Help with rust

[Left Coast DJ]

My Sig's been in my safe for a couple of months. When I pulled it out this morning, I noticed there are slight oxidation marks on top of the barrel chamber. I may have missed this area when I oiled the gun after the last cleaning. What's the most efficient way to eliminate the rust spots?

DJ

[Pred@tor]

Flatten a 30-06 shell at the neck and scrape the rust off with that.

[EvolutionGSR]

I had this happen to me once. Now I re-oil my guns that sit in the safe once a month.

[Icarus]

Do you have a dehumidifier in your safe?

[avidone]

Use Eezox and you won't have to solve that corrosion problem again, even if you forget to re-coat.

http://www.6mmbr.com/corrosiontest.html

http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/corrosion/corrosion.html

http://www.thegunzone.com/rust.html

[ballistic]

Get some very fine steel wool, 0000 or 000, available at Home Depot or most hardware stores. Take a small wad of it, apply some gun oil, and rub.
Works great. I've had to do this more times than I can count.
If you like to buy old used guns, you get to know this routine pretty well.
Magazines frosted with rust, bought for a song, cleaned up nice most of the time.

[Left Coast DJ]

Thanks for all the info - short-term and long term. This forum, and the members who make it happen, rock!

DJ

[choochboost]

Get some very fine steel wool, 0000 or 000, available at Home Depot or most hardware stores. Take a small wad of it, apply some gun oil, and rub.
Works great. I've had to do this more times than I can count.
If you like to buy old used guns, you get to know this routine pretty well.
Magazines frosted with rust, bought for a song, cleaned up nice most of the time.

I've had great success with ultra fine steel wool.

[Black Majik]

If it's just a light oxidation, a patch with some oil should be good enough. Fine steel wool should work well as mentioned also.

Might be a good idea to start lightly coating your bore too. Put a drop on a patch and run it through the bore. Use a clean patch to take out the excess film.

[deez]

I had this happen to me once. Now I re-oil my guns that sit in the safe once a month.

+1

This happened to me as well, and now I field-strip my firearms monthly to re-oil and inspect.

Every 2-3 months, I will also remove the grips on my steel framed firearms to inspect underneath for rust and re-oil if necessary.

[megavolt121]

use a scotchbrite pad... or the rough side of a sponge

[SigAlert]

How can you people go a month without handling your guns?

Oh the neglect....

I make sure they get a thorough rubdown at least once a week (It's half the fun)