I have a Remington 870 and a Rem 700. Both are Blued. The other night I got the 870 out and noticed an odd tint to it. When I looked closer the whole reciver had a redish tint. I broke out the toothbrush and Hoppes #9 Well it was obviously a dusting of rust. When I ran some patches covered in Remoil over it this showed even more. It all came off without even marking the finish. I then looked at my 700 There were some pinhead sized spots of rust where the reciver mates to the barrel. there were maybe qa half dozen spots like this and an oiled cloth over the reciver showed a dusting just like had been on the 870. WHAT is going on. None of my other weapons have any rust that I have seen. None of my swords showed anything either and I figured some of them would have shown it before the Fifles due to the type of steel. None of my older Rifles show any markings either. They range from a Mod4Mk1 Enfield to a 2 month old AR. Why are only 2 of my Remingtons showing this problem.. THey are stored in a 6 gun gun cabinet that I keep closed. I have a Rem 597 that is showing no problems at all. HELP PLEASE.
Help: My Remingtons are rusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Thread starter Kevinw
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Mike Irwin
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Don't know why they're showing it, but I've got a Kahr K9 pistol that also rusts at the drop of a hat.
Best thing you can do?
Wax your guns. Johnson's Paste Wax is what I use, but anything with a high concentration of carnuba (natural) waxes will work, as long as it doesn't have any kind of rubbing compound in it.
Just degrease thoroughly with alcohol, make certain you don't have any active rust present, and give several good thick coats of wax, buffing between coats.
I've virtually eliminated rusting problems on my blued guns (the Kahr is parkerized, so it doesn't wax well) by waxing them.
Best thing you can do?
Wax your guns. Johnson's Paste Wax is what I use, but anything with a high concentration of carnuba (natural) waxes will work, as long as it doesn't have any kind of rubbing compound in it.
Just degrease thoroughly with alcohol, make certain you don't have any active rust present, and give several good thick coats of wax, buffing between coats.
I've virtually eliminated rusting problems on my blued guns (the Kahr is parkerized, so it doesn't wax well) by waxing them.
KevinW:
Many years ago, I had a Remington bolt-action rifle. It was brand-spankin' new and I only fired a box of rounds thru it.
Same with a couple other guns.
After I fired them, I got lazy and stuffed them away without cleaning them. 2-4 weeks later I returned. Well guess what?
They were covered with crimson colored small dots (Rust).
Boy, was I mad!
Since then, I have refused to store my firearms in a *Humid* location without frequent checks & cleaning.
I now *Never*, repeat,,, **Never*, shoot my firearms then decide to get lazy and clean them/store them for a later date. Why? because they will be destroyed with rust.
-Thats why. Please people, dont run the risk. The average life of a firearm (if cared for), is 100 years.
By the way Kev, im not judging your situation. Im only commenting on mine. Your post brought back an old memory.
....Amost forgot! They were all stolen in a burglary a few weeks later by two ,.., two...Uumm, "Crack-Heads",
..shall we say.
get a gun safe. If you dont have one already. Its waaaay too late in the game to come home and find your house ransacked and emptied by some dead-beat 17 year olds. Discover your entire gun collection, ammunition and supplies, and parts, and MREs, and everything......
missing.
MH.
Many years ago, I had a Remington bolt-action rifle. It was brand-spankin' new and I only fired a box of rounds thru it.
Same with a couple other guns.
After I fired them, I got lazy and stuffed them away without cleaning them. 2-4 weeks later I returned. Well guess what?
They were covered with crimson colored small dots (Rust).
Boy, was I mad!
Since then, I have refused to store my firearms in a *Humid* location without frequent checks & cleaning.
I now *Never*, repeat,,, **Never*, shoot my firearms then decide to get lazy and clean them/store them for a later date. Why? because they will be destroyed with rust.
-Thats why. Please people, dont run the risk. The average life of a firearm (if cared for), is 100 years.
By the way Kev, im not judging your situation. Im only commenting on mine. Your post brought back an old memory.
....Amost forgot! They were all stolen in a burglary a few weeks later by two ,.., two...Uumm, "Crack-Heads",
..shall we say.
get a gun safe. If you dont have one already. Its waaaay too late in the game to come home and find your house ransacked and emptied by some dead-beat 17 year olds. Discover your entire gun collection, ammunition and supplies, and parts, and MREs, and everything......
missing.
MH.
Thanks for the advice. I kind of wondered if it is something remington does. I think in my post I refered to them as blued however they are parkarized. Or whatever the exact finish is that Remington uses. And the scarry part is that they had both been cleaned only a week prior. They now have a very liberal coating of oil. Hopefully that will help. And I am Working on getting a safe but they cost a pretty penny and I have worried about putting one on the second floor.
Miss Demeanors
New member
I don't know anything about this but I do have a question: When you first get your gun (new) is there something you can spray on there to rust proof it? Kinda like you get your car rust proofed? Hey maybe they can make little tiny rusty jones stickers 
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