Panzerschwein
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Hello, well I got a new rifle today and it has good bluing but has a light coat of dark brown rust, almost like someone sprayed it on with an airgun, on top of much of the bluing. I read that this can be removed with 0000 steel wool and gun oil, so I set to work doing this and I had rag after rag after rag covered in dark red as I was wiping it down after rubbing with the oiled steel wool.
But the rust wouldn't stop coming.
Again, this is just a light patina of dark brown rust... no pitting or anything like that. But I scrubbed and scrubbed and used an entire bag of 0000 steel wool and while it does look better, there are still numerous patches of surface rust and it just won't go away. I don't know what to do and frankly it's driving me up a wall. I am using Hoppes Elite gun oil for this projet, and normal Wal-Mart 0000 steel oil.
Does anyone know how to fully remove this rust, or should I just leave it be? Thanks for the help everyone!
But the rust wouldn't stop coming.
Again, this is just a light patina of dark brown rust... no pitting or anything like that. But I scrubbed and scrubbed and used an entire bag of 0000 steel wool and while it does look better, there are still numerous patches of surface rust and it just won't go away. I don't know what to do and frankly it's driving me up a wall. I am using Hoppes Elite gun oil for this projet, and normal Wal-Mart 0000 steel oil.
Does anyone know how to fully remove this rust, or should I just leave it be? Thanks for the help everyone!