Solution to rusting base and rings?

[gearbox]

I just got a Savage 12BVSS (stainless), on which I put a Farrell 20MOA base, Burris Signature Zee rings, and Bushnell 3200 5-15X40mm.
I shot it in the rain and the screws, mount, and rings all began rusting. As soon as I got home I took it all apart, brushed the parts down with Hoppe's, and sprayed the parts with gun scrubber.
I need the gun to be 100% weatherproof.
Who makes good stainless rings, bases and screws? Is aluminum worthy?

 

[308win]

I have Leupold stainless 2 piece bases and rings on my BDL and have never had a rusting problem. There is a product call Cleansoil that is an excellent lubricant/preservative.

 

[redneck2]

Ran into the same thing on a 700 Rem with Burris Zee rings. It's never been in the rain. Going to be a pain to reinstall and re-zero every time you take it out. I just oiled mine down and let it go.

 

[JohnKSa]

and sprayed the parts with gun scrubber.

You'll have better luck avoiding rust if you stop degreasing your parts AFTER you oil them.

Clean the rust off as well as you can using DRY 0000 steel wool. Don't push hard or you'll remove the blue as well. Use more of a dusting motion. DON'T use oil at this point as you don't want the steel wool to pick up the dust and form a grinding compound with the iron oxide and the oil. You want to take the rust off but without letting it build up on the area or in the steel wool.

When you get them clean as you can without scrubbing the blue off, then apply a thin coat of CLP to keep them from re-rusting.

Or you could use MP-5 (sold by Beeman). It is an impressive rust preventive oil. It's not a lubricant at all, so take that into account. It eventually dries but keeps protecting even when dry.

If you wipe the blued parts with CLP or MP-5 before a range trip, I doubt you'll have any further problems with rust.

If you can't tolerate oiling the parts, then you should consider having them refinished with a more corrosion proof finish. I believe Brownell's sells some do-it-yourself, bake-on finishes that have pretty good reputations.

 

[rangerruck]

go get some moly or sweetshooters, and dunk and air dry them about 5 times. I bought an ancient marlin mod 81 off an acution site, when i got it , it was a total rust bucket! first i cleaned and scrubbed everything with the usuall cleaning stuff. then i toothbrushed down the whole thing with sweet shooters, once or twice a day, for a week. i have since taken to the range several times, twice when it was drizzling, i have not cleaned it or wiped it down once yet.
Since the treatment, no rust!

 

[Bwana John]

Before every hunting season I try to wax all the metal parts on my blue steel rifle with car wax. I also coat the wood stock, especially the barrel channel. I have hunted in the rain and snow for as much as 2 weeks in the backcountry with out worrying about corrosion.

I do notice that the scope rings are the first thing on the rifle to show rust.