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Much to my chagrin and my unfortunate neglect. My Armi Sport 1861 Springfield was sitting muzzle down in a soft case in the closet. The muzzle and barrel crown are heavily corroded as a result I presume due to humidity coming through the concrete foundation of my home. Sadly she has been sitting for at least 18-20 years untouched. Usually I would tackle this with some triple aught' steel wool and some breakfree but this stuff is pretty thick. What should I use to remove the corrosion??
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50/50 acetone and atf shaken in a bottle. Then poured in a open container that the barrel muzzle can be placed in so the mixture will cover all the rust. Let sit over night then use a triple aut steel wool orgrey or green scrub pad.
I'm familiar with acetone of course but I'm not familiar with ATF???
 
I'm familiar with acetone of course but I'm not familiar with ATF???


Automatic Transmission Fluid.

The specific gravity of the 2 liquids is very different. The acetone will float on top of the ATF. Takes a log of shaking to get the 2 to go into solution. Need to put them in a bottle with a lid and shake it up a bunch.
 
Being a replica you can safely file, grind and sand to your hearts content. Take this damage as a learning moment and never store a gun in a case! I’ve had more then one gun come to me that had been stored like this with just the same rusting and worse.
Sorry to see your loss.
 
Automatic Transmission Fluid.

The specific gravity of the 2 liquids is very different. The acetone will float on top of the ATF. Takes a log of shaking to get the 2 to go into solution. Need to put them in a bottle with a lid and shake it up a bunch.
Ah, ok. I suppose I can get a can of Acetone at Lowe's or THD??
 
8-1 water and molasses mixture, soak three days. Note this will mess up any bluing but I thing yer past that now, TRY THIS it will work. I had a ruger Old army cylinder in same or worse shape. After soaking in the molasses 2-3 days NO MORE RUST ANYWHERE. Bluing was now dim vs bright blue but zero rust. Feed store brand molasses (I pd $3.00 5-6 years ago for a gallon).
 
8-1 water and molasses mixture, soak three days. Note this will mess up any bluing but I thing yer past that now, TRY THIS it will work. I had a ruger Old army cylinder in same or worse shape. After soaking in the molasses 2-3 days NO MORE RUST ANYWHERE. Bluing was now dim vs bright blue but zero rust. Feed store brand molasses (I pd $3.00 5-6 years ago for a gallon).
Oh, no worries it's in the white.
 
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