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Posted: 5/3/2004 5:14:57 PM EDT
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Just try a soft cloth with a little FP-10 or the lubricant dujour, and gently rub it in. It should just be surface rust and will probably wipe away, so the FP-10/whatever will lubricate and preserve it.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 5:16:26 PM EDT
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Dremel at 30,000 RPM, heavy grit sanding drum.
 Don't worry everything will be fine. BreakFree CLP - hell anything will work. Give it circular motion with a little elbow grease. In some extreme cases, Flitz metal polish will get those spots off - just don't be overly zealous as it is an abrasive. |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 5:28:36 PM EDT
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Nothing. They're called Charachter Marks
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Posted: 5/3/2004 5:30:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/3/2004 5:31:41 PM EDT
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So what? I go shooting as much as I can in the rain. If my AR gets too dusty on a camping trip, I'll hose it off before I clean it.
don't be a homo. |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 5:36:57 PM EDT
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I love living in FL. That is why I keep everything lightly coated with CorrosionX or FP10. I never worry about water, hell my Ruger stainless pig (SP101 in .357) even goes saltwater kayaking with me.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 5:37:30 PM EDT
[#7]
Too bad, so sad. They are ruined. I'll take them off your hands for real cheap.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 5:50:00 PM EDT
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A little "OOOO" (4 ought) steel wool and some Break-Free with a LIGHT rubbing motion. Don't lean into it.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 6:05:41 PM EDT
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What he said. |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 6:27:15 PM EDT
[#10]
Shotguns are meant to be used...and with use comes marks. It will be ok.
Kevin |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 6:32:33 PM EDT
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Water emergency???
Come on, I thought your house got flooded and your guns were sitting under water or something. Shit, just give em a good cleaning and oil em down, it's all good. These aren't safe queens so you have got to expect a little wear and tear on them at some point. The military still fires their weapons in the rain don't they??? |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 6:34:43 PM EDT
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Send them ALL to me before they rust away.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 6:47:06 PM EDT
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... Whaaa, I'd bet your one of those guys that won't take his 4X4 offroad for fear of "AZ pinstriping"
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Posted: 5/3/2004 6:54:32 PM EDT
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You've never been hunting I take it.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 7:02:51 PM EDT
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When I was issued a G-3 in sergeants school (back in the old country) we used to clean them in the showers.
 There was a spraycan you could buy at auto parts stores - meant for cleaning and degreasing engine blocks - that we would spray all over the gun including inside, and then rinse it off in really hot water after letting it sit for 10 minutes. It got them INCREDIBLY clean, and the hot water evaporated! Then you just oiled them and were ready to go. We only had three showers for three full platoons, so there was always a fight about whetehr the showers shoudl be used for cleaning weapons or actualyl showering when we got back from manouevers/exercises. |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 7:08:12 PM EDT
[#16]
An Army Natl Guard guy told me about this too. I thought he was just nuts. |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 7:09:04 PM EDT
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I think they call "time out". |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 7:34:02 PM EDT
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OH FOR FUCK SAKES !!!...Let me re-phrase the question all boring like:
 Whats the best way to remove surface rust from parkerized metal? I know it wont HURT it...but I would rather not have a gray shotgun with brown spots. is that better? LOL, maybe "HELP, WATER EMERGENCY" was a little much for the title  |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 7:47:05 PM EDT
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No worries, I've taken my guns out during downpours (it's more fun that way). Just hose them down with a little CLP or whatever cleaner you normally use. My Benelli looks the worst after getting wet, but all the visible rust spots go away with normal cleaning solvents.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 7:52:20 PM EDT
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Ive gotten guns wet before, but I havent seen one do what this 870 did...looks like lepoard spots |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 7:56:32 PM EDT
[#21]
A clean clothe and a small amt of Flitz, the polishing stuff made in Germany. Works like a champ for surface rust.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 7:59:27 PM EDT
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I left my SAR-2 in my car's trunk which was parked by the sea for a weekend. When I came back, the gun was all rusty. It came off with a rag and some oil. Just rubbed it off.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 8:05:53 PM EDT
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Does anyone else use RB-17? It looks like snot, smells like ammonia, and when coupled with some 0000 steel wool removes rust REALLY well--but I don't know about parked finishes. It will NOT harm blueing. GREAT stuff.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 9:18:09 PM EDT
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If this gun is relatively new, you might want to contact the manufacturer - maybe it was poorly coated at the factory. I does sound odd to get spots in a finish after jsut being out in the rain a little. |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 9:30:41 PM EDT
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or bronze wool or plastic scrubbers if you think that steel wool will be too scratchy.
