Rust on CCW (S&W Model 60)

[DeadWhiteGoose]

Hey Calgunners,
Since you are all such a knowledgeable bunch, I figured I would ask for some opinions on my issue. Currently, my summer carry is a S&W Model 60 Pro Series in the Appendix Carry position. With my body type, it is one of the easiest guns for me to conceal while wearing a t-shirt. Specifically in the Appendix Carry position. Unfortunately, it is sweat city in that area of my person so rust has started to become a problem. The gun has a stainless steel satin finish but, where it's really starting to rust is the hammer, trigger and rear sight. The hammer and trigger are the typical S&W forged finish. Those areas are becoming problematic. I wear the gun in a kydex holster, take it off every night and wipe it down with lube and still, rust EVERYDAY. Do I need to just switch to a single stack, polymer firearm with a nice coated finish on the slide? Or am I being too dramatic. I personally would like to not ruin an awesome revolver from my own sweat and if the trigger and hammer are hurting from rust, I can only imagine what the internals look like. And I definitely don't have the time to fully disassemble the firearm regularly. Help!

[DNA]

Get some Teflon dry lube and spray down the areas where you're seeing rust.

Knew a guy who had a blued Colt that identified as a Kimber and would rust if you looked at it wrong. The Teflon spray lube fixed the rusting.

Dan

[rudigan]

Wear a kilt for better circulation?

[k1dude]

Lube your belly?

I would consider having a firearms plating company plate the guts of your gun. Maybe not necessarily nickel or chrome which adds thickness, but some corrosion resistant coating like melonite.

[Barbarosa]

Same problem with my 60 Pro, and every other gun I have carried; eventually they all rust if you sweat. Even a Glock has metal parts that will rust. I have just learned to clean them more frequently and put up with discolored hammers, triggers, etc.

[dboymboy]

Ive been worried about my p365 as well. No issues as of yet. But i check on it every other day to make sure there's no rust. Ive been using shooters lube. If that helps any.

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[FeuerFrei]

When I used to carry a stainless Taurus m85, I used floor wax on the externals. Johnson's paste.
Smeared it on a rag and rubbed it everywhere I didn't want rust.
Not a thick coat either.
Don't over think it.
*Flitz paste to get rid of the rust.

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[plumbum]

It’s just aesthetics, just clean it as often as you can. I know it’s hard to keep a favorite gun clean looking when it is carried regularly. My Charter Lite has almost no finish left on the frame, there is rust in the ejector rod housing, and the pachmayr grips are worn smooth on one side - still shoots just fine tho!

[CWL]

Car wax.

Besides protecting cars from the elements, it's commonly used by duck hunters to protect their shotguns out in the marshes.

Give it a try on your pistola.

[Dan_Eastvale]

OWB non tuck shirt. I sweat too much too. Too much for pocket carry as well.

[colossians323]

Lube your belly?

this works?

[IVC]

There are different holsters. I have Tier 1 Concealment with full back, so no metal part touches the skin.

[Philosophical]

CERAKOTE

['ol shooter]

Paste Wax.

[DeadWhiteGoose]

Thanks for all the replies! I am going to give a couple of these suggestions a try. Just don't have any issues with my Sig P320 at all so it's just frustrating.