Anyone ever use WeatherPruf or Prevox from Kano Labs, the makers of Kroil. They claim 6 months to a year of protection from corrosion.

Jeff

WD-40 is a banned substance for military use due it's poor rust-preventative characteristics. Use something else for long term storage. jorge

There are so many good lubricants and rust inhibitors out there that I can't imagine why a person would use WD-40 on his rifles unless that was all that was available at the time.

WD-40, like all penatrating type oils, doesn't like to stay where you put it...and penatrating oils and ammunition should always pick other dance partners. That last reason, from what I have been told, is primarily why the military considers WD-40 a big NO-NO for use on weapons.

A good quality paste wax works pretty well for a non-intrusive wet weather protector for exterior metal and wood on hunting rifles...and it ain't gonna hurt anything.

For long term storage it's hard to beat RIG or good old cosmoline if you don't mind the clean-up when you take them out of storage.

Rick

I'm not necessarily advocating WD-40 as MY choice, I just ordered some Boeshield today, but the Brownells info I linked previously had pretty nice things to say about WD-40. You folks saying otherwise might take a look. Here's the text from their site:

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"WD-40 lubricates, cleans and displaces moisture to prevent rust. Manufacturer recommended for firearms and other sporting equipment. Easy to apply formula contains petroleum distillates that could affect certain stock finishes. May cause gumming on internal components and inside receivers. Long-term use on gunmetals has been thought to limit the effectiveness of certain bluing solutions. WD-40 has been around a long time and earned the reputation as an excellent rust preventive for exterior surfaces of firearms. A favorite among old timers.

Test plates show excellent moisture displacement. Minimal rust formation is present; almost no pitting is visible after degreasing."

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And here's the link to follow. If you click on the link and scroll to the bottom you will see actual photos of metal protected with WD-40 compared to control lots of untreated metal. Pretty compelling if you ask me. I think what may have caused WD-40 to be banned (news to me) is the better documented problem of it gumming up with repetitive use. It's certainly better, within the confines of this study, that Breakfree LP for example.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/GunTech/NewsletterArchive.aspx?p=0&t=1&i=503

If NOTHING else you should look at the photos of the metal pieces compared to other treated pieces along with the control.

Reed

I used to hunt in the tropics of north Queensland ( thats where I grew up) and I used to take the rifle out of the stock and cover everything librally with beeswax.Common ordinary beeswax.It stopped the stock going mouldy, stopped the rust, didn't stain the stock( as some mineral oils will) and the rain used to "bead" off it like a good car finish.
Of course, the next door neighbour's father having bees may have had something to do with that!

You might try BORE BUTTER ---works as well as anything else.

Reed,

I have used WD40 for years...just not on weapons.

Personally, I can't stand the smell of it...but the main reason I don't use it on weapons is because it's too damned messy and there are far better products out there that don't migrate into every nook and cranny on the rifle.

I spent allot of time carrying a rifle around in a tropical environment and I have to say that I never really had all that much trouble keeping it from rusting. Just wiping it down with an oily rag seemed to do just fine.

Rick

Rick,
Too bad we can't keep our wives and girlfriends happy with just a daily wipe down with an oily rag.
JCN

Reed,

I used to use Boeshield on saw tables. It is great stuff, but pricey for an application like that so now it's just floor wax.

I've yet to use a product any better than good ol' RIG.

They used to offer it in a spray but evidently with me being the only one in the world buying it they decided to discontinue it. Right inconsiderate of them....

The big equalizer among these products is the fact that a really hard scrub against something abrasive in the field is going to expose bare metal so a gun needs wiping down anyway because one never knows if the metal got scrubbed.

You mean you can't?

Rick