Smith & Wesson 629 trigger rust

[thechineseguy]

tonight i took out my 629 to clean and noticed the trigger started to rust. has anyone else experienced this? what would be the best remedy for this?

 

[roadcarver]

A friend of mine noticed that on his S&W 626. He used his usual cleaning stuff for his pistol, with some elbow grease he was able to get the 'surface rust' out.

 

[Canada tail]

how long has it been left there ? 10 years ?

 

[Trinimon]

Wow, can't say I've seen that before. Time to polish it to a bright steel look.

 

[roadcarver]

https://www.shootersforum.com/gun-cleaning/101014-removing-rust-smith-686-a.html

 

[Claven2]

Have you wiped it down with fine steel wool yet?

Fingers will sweat, which is salty. You should wipe down the trigger with an oily rag on those guns before storing them.

 

[thechineseguy]

how long has it been left there ? 10 years ?

i had it at the range with me last weekend and it was fine.

 

[Trinimon]

All that rust in a week? You must have a lot of salt in your sweat.

 

[gelatine]

Take the trigger out and dump into the tumbler. Run a few hours and you are done.

 

[thechineseguy]

All that rust in a week? You must have a lot of salt in your sweat.

could've been my buddy that i brought to the range for his first time as it has never happened to me before.

 

[Lee Enfield]

A cotton bore cleaning patch and ammonia based bore cleaner.

Gentle abrasion works best. Then be sure to use a penetrating oil like g96.

 

[mtstef]

tonight i took out my 629 to clean and noticed the trigger started to rust.

I would say it is already in a deep rusted state

Caused by sweaty and salty finger and not cleaned/oiled after touching.

I would first go over the whole thing with some WD40, then only way to remove rust I know is mechanical removal. I have one of these Canadiantire small polishing kits, I would try with it.

Once clean and dry, I would keep it oiled.

This is one more proof that under lubrication and not cleaning after use is not prefferable

 

[Claven2]

By the way, judging by all the soot on the gun, I suspect you may wish to bone up on firearms cleaning in general. Stainless does not mean you can skip cleaning and oiling your firearm.

 

[thechineseguy]

i clean and oil all my guns after every range trip... except this time i got a little lazy and waited a few days (around 5 days if i remember correctly). i bought some flitz polish and will be working on it this weekend.

lesson learned.

 

[johNTO]

That's a lot of rust after 5 days! Have your buddy wear gloves next time he asks to shoot your "guns"......

 

[Trinimon]

That's a lot of rust after 5 days! Have your buddy wear gloves next time he asks to shoot your "guns"......

Or only let him shoot guns with polymer triggers.

 

[thechineseguy]

i used a dremel with some flitz and its all good now.
thanks guys!

 

[BadLieutenant]

I had that problem with my P226 last month when a buddy of mine shot my pistol..... I guess his sweat was a bit salty

Rub the rust off with CLP or gun oil.....and make sure to clean the exterior of the revolver with CLP before putting it back in the safe after shooting.