[MeekandMild]

I found out the hard way that the rear sight on the stainless T/C Omega isn't a rust resistant alloy. Mine rusted in one day tromping around in the rainy woods. Will keep it oiled in the future. :uhoh:

[Redlg155]

I also found out that blued steel will rust pretty fast!

Just got back last week from a Sambar Deer hunt. Unfortunately I didn't get one, but I had a lot of fun, so the trip was worth it.

Anyway, while sitting in the stand we had some fog roll in. Since I was on an island it was a kind of salt/fog. As soon as the fog rolled off I found my barrel was speckled with tiny rust spots. Needless to say I kinda freaked. I had to rub the side of my nose to get some oil from my skin to rub the spots out until I got back to camp and got some real oil on her. :D

Good Shooting
Red

[444]

I posted this on another thread, but just because you have a stainless muzzleloader, such as the Remington 700ML, don't think the springs inside the bolt won't rust. Mine did; in the desert.

[confed sailor]

in my Reenacting club we have several Navy Arms springfields from 1972. dealing with those rifles is nothing but a fight against rust. i wish i had some pictures of how bad some of them are, but all i can say is oil, oil, oil. its almost to the point where we store them in cosmoline:banghead:

[mete]

The problem with stainless steel is that they are supposed to have a "passivation " treatment. This is done typically with nitric acid , it removed foreign material from the surface and builds up the protective layer of oxide. If you machine, grind or bead blast SS with equipment that has been used on alloy steel bits of the alloy steel will adhere to the SS , those bits will rust and the rusting will continue into the SS. It seems that often the gun companies forget or ignore these facts.

[littlebrowndaug]

I have a Springfield myself, and also a Brown Bess (English Long Island Musket) and after I use them, as well as periodically while sitting on the wall I just dump some oil on the barrels and rub it around. For me it makes them shine attractively but it also helps inhibit rust. My Springfield still almost looks new. I use Nevr Dull to shine the barells after cleaning them. It's an art, but it works with some devotion.

[BluRidgDav]

Stain-LESS isn't Stain-PROOF.