Ahhh!!!! Rust spots on my marlin .22's barrel!! Help!!

[gotime242]

Hey guys, im freaking out. I have a marlin 7000 (all black with target/bull barrel), and today i noticed that there were little rust spots forming/showing on the barrel. I grabbed a bit of polish to see if i could get it off, in my newbness, and It turned the area a lighter color/less black then the rest. The small bit of orage color was gone, but there were still the tiny rough spots.

But anyway, what should i do? Is there anything i can do to remove this in a proper way? I clean the gun regularly, and oil it, but i guess the area it was being stored in just wasnt good enough.

Help!

Thanks!!

 

[unclestu]

Get some 0000 steel wool and any good light gun oil, or even 3-in-1 oil. Rub some oil into the rust(saturate it well) & let it sit & soak a few minutes to over night, depends on how patient you are. Then put several drops more oil onto your pad of 0000 steel wool, & begin rubbing gently. Be sure to keep the barrel steel, rust spot, & steel wool all moist with oil, you don't want to rub it when things are dry. Many years ago we found that Hoppe's #9 nitro powder solvent worked well in place of, or mixed with, oil. The good thing about this is that as long as you use 0000 steel wool & oil you won't hurt anything. If you've caught it in time & there's no pitting, it may clean up so well that it'll look like new.

Remember that both sweat(it's summertime, right?) & blood have salt in them, & both are bad news for blue steel. Good luck, & don't panic. You can do this. 0000 steel wool & light oil, keep things moist with oil & keep rubbing & the rust will come right off.

 

[gulogulo1970]

I agree with unclestu, but I would go by some BlueWonder Gun Cleaner as well. It will take off the rust and leave the blue. I used it with good effect on a rusty Savage model 99 barrel.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

What they said. Plus, if it has cut through the blue, try Brownells Oxpho-blue. It's a cold blue you rub on with the 0000 steel wool.

 

[hps1]

Another option to the steel wool is to soak rust spots as stated above and rub across them with the sides of a round bladed screw driver. The round edges will not scratch the blue but will rub the rust away.

Regards,
hps

 

[seed]

I have read that a simple eraser will remove the rust (so long as it isn't too deep). Then I would recommend Eezox, Corrosion X, or Renaissance wax to protect your gun.

 

[HighVelocity]

In the auto care section at Walmart there is a silver can with black writing called NEVR-DULL. It's some kind of wadding and you tear off a piece and rub the rust with it, bye bye rust, blue unharmed. This stuff is a gift from above. How it works I have no clue, it works well though.

 

[308win]

Get yourself a bottle of this. Best stuff I have found.