wet rifle??

hildy

I'm fairly new to rifles being from Illinois. Now I'm in Missouri and have a Model 70 with a wooden stock for a few years now. I bought it new and only use it on dry days.

I got caught in the rain today with it. What do you all do when your rifles get wet?

Do I have to take it apart to get under the barrell dry? I'm worried it will be rusting under there.

I took the floor plate/trigger guard off and it was wet up inside there as well.

If so, how do I take the stock off the rifle?

thanks

duckhunter

Remove all the screws around the trigger guard. Stock should drop off. I use Remoil. Works great.

1KYDSTR

First off, congratulations on your escape from midget Rod's little personnal fifedom...what a stroke. Yes, take 'er apart and after oiling it leave it apart for another 2 days...get ALL that moisture out of there!!

Odawgp

the 5 minute way is to disassemble spray it with starter fluid, allow fluid to evap. the water will too them oil and reassemble

if there is a lot of water, i would leave the stock off for a few days as stated above. you can place the stock in the house where it is warm and it will help dry it out faster.

Wolf.

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-Yeah, pretty much what everyone said. I might do it slightly different, however.

I would remove the wood stock and let it dry slowly away from heat. for several days or a week. I would loosen, not remove, as many screws as I could, then I would use an entire can of spray brake cleaner, making sure to spray all around the screws and sticking the nozzel into the innards of the gun's trigger group, bolt and bolt race, and all around the stock mounting studs. Essentially any cracks or crevasses. Let the de-stocked gun stand for about ten minutes, shaking out any trapped brake cleaner fluid that has not evaporated. Then I would quickly follow up with a similar spray bath of WD-40 bath to expel any remaining water and brake cleaner. Wipe the gun completely dry (or as much as you can of the WD-40 and lightly oil the gun and the bore. Get a bit of oil around those loosened screws, too. Be careful to NOT get too much oil in the chamber or bore.

jonk

Take it apart. Spray the metal down with WD-40 or similar- the only time it should be used on guns is to displace water and this is one of those times. Let the excess drip off, and after a day or two wipe any left off and oil with a good gun oil.

Let the stock dry at room temp, not over any heat, for a few days. Then oil the wood and re-assemble.

guntech59

...and don't forget to re-check your zero before you go back out. Removing the stock will (most times) change your POI.

hildy

thanks,,, I didn't know it would change my zero since the scope is still on it.

thanks

mrbruce

What I like to do if I'm going to be in a wet environment is to coat everything with a coat of car wax, and leave it on with out polishing it off..... Some folks use lots of oil, but in real cold conditions it will stiffen up and cause problems too....
Even coming into a warm building after being out in the cold all day will cause condensation to form on the metal parts, and will cause rust if not taken care of......
I would never take a barreled action out of a stock without checking the sights again after it's put back together....

SCorvers

Don't take it aprt till after hunting season. Rifles can get wet, it won't kill them. Got a box full of wood and blue rifles that get wet often. So what?