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Posted: 9/22/2013 9:54:13 AM EDT
| Orange stuff is creeping out of the seams of my SLR-106. Between the receiver guide rails, trunnions, and the pistol grip reinforcement plate. Any advice other than keeping it drenched in CLP? Any other bare steel on it is fine, but it just keeps oozing from the seams. I was thinking of having it cerakoted after swapping the stock for a triangle folder (aware of parts count, gonna swap the brake out for a US part), but I dunno if I'm gonna bother if it's just gonna keep leeching rust. |
| Had the rifle for a year. I am the original owner, only have around 1k thru it. Cleaned with BF between range trips. Rifle has only been fired with PMC, XM193, and other brass cased ammo. Rifle is usually in the corner of my closet in an air conditioned house. None of my other rifles are rusting, I looked them over after finding what appeared to be rust on the SLR. |
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I seem to recall something similar happening to someone else, though I don't remember if it was a SLR or SGL. Though it seemed like Arsenal took it back and either fixed it or gave them a new rifle. It may have fallen under warranty work though, not sure how long it is for Arsenal rifles.
So far as fixing it, if it's rust you're going to want to displace the moisture out of there and seal it up somehow. |
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Closets are notoriously infamous for causing guns to rust due to moisture, ESPECIALLY if you keep clothes in the same closet.
When you put washed and dried clothes in, they're never totally dry, always slightly damp. Even without the clothes, closets are just bad news. When I bought my Ohio Rapid Fire AK-74 I read that at one point ORF had problems with rust oozing out of rivets, trunnions, and ejectors. When I got it I applied a liberal coat of CLP Breakfree on every rivet, and on the joints of the trunnions and ejector rails inside the and outside the receiver and let soak 24 hours to penetrate. Everywhere there was something attached to the receiver I put CLP so it would soak in. I stood the barreled receiver upright with a pad of newspaper and paper towel under it and let it drain, then wiped and brushed it dry. I've never had any rust anywhere. So, I think that if you get enough of something on/in like CLP or possibly Kroil that it can totally penetrate and coat everything, rust can't start or continue. You may have some of the lube mixed with old rust ooze out, but eventually that will stop. |
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I think it's just residual oil from the factory suspending rusted metal shavings. I wouldn't say your rifle is rusting, per se. Just keep wiping it, and inspect the bore, gas tube, and gas block for indications of other issues. Agreed. This is the symptoms of shooting corrosive ammo and not cleaning properly. Since 5.56 corrosive is RARE, the drake knows what he's talking about. |
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What's the best way to determine if something is rust vs. some other rust-colored oil/grease?
I have an SLR-101 that had this orange-colored "stuff" that showed up between the barrel and the gas block and front sight block. Hard to see, unless you used a flashlight to illuminate the crack. Anyways, at first I thought it was rust, so I cleaned it off with some q-tips. Wouldn't come back until I took it to the range again, got the rifle hot from shooting, then more would seem to seep out. Unscientifically, this seemed to me to be some kind of orange-colored grease, vs. rust. At any rate, it has ceased to bug me. But reading this thread jogged my memory about it. |
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I thought the orange goop was a Romanian thing. All mine have done it.
I also think it's shavings or crud from assembly that is rusting, not the actual rifle. I cured one by drenching and scrubbing with mineral spirits just to wash it out, and then flooded with CLP. |
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I have an SAM7 that I got when they first came out. After a while I was getting a lot of what looked like rust seeping out of the joints. We a few years later there is no sign of rust and no rust looking stuff coming out. Everuthing lookd great on mine.
Just oil it alot. |
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