7.65browning
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- May 27, 2014
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Hi All,
I have guns that are rarely shot and mostly stored for extended periods of time. Historically I've been using oil to protect these guns, I take them out of the safe and push an oil soaked patch through the bores once every 1-2 months. Recently I've acquired a jar of RIG to try on these guns to see if this 1-2 month maintenance period can be extended.
To apply it I placed a cotton patch in the jar, swirled it around a little bit until it was well coated and then used a cleaning rod to push it through the bore then pull it back. What I see is that a lot of the grease is actually scraped off the bore and remains around the muzzle and if I shine a light down the barrel I'm not sure how thick the actual grease coat is on the inside.
Am I missing something here or a very light coat of RIG is enough to protect the bore?
Thanks!
I have guns that are rarely shot and mostly stored for extended periods of time. Historically I've been using oil to protect these guns, I take them out of the safe and push an oil soaked patch through the bores once every 1-2 months. Recently I've acquired a jar of RIG to try on these guns to see if this 1-2 month maintenance period can be extended.
To apply it I placed a cotton patch in the jar, swirled it around a little bit until it was well coated and then used a cleaning rod to push it through the bore then pull it back. What I see is that a lot of the grease is actually scraped off the bore and remains around the muzzle and if I shine a light down the barrel I'm not sure how thick the actual grease coat is on the inside.
Am I missing something here or a very light coat of RIG is enough to protect the bore?
Thanks!