since I don't want to remove any of the wear and tear (read character) how would I go about removing the little varnish that remains? Sanding being my obvious first guess. Are there other options?

[5Tom]

I haven't looked into the varnish, my 91/30 has wear where my ear-muffs rub on the stock and other little dings and knocks. I'd personally go with the deep red as well or as close to the Era possible.

You might need to use sandpaper by hand if you want to keep the markings on the stock, I'd guess that using some paint stripper or a sanding machine might eat too much of the wood away. Guess only.