Brackish Water Damaging Shotgun

Break Free CLP has kept guns from rusting on ocean going boats.

A lot of old timers waxed the outside of their shotguns with paste wax like Johnsons. Renaissance wax is another. Then clean if off with mineral spirits when your hunting trip is over and re oil.

Scooter22 said:

A lot of old timers waxed the outside of their shotguns with paste wax like Johnsons. Renaissance wax is another. Then clean if off with mineral spirits when your hunting trip is over and re oil.

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A couple of light coats of Johnson's Paste Wax will make the blued metal much more corrosion resistant.

As above an old trick by salt water duck hunters is to apply a medium-heavy coat of Johnson's Paste Wax, then warm it up with a hairdryer until it melts slightly.
Let dry 30 minutes and the metal and wood is sealed.

NOTE: Hair dryer. Not heat gun or torch.

Agree with the above on paste wax. I have friends who keep guns on their salt water boats for sharks and self defense. They paste wax the guns. No problems with rust.

Just go to most any local hardware store, many grocery stores or Walmart's.
They carry Johnson's Paste wax.

Home Depot and Lowe's have it for less then $6.50 a one pound can.

dfariswheel said:

Just go to most any local hardware store, many grocery stores or Walmart's.
They carry Johnson's Paste wax.

Home Depot and Lowe's have it for less then $6.50 a one pound can.

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Yup and that can lasts a looooong time.

RIG (Rust Inhibiting Grease). It is the best solution to all these problems - I used it on guns fondled and drooled on at gun shows for years and never had so much as a finger print etched. Don't take my word, though, check it out here on THR, Brownell's, Midway, Amazon, and anywhere else. Don't remember what I paid for it ~20 years ago, but I still have probably 80% left...
https://www.brownells.com/gun-clean...ntion/rig-universal-gun-grease-prod31842.aspx

Maj Dad said:

RIG (Rust Inhibiting Grease). It is the best solution to all these problems - I used it on guns fondled and drooled on at gun shows for years and never had so much as a finger print etched. Don't take my word, though, check it out here on THR, Brownell's, Midway, Amazon, and anywhere else. Don't remember what I paid for it ~20 years ago, but I still have probably 80% left...
https://www.brownells.com/gun-clean...ntion/rig-universal-gun-grease-prod31842.aspx

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The only problem with RIG in this situation is that the OP will be handling the gun in the field and RIG is tacky/greasy and Johnson's or Renaissance waxes would be more user friendly on a hunt.

When I used it, I wiped it on with a clean finger, let it sit for a while (overnight, preferably), then lightly wiped it down. You have trouble with gooey guns at gun shows... But, I think that something is better than nothing, and some things are better than others for sure. When I spent a year in Korea & had to leave my guns in a closet in humid Alabama bunch of years ago, I sprayed them all good with good ol' WD, let it dry for a couple of days, redid it, then put them up. When I got back, not a speck of rust, though they weren't handled at all. I switched to Birchwood Casey's Sheath after that (they call it something else now), but CLP ain't bad, either...

RIG is primarily for storage. I wouldn't want to be hunting with that on when there are better things.jmo

Plus one on RIG, used it for years

Corrosion- NC salt content of water ppt
Fresh water basically 0%
Brackish 1-12
Sounds average 18
Atlantic Ocean average 36