Fighting corrosion on your gear How do you do it?

[skeet]

Many years ago I had a friend who worked as a courier to our Russian Embassy. They didn't check his diplomatic pouch so I had him get me a quart..well 2 liters...of true Sperm Oil. I still have 8 ounces of it and still use it..sparingly on the good O/Us and SxS guns I have. It never gets thick or gummy..and it will displace water..But since the late 60s you can't get whale oil any longer. But it is for internal use.. It is not runny. I do have an old rag I keep in a tin can with that oil on it to wipe guns down. It will attract dust etc like any oil. When I said WD 40 displaces water..When you wipe a gun down with a rag after spraying WD..it does bring the water and salt with it. but after it dries it leaves a brown film that is really hard to get rid of around and under vent ribs and in crevices.. Nasty stuff. It is not a spray the gun and forget it kinda stuff. Even gun scrubber won't melt it away

[Rapier]

I can cut your search down a bit by telling you the winner, without any question. Well I can tell you about it. It does not really have a name just a military stock number and a maker's name. It is used by the USAF ammo guys in the ammo dump (a Chief told me about it) to re-package and store the Am-ram missiles that are returned unused on aircraft. It preserves the rocket motors after exposure to the elements. It is an aerosol, it sprays on as a light tan color fine spray then when the carrier / solvent evaporates it looks like Rig, brown and sticky. It cuts itself, so to get it off you just spray it again an easily wipe it off. I got an empty can and looked the company up. They are or were in New Orleans, LA. They sell it by the 12 can case at about $10 per can. But, they may be gone, after Katrina and all.

In a military test of polished bare steel, exposed to fresh water and then salt water for 3 weeks each, the steel sprayed with this stuff had NO rust. The way I found it was looking for a preservative for my Ruger OM SA collection that stayed in the safe for long periods. I sold all of the guns to other collectors some years ago.

But for my light weight everyday gun use, come rain, shine, etc, I use G-96. I carry my O/U guns all over the world, rain or shine, they get sprayed down with G-96 and a shot down the bore, two hours set, and a bore snake makes them shine like a new penny, the gun's outside is a G-96 rag wipe down. I have the golden touch, a very acidic system, so I pay attention to preservatives, I use W-D to cut crud on tools or heavy equipment, never touches my guns.
Ed

[Rapier]

The military rocket motor spray is:

8030-00-938-1947
Corrosion Preventive Compound
Water Displacing
Ultra Thin

Bulk Chemical Ltd.
Gretna, LA 70033

Ed