New Sig Has Rust

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NW Florida not a place of high humidity???
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Did you see the little "winky" face. A little humor.

I'm assuming Atlanta is a hot bed for rusting firearms, just like the Gulf Coast would be, if you don't take care of them.
 
I usually use brackets to denote [sarcasm]. Ie:

["How's Kimber's boy over at Sig working out?"]
["Rust, really, you don't say..]

Atlanta and Florida air + sweat = rust. It's Glock land down there, unless your steel is melonited.
 
Cosmoline is a heavy BROWN grease that Sig uses on their guns. You need a pretty heavy duty solvent to deal with it. While this a very generic statement, Germany still uses cosmoline for everything. I bought a VW and the whole thing is coated with it underneath. They use it for just about anything that is metal and could rust, say in a shipping container crossing the Atlantic. I bought a new GSG 1911 and it was literally more cosmoline then gun. I would bet you are dealing with cosmoline. If that's the case then "clean it off myself" is really not that rude.
 
IL Guns said:
Cosmoline is a heavy BROWN grease that Sig uses on their guns. You need a pretty heavy duty solvent to deal with it. While this a very generic statement, Germany still uses cosmoline for everything. I bought a VW and the whole thing is coated with it underneath. They use it for just about anything that is metal and could rust, say in a shipping container crossing the Atlantic. I bought a new GSG 1911 and it was literally more cosmoline then gun. I would bet you are dealing with cosmoline. If that's the case then "clean it off myself" is really not that rude.
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Not true on the solvent. I've done hundred of sks and Mosins in cosmoline and I've used nothing but hot water and simple green to remove it. Small stuff could be done in an over or a toaster oven.
 
Yah, we have a little humidity problem here in ATL. I used to live in Clearwater FL, so I am well acquainted with humidity
 
JTQ said:
Did you see the little "winky" face. A little humor.

I'm assuming Atlanta is a hot bed for rusting firearms, just like the Gulf Coast would be, if you don't take care of them.
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I've never had an issue with any other firearm here in ATL, until this one
 
I also doubt American made SIG P-320's are heavily dipped in rust colored cosmolene prior to shipment.

Still, the OP should at least have taken the slide off and inspected it when he brought it home from the gun store.
And properly cleaned & lubed it with gun lube, instead of packing oil or grease.

If it was rusty then, he had a valid reason to bitch.

But since he didn't, he doesn't.

BTW: Without close-up pictures?
The 'rust' could be factory preservative grease, or bluing salts residue that didn't get completely cleaned off.

If there is no finish removed, pitting under it?

Clean it off and Fogadaboutit!!
It wasn't rust!!

rc
 
JTQ said:
Did you see the little "winky" face. A little humor.

I'm assuming Atlanta is a hot bed for rusting firearms, just like the Gulf Coast would be, if you don't take care of them.
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Yah, we have a little humidity problem here in ATL. I used to live in Clearwater FL, so I am well acquainted with humidity
 
Still, the OP should at least have taken the slide off and inspected it when he brought it home from the gun store.
And properly cleaned & lubed it with gun lube, instead of packing oil or grease.
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I agree 100%. I always break down a new gun, clean and lube it before shooting it. I was not aware that SIG P-320's were built in America but so was my Taurus TCP. It was packed with Cosmoline. That's how I became familiar with it.
When I saw it all over the underbody of my VW I asked "what is this" because it looked like cosmoline to me. The salesman said cosmoline to prevent rust. When I got my GSG 1911 I broke it down and sure enough packed in cosmoline. I ordered some extra SIG mags for it and they were coated in cosmoline. Hence the statement Germans love cosmoline.
 
Brand new Ruger 77/357 and I know it was clean inside and out. One day of hunting {it got wet} and it sat for a few days. I was called and took a look at it. It was rust. SS is not always what we think. Magnetic SS will rust. If a magnet sticks to it even a little bit it is not Straight SS. As far as deep pitting? maybe not so much so. but surface rust can happen on some of the so called SS guns.
RC has it right. If it did not show up at the dealer he won't buy any sort of story now.
 
Wildfire said:
SS is not always what we think. Magnetic SS will rust. If a magnet sticks to it even a little bit it is not Straight SS.
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There is no Straight Stainless Steel (SS).

SS is an alloy of steel and chromium (10.5% minimum to qualify to be called SS). The more chromium that is alloyed with the steel, the more rust resistant the SS will be
 
I am just following the instructions given me by the LGS, who is the largest Sig dealer in metro Atlanta, where I bought it…
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MoreIsLess,

I rewrote my original reply several times before posting it trying to convey my points in a non-offensive manner. I don’t intend to be harsh.

Just to be sure I checked the owner’s manual that came with my SIG. Page 13 is titled “Caring for your Pistol” and states;

“NOTE: Your SIG SAUER pistol comes from the factory with a light coating of protective grease and oils. Before you fire the pistol, you should disassemble, clan and lubricate it as recommended on this page.”

In post 12 you explain that “I am just following the instructions given me by the LGS, who is the largest Sig dealer in metro Atlanta, where I bought it…”

Since the clerk that sold you the gun gave you maintenance advice contrary to the SIG SAUER’s your complaint should be with the LGS not SIG SAUER. If you believe your gun has developed rust then you should take the gun back to the LGS and discuss the issue.

Several points;

1. Read the owners manual before using the gun.
2. Most clerks at LGS are not knowledgeable about firearms.
3. Guys don’t read owner manuals on tools and mechanical items. The clerk that sold you the gun certainly had not.
4. Most Clerks at LGS's are idiots.
 
"rust resistant" in no way means "will not rust". It just takes a little longer........
 
Marketing 101. Tell them whatever they want to hear. Just like real estate agents who tell you that house is a "great fixer upper"........
 
Just like the term "cute or quaint" in real estate. Translation - "small"

As for SS even the nonmagnetic stuff (I'm talking a pretty strong magnet) will turn color over time. Like a SS exhaust on a new car. Find the nastiest and strongest magnet and it will not stick. After a winter that exhaust will have surface rust all over it.
It may last 20 years but it still will have surface rust.
I am all about using a product like Chore Boy in copper VERY gently if it is surface rust.
That should take it off if it is surface rust and not harm it.
 
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