New SKS owner

[Thewildhunt]

Hey all,

I recently purchased my first ever gun - the Type 56 SKS from Cabelas. I spent my saturday using a mineral spirit bath to clean out the cosmoline from the rifle, and it came out alright! Obviously spent quite a bit of time on the firing pin.

However, I did notice some of the metal oxidizing immediately, and as I was worried about rusting (given that I'd just stripped all the protective coating off the metal as far as I know, which I could be wrong about) I doused it in Barristol. I'm pretty sure I put way too much of the stuff on the gun, so before I think about firing it, I want to make sure it isn't over-oiled.

Do you guys have any recommendations for getting the excess off? Happy to just wipe it down and run patches with solvent. I have the Hoppes No. 9 cleaning kit with oil and solvent.

Additionally, I noticed the cover for the gas chamber has dried out considerably - any advice for treating it?

Thanks!