Well, I finally shot my new (to me) Hawken. Afterwards, I cleaned the heck out of it. I eventually did the warm soapy water in a bucket thing and afterwards I ran many dry patches through the bore and cleaned the drum with a pipecleaner. I then finished up by running a patch sopped with Bore Butter to prevent rust. Tonight (24 hours after cleaning) I looked down the bore and there was spot rust all over the place. I thought to myself - "self, screw this 'no petroleum' stuff," and slathered the bore with patches coated with CLP. I know this is abhorrent to traditionalists but it appeared to remove the spot rust and, hopefully, will prevent rust from reappearing until I can get some advice from you guys.
My question is this - how do you guys keep spot rust from occuring in the bore? Am I missing something simple? I've never had this occur with any of my other rifles but I've always used CLP or Rem Oil in my other rifles. BTW, if it's relevant, the rifle is a Traditions Hawken with a Spanish barrel.
My question is this - how do you guys keep spot rust from occuring in the bore? Am I missing something simple? I've never had this occur with any of my other rifles but I've always used CLP or Rem Oil in my other rifles. BTW, if it's relevant, the rifle is a Traditions Hawken with a Spanish barrel.