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Gunning regularly in one of the worst environments for a shotgun---wet, slimy, salt water from a geographical raft jutting into the North Atlantic for nearly 75 years---I'm amused by observations of gun care. Using an oily rag, touch of light oil, push- or pull-through, my guns have never been visited by rust or breakdown. Quick, no-fuss cleanup is most pleasurable of after-hunt responsibilities.

Jeepers. Never mind shotguns. I can only imagine what it does to people.
You must look like a swamp monster.


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I normally only use WD-40 when there is nothing else in the truck. But last season I decided to try it in the barrels of my Brit twist steel hammergun after a few limits of doves with old Gamebore BP loads. I field cleaned the barrels with Ballistol and water, then dried them and swabbed the bores with WD-40. Nine months later, no signs of rust.

Replacement, you did, of course, find that after 9 months there was a tougher-than-teflon varnish in those bores, just like the "experts" of the internet tell us happens every time with WD40, right?

Since the birth of the internet, there have been so many WD40 fables that I wish I had collected.

I guess that varnish is why the bores are so smooth and shining inside. I'll try it again this September.

Must be for why my 54 Mortimer shoots a 530 ball.
All the WD 40 I have put down the bore.

O.M

Miller,

In response to your question on why I said non-detergent. Its just what I grew up using in small engines, compressors and pumps and for keeping tools [hand & yard] lubricated & rust free and the seals alive in an ancient Benjamin pellet rifle/slug gun & bicycle pumps too. 30wt. non-detergent is fairly thick & does not run, leaving a good protective oil film on surfaces wiped down w/it. Not permanent by any means, but its good for a while.

There is nothing advantageous in using a multi-viscosity or detergent mineral oil. I've heard it said that one of the additives is sometimes calcium in those oils and if so, that is hydroscopic so it might aggravate/encourage rust rather than preventing it, if left over some extended period of time. I dunno, just saying.

Guns & engines are both internal combustion devises, but their lubrication needs are quite dif. and here we are only discussing motor oil as a rust preventive.

And in that sense, oil from an engine's dip stick regardless of type would serve as well for a short term preventive if nothing else were available at the time. I've done that, on more than one occasion.

Eezox, that I first learned about from Researcher and that Stan speaks of is a synthetic rust preventive that meets some rigorous mil. spec's and is said to build up a more effective to near impervious coating w/each use. I dunno; it was about a hundred dollars for a gallon when I bought it, but that's been a long while back. I was going to share some of it w/Cowboy, but he sadly left the range while it was on its way down to me. It is a very good product. Now I hope to live long enough to use it all. ;-)

Ain't got there yet.

...... and it's aroma is captivating. Eau de Eezox.

SRH

My friend Wingshooter16 turned me on to Eezox. It�s all I use now. Very pleased with it.

How many monsters have you seen among Scots, lonesome? Or the Irish for that matter of similar sodden climes? The English invited Scots south to strengthen their culture, founding their great educational institutions. Take a gander at US statesmen and presidents of Scottish descent, including at least one signer of your Declaration whose descendants live here. Nova Scotia (New Scotland) has contributed to Canada more leaders per capita to politics, law, finance etc. Our active member Mr. Riddell knows the story almost first-hand.