Wet Weather
- Thread starter Demonical
- Start date
The product Gunzilla works really well. No hazardous chemicals, cleans, lubes and protects all my guns. Just got back from a week of black bear hunting and though I hunt only with a bow my back up shotgun got real wet and water just beads off with Gunzilla. I wiped off at camp and sprayed it down, zero rust.
Cheers!!
Cheers!!
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Well, here's a consideration for the beginning of exposure to wet weather, like we have here on the 'wet coast'. An old gentleman that lived across the street from me had been a commercial fisherman for most of his working life. In addition, he was also an avid Duck hunter. He happened to come over a few years ago after I had just returned from a Duck hunt on the river mouth/tidal flats area of the Chemainus River and was cleaning my 10ga. AYA. After discussing the 'wet' conditions, he offered me what he considered to be the 'sliced bread' solution for local wet weather conditions. Rat fish oil. He gave me three small asprin sized bottles of it and to this day, my 10 bore doesn't have a rust spot on it.
- Location
- Dah Soo,ON
Open the bolt and lean them in the corner.
John, I've no doubt the fish oil would work for stopping rust, but don't you have a clowder of cats hanging around your gun safe all the time ?
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Nope, just dead Ducks, dead Geese and 'no rust'
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I've used it on other shotguns and also rifles in some of our world 'renowned' wet weather conditions. Just a wipe of the metal surfaces with a rag that has some on it, good for the day. Items that get field use like my Winchester model 71 deluxe deserve TLC, especially in local conditions.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
It is really pretty common sense stuff. You don't need the ultra sonic cleaner. Almost any product in a sporting goods store will do the job. If your rifle gets really soaked, remove barrel and action from stock, dry then lube and re assemble. My first several guns were all wood stocks and blued steel and were hunted in tough weather conditions especially the duck guns. None of them ever got rusted up with regular gun care. Think about it. Cheers Roscoe
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
My hunting rifles have plastic stocks. I strip the metal off and wipe it down with rags to remove all the water, then slobber with Hoppe's Number 9. The oils will seep into the mechanism and (hopefully) displace any water droplets. The stocks get cleaned with Windex and an old toothbrush. Store in a warm place to dry out, and never in the hard case.
live and hunt in Prince Rupert, we get some rain here
on the charlottes in the rain, maintain helicopters that fly almost everyday in the rain, most of my rifles have walnut stocks, blued steel
I wipe em off as best I can, good shot of wd 40 put em in the cabinet with dessicant ,no issues, never had wood stocked rifle shift zero either due to being wet. If wd 40 is good enough for NASA and bell helicopters its good enough for me.
on the charlottes in the rain, maintain helicopters that fly almost everyday in the rain, most of my rifles have walnut stocks, blued steel
I wipe em off as best I can, good shot of wd 40 put em in the cabinet with dessicant ,no issues, never had wood stocked rifle shift zero either due to being wet. If wd 40 is good enough for NASA and bell helicopters its good enough for me.
