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Posted: 3/29/2008 8:09:45 PM EDT
| I let may father borrow my Remington 700 this past fall for deer hunting. Well I picked it up today only to find a boat load of rust on the barrel. I nearly crapped a brick! Im pretty anal about keeping my guns spotless. I wipped it down with Rem oil which got the little stuff but theres alot left on the barrel. I never have let rust build on any of my guns so I need to know what to use to get this crap off before it gets worse. Thanks |
| There are a number of rust removing chemicals, but they all remove the blue too. I have used a credit card (or hotel door key - similar) and some oil to scrape away rust without damaging the surrounding blue. You can degrease with carb/brake cleaner and then apply cold blue. |
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My dad was/is adamant about gun cleaning. If you touch it you wipe it off, if you shoot it your clean it. However, now in his 70's his eyesight and attention to detail isn't what it used to be and I've occasionally found a small, light rusty spot on one of his shotguns or .22's. It's not 'cause he doesn't care, it's because he's not as young as I am anymore. Now, to the rust. I've always found that the recommendation above for 4 ought steel wool and oil will get an amazing amount of rust off without removing the finish. Light rusting will be gone (might leave some small pits - the bigger the pits, the heavier the rust was). Lately (got into a box of old M14 magazines the mice had built a nest in some time over the years) I used the 4 ought steel wool and WD 40 and it worked real well. Maybe you could save that M700 for your dad to borrow and get yourself another one? He's the only dad you've got and he obviously did right by you as demonstrated by your care of your rifles and being willing to load one to your dad. Sorry if it sounds like I'm getting on to you, I'm not. It's just that he won't be around forever, so make the most of the time you get. Have a good one. |
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