Savage Trophy Hunter Surface Rust - It won't go away!
Have several savage trophy hunters that I bought during the clearance a couple years back. They all seem to get surface rust really easily, even the ones that haven't been fired.
They "look" fine (maybe a little bit browner than the new savage that just joined them), but the periodic wiping down with oil always reveals surface rust coming off the barrel and the action, enough to turn your typical 3x3 patch brown. And with the "rough" finish of the bluing it is like wiping a marker; it never fully goes away.
Now I have climate control where the guns are stored, which are stored in the same area as other rifles, but the savages are the only ones that get this rust.
Has anyone else experience this problem? Was it just cheap bluing?
It was great that they were cheap, got me into a number of new calibers, but if I end up having to spend $100 a rifle down the road to have them re-blued, that kind of defeats the purpose.
Savage Trophy Hunter Surface Rust - It won't go away!
Degrease, primer, paint.
I use car grade rattle can primer and krylon rattle can paint.
Every gun I have that is a tool is spray painted, dipped, or powder coated.
A old farmer told me one time. “Son, that rust will be there when you die”
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