Bad mistake...kicking myself

Collioure

I’m, normally very good add maintaining my beretta SP......but the last time I put it back I put it back wet and I did not look at it until yest. This gun is only two years old and the barrels had a nice shinny breach end.....to my horror this is it now....I can’t get them back to their former self....is there anything I can do....OTHER THAN GOING F#*K

Tackleberrywho

Collioure wrote: »

I’m, normally very good add maintaining my beretta SP......but the last time I put it back I put it back wet and I did not look at it until yest. This gun is only two years old and the barrels had a nice shinny breach end.....to my horror this is it now....I can’t get them back to their former self....is there anything I can do....OTHER THAN GOING F#*K

A scouring pad for your pots and pans will take the heavy stuff off, to get it back shiny................

This is only a guess, water sandpaper (like what is used for preping paint work, and some light oil) This will take a lot of TLC!!

Other than that go to a gun smith.

deeksofdoom

WD40, emery paper or the silver foil off a box of fags.

kildare.17hmr

its only surfice rust nothing to worry about, like the lads said some wd40 a scouring pad and a bit of attention will have ya sorted. made a similar mistake when i put my rifle in freezing cold and it must of had a layer of ice on it:o 1 week later when i took it out again i was freakin out!! Half an hour of rubbing had it back to its former glory

I keep the scouring pad off a sponge and some good gun oil in my gun slip and wipe it down after every outing now, keeps it looking nice and fresh

clivej

get the NON scratching green scouring pads, the flat square ones, Woodies maybe, and some 3-in-one oil and some elbow grease (hard to find in the shops ).

landkeeper

don't use wet and dry or sandpaper no matter what some say :rolleyes:you'll remove metal and take the barrels off the face of the action
something non abrasive like a plastic scouring pad would be my advice

Tackleberrywho

clivej wrote: »

get the NON scratching green scouring pads, the flat square ones, Woodies maybe, and some 3-in-one oil and some elbow grease (hard to find in the shops ).

The green pads can be got in tesco/Dunnes

I have Buckets of Elbow grease:D:D

Especially after floating the new barrel on my stock!!

Half-cocked

Very fine wire wool or scouring pads made from fine scotch brite. As stated above, do not use emery paper, you will remove a lot of metal very quickly and lose the precision fit between barrels and action.

One other thing about Beretta's and rust. If the rust removed blue from the barrels, none of the touch up kits available on the market will repair it properly. Beretta steel has too high a chromium content (thats not a bad thing, it just makes blueing very difficult).

Collioure

Thanks for repsonses......green scouring pad will be purchased tonight

session savage

Dont panic. Spray it with wd40 and leave it for 15 min then rub with scrunched up tin foil. I am always doing this to my bike and even the Chrome comes up all shiney and new.