Rust inhibitors?

[opusnight]

I've tried various post-cleaning lubes, oils, etc., and just haven't settled on any truly great product that will inhibit rust and keep the barrel - inside and out - clean, well-lubed and maintenance-free if I go a few months in between shoots. Advice?

 

[SmokeEater2]

Barricade.

 

[SgtSchutzen]

I`ve used alot of different products and never had any real problems with any of them. I use Break Free more than anything else though. Something else I do is take down my guns and run a patch down the bore and reoil them a day or so after I clean them, and again about every month for guns I`m not regularly using.

 

[newtewsmoke]

I think you'll find the majority will reccomend birchwood caseys barricade. I've not used any personally but am going to, soon as i get some.

 

[Zonie]

I have used Birchwood Casey "Sheath" for a long time with good results.
For reasons quite beyond me Birchwood Casey seems to have changed the scent and renamed it Barricade.

It works the same as the Sheath did and I'm using it now.

It is a very thin fluid and after being applied to the gun metal (both inside the bore and outside on all metal parts) it drys to the touch.

This keeps dust from sticking to it and makes wiping the bore before loading unnecessary.

All of the guns I've used it on seem to be totally resistant to rust for months after it is applied.

 

[George T.]

When it was Sheath I used a lot of it and here in humid East Texas it was a life saver. I use it on my reloading dies inside and out. No more rust problems. On my ML's I use Zep 75 and what ever I use I go back in two or three days and hit them with it again. If I am going to store them a month or more before shooting them again I use a good grease to coat them inside and out.It is very humid here and I live on a huge lake! Geo. T

 

[Stumpkiller]

Sheath/Barricade for me as well. I still have some Sheath and notice no difference in performance to the newer Barricade.

Shake both before using.

 

[Many Klatch]

I use a mix of half kerosene and half two stroke motor oil. I use both inside and out and on the locks. It makes a penetrating oil that doesn't evaporate.

Many Klatch

 

[ohio ramrod]

For many many years I used the old standby G.I. gun oil that comes in the little brown plastic bottles ( I had a good supply left from Nam ) But two years ago a good friend retired from special forces and he used nothing but the old "three in one oil ". And since my last bottle of G.I. oil was getting low I switched to three in one oil.And have liked it's performance as well. :idunno:

 

[cynthialee]

3 in 1 or WD-40
depends on which on is closer to hand

 

[blackdog of vt]

Clenzoil, used everywhere by the military.

 

[jamesthomas]

Barricade.

me to! :thumbsup:

 

[Bob J]

Ballistol works great for me!

 

[Black Hand]

I used bear grease in/on the barrel and bear oil on the working parts of the lock. Haven't had any problems.

 

[MosinRob]

barricade works good but my favorite is seafoam deep creep. great for guns.

 

[Rat Trapper]

I use Knight Oil, have no idea who made it for them, but it works. I have been given a number of the bottles, so I'm set for a long time.

 

[Billnpatti]

There are a number of good corrosion inhibiting oils out there but I have used Barricade for several years and am quite satisfied with its performance as both a lubricant and a rust inhibitor. You can pay more but I doubt you will find a better product. If you do, please let all of us on the forum know about it. I always welcome better products.

 

[Sperit de bois]

You mean VVL-800,,, (LWO)great stuff if you can get it.Mil spec 81309 type II is good to.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

It is ALL marketing!

FYI, as it is, Birchwood Casey just renamed themselves Birchwood Technologies, due to their in-roads in non-sporting applications (mil-spec, automotive/aerospace industries, etc.).

I also noticed that the industrial rust protectant is still called SHEATH, so I am surmising that they came up with the name Barricade expressly for their sporting product ...

 

[pargent]

A DILIGENT OWNER IS THE BEST YOU CAN FIND :thumbsup: