Rust On A 22/45?

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I have a ruger mrk 3 22/45

I was at prado shooting park and when i looked at it in the sunlight it appeared to have a rusty-paste in the safety and bolt release "buttons"

I clean it with hoppes and i put a drop of hoppes oil on the "buttons"

I would post a picture of the problem area, But it only shows up in the sunlight.

Does anyone know what it could be?

[professionalcoyotehunter]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Bluing coming off probably.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Bluing coming off probably.

Its not the barrel it is the POLYMER frame area.

[professionalcoyotehunter]

What do you mean. polymer cant rust?

[professionalcoyotehunter]

there might be a rub spot where the oils is not getting to, to protect it from the rust.

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The safety and the Bolt release are made of some sort of metal, so it could be that i think becasue theyre blued also.

[professionalcoyotehunter]

Most likely seeping from around that area.

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Most likely seeping from around that area.

All right, im going to rip it apart Saturday and get everything cleaned up and lubed,,,,

Thanks for you help Coyote

[professionalcoyotehunter]

No problem hope I was helpful in some way.

[slik556]

If you have never taken one of them apart be warned, they are a ***** to get back together if you don't know what you are doing....

[joelukehart]

If you have never taken one of them apart be warned, they are a ***** to get back together if you don't know what you are doing....

What the heck are you talking about? It only takes me 90 minutes to put my MK III back together.

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If you have never taken one of them apart be warned, they are a ***** to get back together if you don't know what you are doing....

Tell me about it i pull it apart every time i put 500 rounds thru is its a art to get back together
Especialy when you have a nice red dot on there (dumbest looking thing in the world), but ive got it almost mastered.

[mds2004]

It should not take long after all after a few times of practice. Maybe a few minutes to strip and put back together.

What was the verdict?

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It looked like wear on the bluing of the selectors all better now. Thanks for asking mdS