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Posted: 5/3/2004 9:51:45 PM EDT
[#26]
Mind if I ask where in FL you are? I got hit with a wall of rain today too!
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Posted: 5/3/2004 10:04:04 PM EDT
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Well...I live in Port Saint Lucie, but I was shooting down in Lauderdale with some of the FSN crew. oh...FSN = www.floridashootersnetwork.com |
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Posted: 5/3/2004 10:18:18 PM EDT
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lol----We used to clean the M240's like that. It was against SOP, but the company armorer could never figure out how we got them so damn clean. To work right, the water has to be near boiling. |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 9:06:50 AM EDT
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That'll keep the guys who want to shower before a date out of the showers until the water heaters run out of hot water alright.
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Posted: 5/4/2004 9:16:28 AM EDT
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I've done the same. does wonders for a lower receiver that is full of sand. |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 9:17:04 AM EDT
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Nah, that'll take too long. Use one of these...  Ditto to what a lot of folks said. It's possible the discoloration isn't even rust. Water drops will tend to collect pollen and dirt and airborne junk and any schmutz that's present. (Look at your car windshield after a light rain for an example.) |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 10:55:42 AM EDT
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Scrape it off with a nice rock. Push really hard.
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:08:10 AM EDT
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My friend solved this problem by "rhino" lining his ENTIRE blazer. It is pimp. |
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Posted: 5/4/2004 11:22:24 AM EDT
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When I was in ARMY BASIC at Ft Sill they had us all buy one can of Carb cleaner at the minimall at the start of the cycle, all cycle we cleaned those rifles by hand and after the FTX and just before Graduation the Drill's busted out the carb cleaner on the sunday before turn in...Same deal, The temp was in the 30's we would just tear down the rifle's, Bolt carriers and soak the hell out of them, then we would carry them up into the showers with steaming hot water for a rinse...back down stairs, by the time we got down stairs it was so cold the rifles heat evaporated all of the water out, the Drill would take a white towel and wipe them down to see if they came back black from anywhere and then we would just put a small amount of CLP on them and rack them up!. I think the whole thing took less than 10 min to have a bone dry and clean rifle...... I tried to do the same thing in my Guard unit with the Mort. Plt we had really nice clean rifles everytime till some fag Spc. in the arms room threw a tizzy... But not as big of a tizzy as he threw when Iwould bring in my bbl wrench to tear down our rifles and clean out our lugs, chambers, and to help get those ugly burn marks off of the gas tubes!
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Posted: 5/4/2004 2:55:45 PM EDT
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I believe that the standard Remington shotguns with that finish are just matte blued, not parked. There is a German oil called Ballistol that I have found to be especially good at removing rust and stains.
That matte finish makes a great base for real parkerization or a polymer finish! They do seem to rust pretty easily, so some sort of coating would be very helpful, especially in that type of climate. |
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Posted: 5/5/2004 7:18:38 AM EDT
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What kind of 870 is it? I thought 870 receivers were alloy...? (note, I could be wrong, it's happened before
)Also, when I had a little rust on an M1 carbine (seriously, I wigged, as it was stored in a climate controlled (DRY) safe), I took a little #0000 steel wool and some Kroil (oil so fine it gets under the rust) and rubbed it off. Then oiled it well with CLP. jim |
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Posted: 5/5/2004 7:29:02 AM EDT
[#37]
 and 0000 gauge steel wool |
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Posted: 5/5/2004 8:10:43 AM EDT
[#38]
AR exterior parts, being aluminum, don't rust (Well, the bbl could, but...)... |
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