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It's good Wilson is doing right by you. Technically, end of thread. However, for anyone that may have this issue where the barrel is "new" but this arose out of long-term storage...
Frog Lube will do nothing but wax it; may give it a nice polish and change the color but it won't actually remove the corrosion. At best, it will merely change the color from rd so you think the corrosion is gone. You would need something with an mildly strong acidity to actually get rid of the rust. Naval Jelly (a gel with suspended phosphoric acid), Barkeeper's friend (Oxalic acid) or muriatic acid. Vinegar is not going to work.
(As an update edit, best that I clarify to NEVER do the above with any kind of acid on bluing- that is unless you want to completely remove it!!!). However, it would have been fine on your bare barrel if in the white.
Or, an electrolytic rust removing process using a manual-setting battery charger and base-water solution would probably be better. Gets where you can't with utensils. (one table spoon of Arm & Hammer washing soap for each gallon of water, with the positive cable to a sacrificial piece and the negative cable to the barrel). Calguns member AJAX has some older posts on this process with pics; do a search by his username for some of the rusty guns he has brought back from the dead AND fired.
Frog Lube will do nothing but wax it; may give it a nice polish and change the color but it won't actually remove the corrosion. At best, it will merely change the color from rd so you think the corrosion is gone. You would need something with an mildly strong acidity to actually get rid of the rust. Naval Jelly (a gel with suspended phosphoric acid), Barkeeper's friend (Oxalic acid) or muriatic acid. Vinegar is not going to work.
(As an update edit, best that I clarify to NEVER do the above with any kind of acid on bluing- that is unless you want to completely remove it!!!). However, it would have been fine on your bare barrel if in the white.
Or, an electrolytic rust removing process using a manual-setting battery charger and base-water solution would probably be better. Gets where you can't with utensils. (one table spoon of Arm & Hammer washing soap for each gallon of water, with the positive cable to a sacrificial piece and the negative cable to the barrel). Calguns member AJAX has some older posts on this process with pics; do a search by his username for some of the rusty guns he has brought back from the dead AND fired.
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