Rust on Remington 870 Barrel

[djardine]

PLEASE HELP! Rust on Remington 870 Barrel

I just ordered a Remington 870 express barrel off of this site from a fellow gun enthusiast. The barrel was brand new from Remington, even with the tag still on it. I am not sure if the surface rust came from the package sitting outside my door all day on a really cold day or if the rust was there and I didnt notice it. The rust is very small and only surface rust but you can see it between each gap on the rib on top. I want to remove this rust, but I am afraid to use very fine steel wool as I do not want to take off any finish. Any ideas?

 

[rcmodel]

Clean the crap out of it with cotton patchs, Nito solvent, and Q-Tips.

It may just be bluing salts residue & preservative oil left over from when they made it.

It looks like rust, but really isn't.

rc

 

[natman]

0000 (4 zero) steel wool and and gentle rubbing with plenty of gun oil. Won't hurt the finish and works great on surface rust.

 

[rcmodel]

+1 on the 0000 XF steel wool & oil.
It is harmless on bluing if used with a lick of common sense.

rc

 

[djardine]

The surface rust came off the barrel okay but now I cannot figure out how to get it out of the grooves on the very top of the barrel. Remington's new vent rib barrels have a series of "slats" on the very top of the barrel and I can see rust spots in their. I am so frustrated because I tried the steel wool and it wouldn't work and then I tried a tooth brush with Rem Oil which is what Remington recommended, but no success there either. ANY IDEAS?

 

[rmfnla]

Try a bronze brush first; if that doesn't help a steel one used carefully and with oil should do the job.

Both can be had from any decent hardware store.

 

[rcmodel]

You don't need a hardware store wire brush.
Especially a steel one!

Just use a bronze bore brush out of your cleaning kit & solvent.

rc

 

[rmfnla]

I was thinking of mentioning that but using bore brushes that way tends to mess them up.

Plus, you get more leverage with those nice handles on a bronze (or steel) "toothbrush."

 

[jimmyraythomason]

using bore brushes that way tends to mess them up.

Bore brushes are cheap compared to the damage that hardware store brushes can do.

 

[rcmodel]

Yep!
Those little steel wire brushes from the hardware store are way hard on bluing!

The only thing I have found they are good for is cleaning old varnish out of stock checkering before you rechecker the damage they do.

rc

 

[djardine]

Thanks for all the help- a 2nd call to Remington got me to the right guy who is sending me a shipping label and vowed to replace the barrel if necessary.