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blista77 said:
ya i store it in a case, does that hurt it any?
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It certainly can.
In the case it can get warm, then cool and pretty soon, more rust.
Almost everything, you and I, fresh meat, potted plants and guns, should be in an area where air can cerculate around them/us.
 
Strip it down and apply some oil. . Let it sit for a few days and re-oil if necessary. . After a few more days, wipe the excess oil off and polish it up with "Bronze Wool". . Wipe it down with alcohol and wipe dry with a cotton rag and then apply some "Renaissance Wax". . A liitle bit goes a long way.
 
Yep I left my 94 outside in my truck overnight the temp was at about freezing,and when

i brought it in to the warm house it started sweating and I don't know if i ever got all the

rust off it yet!

Bob
 
Superfine bulldog steel wool. Everyone says gently... But in my experience from doing rust bluing jobs you can be fairly aggressive with it and not damage the blue. If it were mine, I'd use a bit of Dexron III soaked steel wool because the tranny fluid has surfactants and anti oxidation additives that will get in there and kill the rust as well as clean the metal really well. When it's clean I would dry it really well with a clean rag and then apply a liberal coat of furniture paste wax to all metal parts and then buff it clear.

I have yet to see a speck of rust on any of my waxed guns.
 
A wish old man once said, "A wise man never lets the sun set on a dirty rifle".
Spoken and accepted as gospel.
I have been buying those ten dollar cloth sheaths I have seen at gun shows.
Slide the critter in there and tie over the ends.
They are soft, airable and stop a whole bunch of safe/gun locker ###.
Hate it when those gorgeous gals do the kissing chit in there.
To the OP, tear it all down and get in between the action and the stock.
Wouldn't hurt to put some solvent on a brass brush and take after the
rifling.
Then oil her up good.
I think I will leave my WD-40 at home and start packing a spare can of G-96
to the hunt camp.
Just makes more sense.
 
I just last week de-rusted a older shotgun that was covered in rust. I used the advice I received on here in the shotgun section which was to buy some Rustavapor from Canadian tire. Its $9.99 per litre bottle approx and wow does this stuff work extremely well. No steel wool but a sponge paint brush was all I used and it came out wonderful. I used a wallpaper tray with a cut in the end to make the depth deeper and put 3 bottles of it in there. About 4 hours each side and end with the metal removed from the stock. I would use nothing else myself from now on as this stuff does work better then most anything I have ever used before. I will give it a 9.5 out of 10 rating for quality and ease of use. Just oil and clean like normal afterwards. :)
 
Once you've cleaned the rust off, oil lightly everywhere except the stock, and put the gun in a gun locker(available at Cdn Tire). Cabelas sells these silver coffee can-looking things with tiny holes everywhere, full of blue silica gel that turns clear when it's full of moisture. You keep one in your locker with your guns, take a look at it's lid every couple of months, and if the little balls inside are clear then put the can in your stove for 4/5 hours at 375 C. The little balls will turn blue and the unit is ready to keep your guns and locker bone dry for another couple of months or more.
 
davemccarthy707 said:
First world problems....
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This line is becoming overused. Yes, its a first world problem. But its also a first world problem with something that cost him a good chunk of hard earned cash to purchase.

"First world problem" should be reserved for people whining about getting the wrong type of cheese on their sandwich. Or better yet, for people like myself whining about the inappropriate use of the term "first world problem".
 
kamlooky said:
A wish old man once said, "A wise man never lets the sun set on a dirty rifle".
Spoken and accepted as gospel.
I have been buying those ten dollar cloth sheaths I have seen at gun shows.
Slide the critter in there and tie over the ends.
They are soft, airable and stop a whole bunch of safe/gun locker ###.
Hate it when those gorgeous gals do the kissing chit in there.
To the OP, tear it all down and get in between the action and the stock.
Wouldn't hurt to put some solvent on a brass brush and take after the
rifling.
Then oil her up good.
I think I will leave my WD-40 at home and start packing a spare can of G-96
to the hunt camp.
Just makes more sense.
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From the days of Black powder, but IMO still very true.:cool:
 
Removing rust? Looks like many good ideas have been suggested.
For preventing rust? G96, there may well be many other products as good or better but since I first used G96 I have never had any rust problems. This includes not just better quality steel but some lesser quality steel, some shotguns for example that should have shown rust easily especially considering some of the wet conditions.
 
Deal with the surface rust but what abotu inside the barrel. Clean with solvent like Wipe Out only and hopefully there is no scoring inside the barrel but if there is, accuracy may be affected.
 
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