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<blockquote data-quote="Xombie75" data-source="post: 2584797" data-attributes="member: 34398"><p>1. Are you using corrosive ammo? Not judging your intelligence but it's a valid question. If so you need to flush the bore with water really well to neutralize the salts before cleaning the bore. If you don't flush the salts out they sit under the oil and remain hygroscopic and continue to pull moisture from the air continuing the oxidization process. They can even hide and rust under copper, lead, and carbon fouling that remains in the bore. If you do flush with water and then don't dry well enough then coat with oil you also get rust. I've seen both situations from people familiar with corrosive ammo but didn't fully understand what it takes to keep their bore maintained when using it.</p><p></p><p>2. Is the barrel already frosted/pitted? If so you probably need to saturate your bore with synthetic high temp grease or eezox prior to storage. I use Automattenfett for K-31 rifles on all my mil surp bores after cleaning and prior to storage but that's hard to get in the US of A. I coat everything else in eezox to prevent any rust issues.</p><p></p><p>3. Finally do you have a dehumidifier in you safe? At least get a silica brick to absorb ambient moisture in your storage area. That will do wonders to combat rust in storage.</p><p></p><p>Someone who knows more than me may have better ideas. These are just my solutions based off the limited info from your question. Hope it helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xombie75, post: 2584797, member: 34398"] 1. Are you using corrosive ammo? Not judging your intelligence but it's a valid question. If so you need to flush the bore with water really well to neutralize the salts before cleaning the bore. If you don't flush the salts out they sit under the oil and remain hygroscopic and continue to pull moisture from the air continuing the oxidization process. They can even hide and rust under copper, lead, and carbon fouling that remains in the bore. If you do flush with water and then don't dry well enough then coat with oil you also get rust. I've seen both situations from people familiar with corrosive ammo but didn't fully understand what it takes to keep their bore maintained when using it. 2. Is the barrel already frosted/pitted? If so you probably need to saturate your bore with synthetic high temp grease or eezox prior to storage. I use Automattenfett for K-31 rifles on all my mil surp bores after cleaning and prior to storage but that's hard to get in the US of A. I coat everything else in eezox to prevent any rust issues. 3. Finally do you have a dehumidifier in you safe? At least get a silica brick to absorb ambient moisture in your storage area. That will do wonders to combat rust in storage. Someone who knows more than me may have better ideas. These are just my solutions based off the limited info from your question. Hope it helps. [/QUOTE]
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