Some of you may remember that I had my custom Wilson CQB stolen in a burglary 3 years ago. I figured it would come back eventually and it has. I believe this may be a cursed item. The kid whole stole it was caught almost immediately, and later committed suicide. The guy who had it got in a horrible car wreck and they found my gun. I think I am going to call this gun Christine
Well, it is a rusty mess. I do not think this gun was in the care of a gun afficinado, and the original two magazines were still with it (humorously the cops tried to give me a 40 cal high capacity pro-mag along with it, and I was like…I don’t do promag ma’am. LOL). It was filthy on the inside and rusty all over. Not DEEP nasty rust, but it was clear it had been allowed to dry out and later the humidity got to it. There was rust , especially around the bushing oddly. But I Brought home and gave it a general cleaning and fired the 16 rounds that came with it (random ball) and 50 rounds of Blazer Brass and it seems as good as ever. Now I need to figure out if I can get rid of all this rust with steel wool, if so, I will just chalk it up to character wear…
I’ve seen rust like that respond to a good, long soaking in Break Free, preferably the foaming type in the aerosol cans. The firearms I’ve used this method with eventually, and I emphasize “eventually” shed the rust and leave bare metal if you leave the parts in the Break Free soak long enough.
IIRC I filled a plastic container with the firearm parts, doused them with Break Free from the aerosol can, sealed the container, and left it for several weeks.
It’s been about 15 years since I treated lightly rusted parts this way so I don’t remember how long it took to do its magic. Right now I’ve got a Colt AR with some rust between the flash hider and the crush washer and I just go back and coat the joint with Break Free every few days. I can see it’s having an effect, but oh-so-slowly.
It’s tedious and I’m not saying it works in every case, but man you’re sure happy when you go back and the rust is gone leaving shiny metal.
Vinegar is very effective on rust in cast iron pans. Not saying that’s what you should do, but if the break free doesn’t work… maybe it’ll be worth looking at.
My uncle restored an old 1911 he found at my paps after he passed. He used this and said it worked well to remove rust. It is not harsh and pretty cheap
Soaking it in white vinegar for a few weeks sound take some off as well
You could also look into electrolysis rust removal. It is fairly easy to set up from the looks of it and the pics/videos I have seen show it to be very effective
Awesome story, is Christine an “Ex”? LOL. So glad you got your fine weapon back. And yes I would give WB a shot at overhaul at no cost. Otherwise you are more than capable of getting it back to duty ready. That front sight is one crusty mofo. It looks like you could get it back to 100%, best of luck!
Yeah, I was referring to the Fury. It was a cursed car that was bad for it’s owner and worse for anyone else.
Also of note, the Wilson Shok Buff was out of it. I don’t recall taking it out, but I might have. It did have a considerable amount of gun inside it so it had definitely been fired over 100 rounds.
Right, the kids who stole it immediately gave it to the guy who sent them in (if I recall correctly). I still have a CZ Sp-01 and a 870P I am waiting for.
Have it CerAkoted… I did a highpower that would make yours look new… it was a night stand gun for 40 years… never fired just loaded and left in there… number drinks spilled over the years… never cleaned never oiled…
Rusty 1911 by stoiclawyer, on Flickr
Rusty 1911 by stoiclawyer, on Flickr
Rusty 1911 by stoiclawyer, on Flickr
Rusty 1911 by stoiclawyer, on Flickr
Rusty 1911 by stoiclawyer, on Flickr
Rusty 1911 by stoiclawyer, on Flickr
Rusty 1911 by stoiclawyer, on Flickr
Rusty 1911 by stoiclawyer, on Flickr
