Removing rust from magazines

[jeff-10]

I ordered a bunch of steel G3 magazines from CTD for $5 a piece. Most are mechanically sound however they have some light service rust as I had expected. What's the quickest and easiest way to remove the service rust without ruining anymore of the finish?

 

[itsa pain]

if the rust is pitted is real hard to get if off without marring the finish. are the mags blued? if so oil on steel wool works well on surface rust. if you take off the bluing 44-40 blue or birchwood casey perma blue are excellent to restore the bluing

 

[fragout]

I have taken steel M14 mags, Rem oil, or CLP, and old BDU Tshirts for rags, and simply rubbed them down until the surface rust disappeared.

A little elbow grease, and they are rust free.

If you have rust inside the mag body.........

1. Stick the mag in a padded vice, and apply just enough clamp to it that it wont move while you.....

2. take an old T-shirt/rag, and cut a strip of it long enough to slip it inside the mag body, grasping both ends afterwards with the middle area of the tshirt/rag soaked in oil.

3. Apply elbow grease, and check every once in awile with decent light to ensure you can see how your progressing.

Note: If it comes down to loosing finish to get rid of rust, then so be it.....as the rust has gotta go.

Have no idea if it's the quickest or easiest, but it's worked for me in the past.

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[tnxdshooter]

Send it to a gunsmith. For 10.00 a mag often times you can get them bead blasted parkerized and then coated with whatever paint (cerakote, duracoat, bear coat, gunkote, etc) you want. Or get a home parkerizing kit and tank do it yourself then use the high temp header paint on them and bake it on.

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[TrickyDick]

I use 0000 steel wool soaked in oil, removes the rust, not the bluing, but don't push too hard when scrubbing.

 

[Jim Watson]

I have run rusty magazines through the steel pin wet tumbler. Disassembled, of course. It takes them down to bare steel, no gentle cleaning that leaves a lot of finish.

 

[adelbridge]

Naval jelly

 

[Dr.Rob]

Bronze or copper brush, elbow grease plus a solvent like Hoppes.

 

[natman]

Gentle rubbing with 0000 (4 zero) steel wool with oil. If you have the slightest concept of what "gentle rubbing" means, you won't harm the existing bluing.

Naval jelly will remove the rust - and the bluing.

 

[tnxdshooter]

Naval jelly

Yup,

That will take the rust off and what's left of any finish.

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[FuzzyBunny]

Wow when those hit the market years ago I got 100 for $100 and more than half were new in wrapper stamped HK. 1 did have a rust spot on the follower. I hope another shipload comes in.