Ratfood
Member
Hi folks, I am not feeling to good about this. Let me start by saying that my Dad is an ex-marine and he always taught me how to clean a handgungun completely after every shoot.
Well, fast forward 20 years later: You all got me started on buying rifles. Last month I finally got to fire my new Mossberg 12 guage and Saiga x39. I guess the farm was especially humid that day I finally shot them and I didn't pay too much attention. Finally a month goes by I go to clean the waeapons and the outside of the Mossy barrel has rust spots, AK looks fine. I feel bad about being negligent so I buy a few cans of gun scrubber and a can of remington oil and do my deeds. First of all I can't get all the rust off the Mossy barrel, then when I am spraying down the AK there is rust coming out of the hinges/bolt/slide, etc. I spray till it comes out clean. Now, I used up 2 large cans of gun scrub and a can of rem oil. I hope I stopped everything from rusting out but I have a few questions:
1) How do I get the rust off the outside of the shotgun barrel?
2) How much did I jack up the Saiga by not cleaning/oiling it as I should have?
3) Did I hurt my weapons for life or will they be OK in the long run?
Thanks for any advice, I feel really bad about this so please don't put me under the coals!
Well, fast forward 20 years later: You all got me started on buying rifles. Last month I finally got to fire my new Mossberg 12 guage and Saiga x39. I guess the farm was especially humid that day I finally shot them and I didn't pay too much attention. Finally a month goes by I go to clean the waeapons and the outside of the Mossy barrel has rust spots, AK looks fine. I feel bad about being negligent so I buy a few cans of gun scrubber and a can of remington oil and do my deeds. First of all I can't get all the rust off the Mossy barrel, then when I am spraying down the AK there is rust coming out of the hinges/bolt/slide, etc. I spray till it comes out clean. Now, I used up 2 large cans of gun scrub and a can of rem oil. I hope I stopped everything from rusting out but I have a few questions:
1) How do I get the rust off the outside of the shotgun barrel?
2) How much did I jack up the Saiga by not cleaning/oiling it as I should have?
3) Did I hurt my weapons for life or will they be OK in the long run?
Thanks for any advice, I feel really bad about this so please don't put me under the coals!