receiver rust

[NOTABIKER]

one of my rifles has a very light surface rust inside the receiver almost to the chamber. i have used Q tips and and oil then a small piece of scotch bright and it is still their.
Question. is their a chemical that i can carefully apply with a Q tip that will remove this rust without harming the metal.
THANKS

[Agustav]

I have good luck using Kroil for rust... If it's deep enough, bronze brush might be needed. Best of all, it will not hurt the original finish!

[Oliver_Charles]

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[Whiterabbit]

blued metal? Use 0000 steel wool.

[shda5582]

Try Hoppes #9. That worked to remove some slight surface rust off my Mosin bolt when I had failed to clean the bolt from my first time shooting. That, and 0000 steel wool that I had on hand.

[NOTABIKER]

What kind of rifle? What part of receiver?

Steyr 95-30
low part of locking lug area ,floor right before chamber. So no bluing invlolved.

[knucklehead0202]

kroil will do it, at well as a little scrubbing or brushing. I've got a ton of it if you need some. let me know.

[NOTABIKER]

i have Hoppes # 9 so i will give that a try first with a brass brush. if that fails Kroil here i come.

[Garandimal]

Liquid Wrench or any penetrating oil... and a copper penny (NOT the new, aluminum ones).

Oil, let sit, then scrub off w/ the edge of the penny. Wipe off and repeat as necessary.




GR

[BruinGuy]

Let the oil/solvent you use soak the rusty spots for a while, then go at them with the brush and scrape if necessary. If you've got any light surface rust or corrosion, try Flitz. It does a great job where brushes aren't fine enough or are overkill.

I personally avoid using steel wool when I can, because it leaves behind fine particles of metal that rust easily and can lead to a recurrence of the problem if not cleaned off very thoroughly. A Scotch-Brite pad can provide the same effect.

[Heatseeker]

Liquid Wrench or any penetrating oil... and a copper penny (NOT the new, aluminum ones).

Oil, let sit, then scrub off w/ the edge of the penny. Wipe off and repeat as necessary.




GR

I have used this method many times with great success. I use ATF instead of penetrating oil though. It works very well with both light and heavy rust, with no finish damage.

[NOTABIKER]

the penny is a good idea but impossible to get at chamber area. i am satisfied with using Hoppes # 9 and brass brush. thanks for all the good ides.

[Dr. Dimento]

Try "chore boy or chore girl pads" . The only place I've found them is on Amazon. Their basically pot scrubbing pads spun out of solid copper. You can cut off the coils and wrap them around sticks, toothbrush etc. and use them with oil, kroil. I wrap coils around bore brushes, works great to remove lead out of barrels. I buy them in 24 count bags. Don't use the off name crap in the stores, it's copper plated steel.