Taking Care of Aluminum J Frame AirLite after Exercising
For CCW... it's hard to beat an AirLite revolver... they are so handy that we take em with us on that sweaty 45 mile bike ride... or sweaty 4 mile run...etc..etc..
4th of July morning ... a buddy and I decided to ride out the the tea party at 111th and Garnett... a good 20 miles away.
it starts raining 5 minutes into the ride and basically doesn't stop for 4+ hours. not a big deal... 90 degrees and soaked is not so bad.
when I got back... naturally my 337PD was soaked.... which leads back to reason for this little writeup.
Aluminum has it's own peculiar set of characteristics. the same for steel, stainless steel and titanium.
Titanium is basically inert and stainless steels used in firearms are resistant to most corrosion. what we should be worried about is corrosion to the Aluminum and steel parts.
as most of us already knows.... rust will form on unprotected steels. what's not readily known is aluminum naturally forms an anodic film.
both rust and anodic films or anodize are basically oxidation to base metals. what accelerates this process is SALT & WATER.
in other words if you don't remove that sweat from your aluminum J-frame. you could end up with a badly corroded revolver.
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For CCW... it's hard to beat an AirLite revolver... they are so handy that we take em with us on that sweaty 45 mile bike ride... or sweaty 4 mile run...etc..etc..
4th of July morning ... a buddy and I decided to ride out the the tea party at 111th and Garnett... a good 20 miles away.
it starts raining 5 minutes into the ride and basically doesn't stop for 4+ hours. not a big deal... 90 degrees and soaked is not so bad.
when I got back... naturally my 337PD was soaked.... which leads back to reason for this little writeup.
Aluminum has it's own peculiar set of characteristics. the same for steel, stainless steel and titanium.
Titanium is basically inert and stainless steels used in firearms are resistant to most corrosion. what we should be worried about is corrosion to the Aluminum and steel parts.
as most of us already knows.... rust will form on unprotected steels. what's not readily known is aluminum naturally forms an anodic film.
both rust and anodic films or anodize are basically oxidation to base metals. what accelerates this process is SALT & WATER.
in other words if you don't remove that sweat from your aluminum J-frame. you could end up with a badly corroded revolver.
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