Oxidation on Remington Barrels

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Hunting season is over, so now it is time to store the firearms away for another 10 months. But here is the dilemma with the Remington firearms. Oxidation or is it Rust.

There always seems to be this reddish brown film on the exterior metal parts of the Remington’s mainly the barrels both shotguns and rifles. You can't see this oxidation and there is no apparent rusting of the metals parts. The appearance overall is nice and shiny. So I oil the barrels with Hoppes 9 Oil and use nylon scrubbies to scrub the barrels and receivers and wipe down with paper towels. Each time I do a wipe down there is this reddish brown coloration on the paper towel. I perform this operation many times before the paper towel comes out clean after a wipe down. I have tried a number of cleaning products but nothing seems to work very well. So in order to clean the barrels there is a considerable amount of elbow grease and paper towels used to clean the barrels.

Is there a better and quicker solution to remove this oxidation from Remington barrels?

I’m not keen about using the 0000 steel wool as seen on YT. And yes I store my firearms at room temperature and they are wiped down after a day in the field or at the range.

Thanks in advance.
 
Oxidation is rust. I find the new Remington matte blue rusts ridiculously easy. I'd say it is rust, only advice I can say is use an old t shirt as a rag instead of paper towel. Paper towel would drive me crazy wiping down a firearm as it leaves behind lint.
 
Is this an SPS Remington?
I would use a good gun oil that is not in an aerosol can.
The spray stuff is thinner in nature in my opinion and a heavier rub on would cover better and thicker.
Just the nature of the beast...
Others will disagree and have a different opinion, but it's your gun and your choice on how to deal with the advice given before me and after me.
Rob
 
One of my 870 clones gets the same red hue. I think it's finish specific. The matte gray/black finish is more susceptible.
 
If its an SPS I don't think you'd ever eat the red out, maybe soak it in a tub full of some rust remover for 1/2 day? I have an SPS here and had couple spots and was new in box, lots of red on towel for sure. I don't rub/clean my rifles like some say they do on here but this one has G96 on it everywhere, I shoot it and recoat, red every time, think it sweats out or something.

See your from AB too, we don't seem to have humidity issues like ont and the coast either.
 
Well - The lighter oils tend to be volatile - so they vaporize over time. Also, the coating they provide is thinner than heavier, more viscous oil. Suggest you switch to something heavier - 50 weight synthetic motor oil?
 
The matte finish or bead blasted steel on many new firearms does rust quickly. Generally the higher the polish before bluing the less prone to rust the steel is. A very smooth surface is harder for rust to get a toehold on in my experience.
 
I'm not sure its rust or just the finish bleeding, I have it too, but I don't see any change in the metal appearance.
 
Fluid Film or Boeshield T-9 are a couple of products that provide better corrosion protection than typical gun oils.
 
I have all kinds of SPS barrels and receivers. Yeah, I agree that finish sucks a bit, but here's an old trick from my PPCLI days....

Kiwi clear/neutral shoe polish rubbed all over all metal parts. A fine wax coating that's hazy won't hurt anything. If you cannot source any of the Kiwi neutral shoe polish then head to Ukrainian Tire and get a can of Carnauba car paste wax (that can will outlast you and your grandchildren) :) Spread that all over the pores of the bead blasted and blued finish. All my Remmy components are waxed up now. No finish issues! :wave:


Cheers,

Barney
 
I used Arma Coat on my 870 Tactical Desert Recon after removing the garbage, so called "ceramic coating" from the bugger. I merely tinkled it off using a small brass rod to bounce the coating clear of the metal, then lifted it off with a fine dental pick.

The Arma Coat has held up nicely for 8 yrs. & a few thousand rounds now. Any dolt that can follow directions & wield an airbrush can apply this coating.
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Many of the newer blued guns are pushed out the door without proper neutralizing of the bluing solution by immersion in a boiling water bath, followed by a hot oil soaking. For all my guns, I use Jet Lube 12/34 to clean
and maintain them inside and out. Never an issue, even on the boat.
 
This is the reason I sold my 870 express and both sps 's. A person should not have to go through the stupid trouble it takes to keep them from rusting. I bought a wingmaster and an xcr 2 and once again enjoy "regular" maintenance on my remingtons rather than weekly lubing of my unfired rifles stored in a de-humidified room.
 
I've had my Rem 700 SPS Tac for a year now and no rust yet.
I keep it well oiled (Hoppe's gun oil) and have a lot of those silica packets in my gun safe and in the summer
I run a de-humidifier in that room.
 
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