Anyone ever try a "Rig-Rag" on and old blue S&W revolver?

Of course Sam was also involved in the ill-fated "Garg Tucker Mastadon."

In addition to the fixed torches on the tusk tips, this cutting edge model featured a trunk-held torch that swung from side to side to lite the way as the mastadon went into curves...

Unfortunatly, Thag Ford and Gork Chrysler collaborated to undercut the Tuckeradon, as it came to be known, making it one of the true oddities of Ice Age Transportation...

Even more unfortunatly, Sam was heavily invested in the Tuckeradon, and lost his just about everything, including the sabertooth pelt off his back...
 
I have never heard of a Rig Rag.
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Very old descriptive term for bout any soft cloth with a bit of RIG(tm) Rust Inhibiting Grease worked into it.

Recently marketed as pre treated cloth. A bit of sheepskin with RIG worked into the wool does an excellant job and will last for years.

A very thin film is sufficient to protect the metal. RIG is nearly unique in that it is a lubricating grease that will displace any moisture on the surface......it goes between the water and the metal.

Used it for years on and in blued and Parkerized guns in the tropics and in snow country.

Thanks for salvaging the thread Jungle Man.

Sam
 
And...

I've put Rig on my stainless guns also. They look great too. After all these years, plus the spending of what seems like thousands of dollars, I find a "Rig-Rag" for $7.50 at a gun show that works better than all the other finish/protectant products put together. Live and learn, I guess. However, take mine and Sam's word about this. Rig works really good!

KR
 
Hey Sam,
Which Rig grease do you use Rig Universal or the Stainless Steel Lube?
And where do you get the sheepskin cloth at?
Please don't tell me to go skin a sheep either...LOL
Does it actually work better than Breakfree CLP as a protectant and to bring up the deep blued luster of guns?

Scott
 
S.F.S.
Universal. Still have a couple pint cans of the old black on yellow label. No ZIP code in address.
Have no use for stainless steel firearms, or lube for same.

Still using sheepskin pieces cut from winter flyin suit. Only bout 45 years old. Still lots of life in em. :)

Sam
 
Sam,
Do you mainly use it as a protectant or as a lube also?
Does it work better than regular gun oil in bringing out the luster?

Im looking to retain a deep blued finish on my revolvers, am I better off using a wax or what do you think?

Scott
 
Weeel...
Primarily use it as a protectant, corrosion inhibitor etc. I do put a thin film on all the internals plus regular wipe down of the outside.

Takes very little. A pint would probably do a thousand guns if you are not gobbin it on.

Seems to make the blued stuff look new +.

Sam
 
Sam is right...

I just went and got my old 36. It's been a few days now since I put the Rig-Rag to it, and it still has the "restored" deep blue luster like it had when it was new. I am very pleased!
I WAS going to start looking for an "Airweight", but now I think I'll just carry my beautiful blue "old" 36. It only weighs 5 ounces more than an airweight .38 special anyway. (20 oz. vs. 15 oz.)

KR
 
I have two older Smith's (70's vintage) which need some sort of cleaning. CLP and other cleaners cannot get the accumulated gunk off. Will RIG help with this? Otherwise I am looking at getting them re-finished.
 
Sam, I have a question...

My friend and I purchased Colt Mustang Pocketlites the same week a few years ago. He HAS carried his in his pocket a little more than I have. For some reason, he gets a dark brown crusty substance in places on the alloy frame. I've never seen anything like this. He removes it, and it eventually comes back. Ever hear of anything like this and do you think the Rig-Rag would provide some protection?
I would say that it's rust, but it happens on an alloy frame. Strange. (He has no idea what it is either.)

KR
 
Alloy frames will corrode too.

Clean the melted Baby Ruth out of the pocket, time for a new one.

Never thought of it as a cleaner, but on sheepskin it does some cleaning.

Sam
 
I have ordered RIG from Brownells.

'Don't know what I'll use to apply it to my guns.

What's a good source of sheepskin for one lacking an old flying suit?

Or, if one cannot find any sheepskin, what's the next best material for applying RIG to guns?
 
Just after the post above (by me), I received in the mail a catalog from American Science & Surplus, in which my wife found this:

"Lambi Leftovers - Natural sheep skins complete with tanned hide and thick (maybe 1") wool. These are cutting scraps, so each piece is a circumference with three or four nice large sections, each bigger than your hand, and a good deal more of strips ranging from perhaps 1" to 4" wide and up to say , 2 or 3 feet long joining the bigger bits together..."

The catalog number is 20581 Wool Scraps $3.50/(1 lb). The web address is www.sciplus.com .
 
Been usin a little RIG on a piece of sheepskin for 60 sumpin years.
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Sam,

Please pardon my ignorance, but do you apply the oil with the bare skin or with the wool?

I have obtained sheepskin with an inch of wool on one side, and don't know which side to put the RIG on...
 
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