On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:43:53 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:26:05 -0700
Gunner Asch wrote:

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Hit the area with a fine ScotsBrite pad to knock off the rust...THEN
if you want... pickle it with citric acid. Most...most..most boat
hardware is made of 316 so it seldom rusts, even in salt water..but it
certainly will discolor. But frankly..Id persoally just wipe it down
with a good gun "oil" after scrubbing off the rust and leave her be.

Ruger tends to use 416 and 410 stainless steels in their weapons.

Smith & Wesson, .45

Owner has already went over it pretty good with Hoppes... So it needs
a bit more of something.

I've played the game before with stainless and anything abrasive.
Either put up with the new pattern, go over the whole piece or maybe
just leave it be (shrug). I was hoping for an idea/solution that didn't
mess up the current brush job or texture...

Thanks for the input though!


http://www.stylemepretty.com/living/...ainless-steel/

http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/i.../t-241677.html

etc etc

If its simple SMALL rust spots..scratch off the rust with the edge of
a new penny. Then clean off the zinc. (Grin)

Smiths tend to develope small spots of rust as the last link will
show. And if you buy a FINE scotsbrite pad..even the kind for the
kitchen sink cleaning and put your finger on the pad and then on the
rust spot and jiggle (Grin)..the rust goes away pretty quickly. You
will probably get shiney spots where you rubbed the rust off..but it
afterall IS a handgun..not a centerpiece....so it shouldnt bother you
much and they go away pretty quickly as the gun is used.

Ive got several stainless guns and Ive had the odd bit of rust show up
(using surplus Euro ammo/primers etc and simply ignoring it..and
putting them away damp and forgetting about em..sigh) so Ive had to
deal with rust spots a time or two over the years.

Gunner

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