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Today I have take my lovely single barrel gun with the snap cap inside and have a sad surprise. The cotton had rust and I had to clean the inside of the barrel very well.
Some of you were wright when advice me.
Best regards! The cotton wouldn't have caused rust if it had been charged with RIG. RIG is a great rust inhibitor. The only purpose for the mop is to hold grease or oil.
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RIG is pretty much all I use to protect the metal on my guns. I have a lint free rag, lightly soaked in RIG, that I keep in a short plastic medicine (Rx) bottle. All metal surfaces get wiped down with that rag before putting the gun away. Never had a problem with rust since a friend told me about RIG.
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Campero,
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Sounds like no real damage done.
Best regards,
Larry
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So, is rig a liquid now? Years ago I used some and it was real thick and gooey. I used it on a gun and it was so messy, I never used it after that. That's why I just got into the habit of wiping them down with oil every once in a while.
Last edited by Jimmy W; 04/28/24 08:43 PM.
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When the hunting season was over I put my shotgun away with the snap cap inside. Yesterday I took it out to check it and found that the cotton had a brown wick. I looked inside the chamber and there was also a stain. I cleaned everything well with a 28ga chamber brush, oil and cotton cloths that I wiped with a ramrod.
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I haven’t found RIG for sale as a liquid. However, I buy RIG in these little jars (link below) and it comes as a light grease. Sitting in my garage on a warm day it will liquify. As I said, I rub it into a lint free cotton cloth ( like a shoeshine rag) until the rag is just tacky. Then I keep the cloth in a plastic jar. A jar of RIG will last me ten plus years. A RIG rag will last me 6-8 years, until it gets tattered. I bought a pack of lint free cotton cloths in the baby department at Walmart. https://www.amazon.com/Birchwood-Casey-Long-Lasting-Preservative-Protection/dp/B0C6V2D8RZ
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That's what I have - a small jar of it. I'll have to give that a try. Thanks a lot. Good luck.
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When the hunting season was over I put my shotgun away with the snap cap inside. Yesterday I took it out to check it and found that the cotton had a brown wick. I looked inside the chamber and there was also a stain. I cleaned everything well with a 28ga chamber brush, oil and cotton cloths that I wiped with a ramrod. Well, at least it does not sound like it was damaged. You might want to try to check it more often. Good luck.
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To clean my guns I use these two products. The oil for general cleaning and the grease to put on some parts where there is friction or rubbing. I will not use these cotton snap caps again, where I don't want to put grease on it because I don't like grease in the chamber. ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/FqzSFSd/Oil-grease.jpg)
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I've used Clenzoil for wiping down my guns, using their wiping pad. It has worked very well and has a good viscosity for most usages.
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