Springers and sweat

[BilliamB.]

I need some ideas for keeping my barrel cockers (and underlevers) free from sweat rust during a summer's afternoon of shooting. I'm constantly wiping down the bluing on mine with silicone or TSI, whichever is handy. Doing so keeps rust at bay, but there has to be a better way.

Also, the cocking lever handles on my AirArms TXs are both blued and textured, so they already show traces of sweat rust despite my best wipe-down efforts. Any thoughts there?

My sweat is not particularly corrosive, but I've become a crank about rust in my old age. Any and all ideas are welcome. Just to start things off, has anyone used electrical tape? Or will that affect the bluing?

TIA to all . . .

 

[troy fairweather]

I need some ideas for keeping my barrel cockers (and underlevers) free from sweat rust during a summer's afternoon of shooting. I'm constantly wiping down the bluing on mine with silicone or TSI, whichever is handy. Doing so keeps rust at bay, but there has to be a better way.

Also, the cocking lever handles on my AirArms TXs are both blued and textured, so they already show traces of sweat rust despite my best wipe-down efforts. Any thoughts there?

My sweat is not particularly corrosive, but I've become a crank about rust in my old age. Any and all ideas are welcome. Just to start things off, has anyone used electrical tape? Or will that affect the bluing?

TIA to all . . .

try some atf on there works good it thin and get in to the pores of the metal a little heat with help to

 

[BilliamB.]

try some atf on there works good it thin and get in to the pores of the metal a little heat with help to

Never thought about adding heat. Good idea. Thanks!

 

[troy fairweather]

Never thought about adding heat. Good idea. Thanks!

some grease on the under side to if they are not taken down much. not to much heat just where its to hot for your hand to touch for about one or two seconds.

 

[denster]

Best way to keep blued surfaces free from rust is Renaissance wax. Degrease prior to waxing and then just use a small amount. It wears like iron and only need redone once or twice a year even with heavy use. Can't find Ren wax or don't want to pay the price good old Johnson's Paste wax is really good and cheap that is what we used years ago on the police force to keep our blued revolvers that were subject to all kinds of weather looking new.

 

[BilliamB.]

Best way to keep blued surfaces free from rust is Renaissance wax. Degrease prior to waxing and then just use a small amount. It wears like iron and only need redone once or twice a year even with heavy use. Can't find Ren wax or don't want to pay the price good old Johnson's Paste wax is really good and cheap that is what we used years ago on the police force to keep our blued revolvers that were subject to all kinds of weather looking new.

Thank you! I've been out shooting my Crow Mag in this hot, humid weather, so your tip is especially timely.

 

[JohnKSa]

When I used to do a lot of springer shooting in the heat, I would sometimes wear a glove with the thumb & finger cut off on my left hand. The thumb and finger cut off allowed me to deal with the pellets and the glove protected the barrel while barrel-cocking the rifle.

What really stopped the rusting was a wipedown with Beeman metalophilic MP5 oil. Once I started wiping down the areas I touched with MP5 before putting the gun away, I never had any rust problems again. MP5 is not a lubricant, it is very thin and dries to a thin film that seems to totally prevent rust. It's weird stuff, but it works very well for what it's intended to do.

 

[BilliamB.]

When I used to do a lot of springer shooting in the heat, I would sometimes wear a glove with the thumb & finger cut off on my left hand. The thumb and finger cut off allowed me to deal with the pellets and the glove protected the barrel while barrel-cocking the rifle.

What really stopped the rusting was a wipedown with Beeman metalophilic MP5 oil. Once I started wiping down the areas I touched with MP5 before putting the gun away, I never had any rust problems again. MP5 is not a lubricant, it is very thin and dries to a thin film that seems to totally prevent rust. It's weird stuff, but it works very well for what it's intended to do.

Thanks! Just ordered some cycling gloves, which are both fingerless and have padded palms. Forgot about MP5. I used to use it. Stuff smells just like Birchwood Casey Sheath--also a good product.

 

[rodinal220]

When I got my FWD 124D from Beeman's many decades ago they recommended Birchwood Casey SHEATH, now called BARRICADE. Never had a problem with rust after giving it a wipe down with the Sheath. Goes on wet and dries so its not oily or gummy.

 

[AirMojo]

If you haven't tried Ballistol yet, you should... It works great on metal and wood, for cleaning and protections, especially from rust.

I have not been able to find it locally, so I ordered a small can to try out online from Amazon... I've been using it to wipe down my air rifles, using a micro fiber cloth that I keep in a plastic bag for using again later.

Some reviews on YouTube, just do a search there.

I think Beeman MP5 is the same as Birchwood Casey Sheath oil, which I have used in the past, as well as Rem Oil... but after hearing so many good things about Ballistol, I decided to try it... smells good too !

 

[alfsauve]

I'd tend to like the Beeman products, would this be THE application for Water Displacement Fourty.

 

[AirMojo]

Beeman ain't what they use to be... Ballistol has been around for a long time... just not readily available in the USA.

I bet Doc Beeman would approve of using it today... Pyramyd Air's Tom Gaylord, The Godfather of Airguns, highly recommends it.

Some interesting YouTube videos of endorsers, like Hickok45 who uses it on his firearms...

I recommend trying it.

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