Shotgun woes

So usually I do clean it right after, might at most wait a day or two.However, this time I didn't, said I'd do it later. Needless to say, I forgot about it for a little. Range time comes around,I decide it would be a good time to clean it and turn out I got bitten in the ass. No I don't store the gun with a snap cap at all, so that couldn't have been the problem. Most likely the lack of cleaning. Also, I have tried a steel brush on it. Granted it was one that was decently used, so Ill pick up a new one and try again.
 
Phil_s use a bronze brush.
Bronze or what ever that material is used in todays brushes is a softer metal than a steel brush.
anyways, enough of my preaching, if you need any advice or opinions shoot me a pm(pun intended) if you like.
Three four dollars and you will be good to go.
BTW, where is/are the gun(s) stored?
Humidity levels in that part of where your guns are stored, any others exhibiting any forms of oxidization?
Rob
 
I use some stuff called Gunzilla it actually will eat the rust, and it works.
In fact I bought some 2 years ago and since then its the only thing I use on all my guns, works great.
(I do put some white lithium grease on moving parts though)
 
Phil_s said:
So usually I do clean it right after, might at most wait a day or two.However, this time I didn't, said I'd do it later. Needless to say, I forgot about it for a little. Range time comes around,I decide it would be a good time to clean it and turn out I got bitten in the ass.
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I guarantee you have the same problem as I do, humidity. After cleaning, make sure you lube everything - including the bore. You won't have any problems again. Shotguns don't have to be cleaned that often, if used sparingly.

I have a friend who shot an SKS with corrosive ammo and left it for 2 weeks, the gas tube was covered in rust but the chrome lined bore wasn't affected. A shotgun won't be that bad, but when high humidity is present a firearm will rust if not lubed.
 
Thanks for the advice guys. Went to town with the brush on the gun, but it didn't do too much ,I'm gonna try to get my hands on something like that gunzilla stuff and see how it works.

Also, the guns are stored inside, so they're always at average room conditions, as far as I can tell, this is the only one that showed corrosion signs. Last time I shot it, I used just some generic Winchester target loads, didn't think it would have caused such a problem.
 
You're in a temperate rain forest, Phil. The quick method involves putting some fine steel wool around a fabric 12 gauge swab mounted to a length of cleaning rod. Put some Butch's bore shine or similar product on the swab and steel wool, put swab in bore, put other end of cleaning rod section into your cordless drill, and spin the swab in that end of your bore to get rid of the rust. After, with a swab of bore shine, assemble the rest of the cleaning rod or use your one piece to scrub the entire length of bore by hand. Finish off by running some gun oil through the bore and wiping the metal with some oil before putting the gun back in your safe/locker...and always run some oil through the bore and over the metalwork in future. What I found that works really well, on top of oiling lightly, is I bought the silver coffee can sized silica gel dehumidifier for my gun safe from Cabelas. Every October and end of February, the beginning and end of the colder season, I put it in the oven at 350C for the afternoon to dry out the silica gel and turn it blue again. It works all year to keep the guns dry and rust free.
 
Phil_s said:
So for my first gun, I bought a browning A5 mag. Love the gun, shoots real well. Anyways, I've taken it out a handful of times, and always cleaned it before shooting it. Never shot it without cleaning beforehand, thought I would do a good job of it. Apparently not so much. Today, I was cleaning it, and I noticed some red stuff just at the base of the barrel? Wtf? So I continue and it is obviously some rust beginning to form. There's no point in taking a picture of it, because it is really faint and just starting and most likely wont show too well in the photo anyways. Now I have a couple questions: what could have caused this(because I would regularly clean it), and what should I do to prevent more from forming? Or am I just overreacting? Thanks
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Sorry if this has been asked, but other than the first time you fired it, why clean it "before" going shooting? I mean, I suppose it's good to know there isn't a best of squirrels in your sXs, lol....but I think cleaning AFTER you shoot would be more effective. Others may disagree. But I shoot milsurp corrosive ammo a lot, so I clean after EVERY session.
 
Clean it well with solvent and cotton patches or a nice shotgun bore snake and then oil it with clean cotton patches and you wont have any problems. To scrub the "red" which is surface rust elbow grease and oil or solvent with very mild abrasive like green dish scrubbys and then solvent and oil with clean patches. Basic gun cleaning, get a bore snake and some nice spray gun oil.
 
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