[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Handguard question

Posted: 2/15/2006 2:37:01 AM EDT

The upper and lower handguards on my Yugo M70 are rough and it looks like there is no finish. Is this the way they are when they were isssued?

I don`t want my Yugo looking like a Wasr....

Posted: 2/15/2006 10:06:39 AM EDT

[#1]

They were smooth and unfinished from the factory. Probly had some lineseed oil or such applie to them to keep water off. Templar should know. His is origional

Posted: 2/15/2006 3:08:32 PM EDT

[#2]

That is correct, smooth to semi-smooth with no finish other than cosmoline or a grease type protectant.

Posted: 2/23/2006 3:16:40 PM EDT

[#3]

The factory wood is birch which is native to The Yugolasv Federation, not teak wherever that rumor got started....they use Linseed oil as a preservative. It's the same wood as used on the Finnish Mosin Nagants!

Now everyone reading this is going by darn he's right. Hope this helps.

Posted: 2/25/2006 5:50:05 PM EDT

[#4]

I got a replacement set from CAI. The top wood has a very waxy feel to it (And no, it's not cosmoline.) while the lower has a rough feel. Will the lineseed oil have the waxy feel.

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