Good post deputy, Very good article I agree 100 percent with Grant Cunningham . But he's talking mostly about lubricating the moving parts of a gun, just two sentences on corrosion control. I dont think most people use Rig grease to lubricate the moving parts. I think most use it as I do, I use very little of it on a soft cloth and very lightly coat my stainless steel guns when they are being stored in the safe for any length of time, as a rust inhibitor. very little, you cant see it on the gun but you can feel it. I dont want it to gunk up anywhere or get anywhere it can build up and collect dirt or powder residue. Then when I take it out and use it, I just wipe it down with a clean cloth and its ready to go. I have to do this, where I live in the Tampa Bay area,(near the Bay), humidity hits around 100 percent a lot, and even my stainless steel guns will rust in a few days to weeks if not lightly coated with something, even with a humidity rod & Eva Dry dehumidifier in the safe. unfortunately I had to learned this the hard way. I use to rarely coat the outside of my guns, My stupid reasoning was I cleaned them so often, but a few years back, after being out of town for six weeks, I got home, opened my safe [:0] to find my prize Python looking like a old rusted railroad spike
. I never got the pitting out. Sorry bout the ranting, but 40 years ago, we put a man on the moon, since then, we've invented lasers, microwaves, blu rays & digitized things so small you cant see with the naked eye. You would think by now someone would have invented a gun that wont rust if you leave it alone for any length of time. This is the one thing about guns that has bugged me ever since the Python experience. Really good article, thanks for posting it. I enjoyed the read.
