I have a 2 year old remington 870 super mag (has that black finish). I gets pretty hard use, however I've been good about cleaning it right away after use. I once noticed a small bit of rust on the barrell. That night I rubed a bunch of oil on, than used a towel to scrub it off and it went away. Through time that small batch grows and grows. Now about 50% of the barrel will have rust on it (noticed this tonight, about 3 hours after a rain hunt).
Any recommendations on what I should do?
2006-11-16 14:54:41 · 4 answers · asked by bgremm 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Bound's hubby here:
According to my Remington catalog, it sounds like you have a Remington 870 Special Purpose Super Mag with a non-reflective matte black finish.
This is what you have to do to take care of your shotgun.
Get some OOO or OOOO steel wool and some good gun oil. Put a generous coat of oil on the rusted part of the barrel, and with LIGHT pressure, rub the steel wool over the rusted portion(s) of the barrel. Do not rub too hard! Remember ... be patient! It took 2 years to rust the barrel up ... it will take some time to clean it up. As the steel wool disintigrates, replenish the oil on the barrel and frequently replace the steel wool.
It may be possible, with LIGHT pressure, that you will not adversely harm the finish ... but expect that the oil and steel wool will "lighten" the black matte finish.
When you are sufficiently satisfied with the rust removal, clean the exterior of the barrel with Hoppes or some similar bore cleaner. You may find, after removing the residual gun oil and steel wool, that you did not clean the rust off the barrel as well as you thought, and you may have to repeat the removal process a few times. Once the rust has been removed to your satisfaction, clean the barrel and oil the barrel.
On the down side ... I do not know what you could apply to "restore" the non-reflective matte black finish. I doubt that the typical gunsmith will have the materials or desire to refinish a non-reflective matte black finish ... they have enough investment in the tanks and materials to refinish guns with hot blue ... and perhaps parkerizing ...but ..!
If you want an original finish barrel if you are dissatisfied with the rust removal ... you will most likely have only two options ... send the barrel back to Remington for re-finishing ... or ... purchase a new repalcement "Special Purpose" barrel! Sorry!
Good luck!
2006-11-17 13:56:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-22 06:41:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've dealt with this problem on a few occasions. It is a common problem with shotguns used for waterfoul hunting due to the exposure to the weather and water. The best remedy for this problem is to use #0000 (four ought) steel wool and WD-40 to remove the rust. Use only moderate pressure and you will not hurt the remaining bluing. As you are rubbing away the rust, use a clean rag to wipe away the oil and rust to see your progress. Keep rubbing with WD-40 saturated #0000 steel wool until all of the rust has been removed. If there are any bare spots that you want to re-blue, get a good cold bluing paste and touch up these spots. I wouldn't spend the money to have the gun reblued because it will continue to be exposed to the elements as long as you enjoy waterfoul hunting. Once you have the barrel looking like you want it, use a product called Renaissance Wax to coat the barrel. Renaissance Wax is available from fine furniture dealers and stores that specialize in woodworking supplies. Before applying the Renaissance Wax, you will have to completely remove any oil or grease from the surface of the metal parts of your gun. Then carefully coat the outside surfaces with the wax. Allow it to dry and buff with a clean cloth. Apply a second coat, allow it to dry and again buff to a shine. Use the wax only on the exterior of the gun, never use it in the bore. For the bore use a good gun oil or if you are going to store the gun, use a good gun grease in the bore. After each use and cleaning of your gun re-apply a coat of the Renaissance Wax. Renaissance Wax is a bit pricy but you will need very little of it and it is worth what you pay. I shoot muzzleloaders and they are notorious for having corrosion problems. Since I started using Renaissance Wax on them, I have eliminated any corrosion problems on the outside of my guns. The bores still need a lot of cleaning and oiling after each use but the outside is a breeze to keep looking good. The stuff is good on the stock as well. Just not in the bore where heat from burning powder will leave a residue.
2006-11-17 00:11:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get the finest wier wool you can find and rub the rust off the rusted parts. If the barrel ruquiers re blueing agin then go and pick a blueing kit up from your local gunsmiths (ask his advice while there its alwas good for a second opinion) I dont know where you are, guess your down under but if you were over hear in the uk i woud recomend permerblue, Your kit may come with a compound to degreasthe barrels, every last bit of greas/oil moust be removed for the job to be sucsesfull. Befor i take any of my guns out in bad weather i eather spray them with wd40 or rub them down with vasalean helps keep the water of the barrels and stopes any rusting, good luck
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2016-01-17 21:44:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you try to reblue use blue and rust remover to take the blue and rust off it. If there is roughness that needs polished off use 1000 to 2000 grit wet and dry sand paper and W-D 40 as sanding lube. The metal will have a grain sand with the grain. On a barrel the grain will most of the time run around the barrel.
2006-11-16 15:32:13 · answer #6 · answered by idotusa 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-01-29 08:21:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use 0000 steel wool and penetrating oil to remove rust. Clean and treat with a heavy rust inhibiting gun grease.
2006-11-17 13:29:29 · answer #8 · answered by hwclements04039 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best way to take rust off a gun, is to use some fine steel wool. as far as keeping it from rusting again, you can buy what they call cold blue from most walmarts, and follow the directions. but the best thing to do, if you can afford it, is take it to a gunsmith, and have the whole barrel hot blued. it is a better way to go.
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