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Thread: Rusting Howa's

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Hunty1 Rusting Howa's 29-06-2021, 12:54 PM
40mm hmm, either Howa are rubbish... 29-06-2021, 01:05 PM
gonetropo not one spot of rust on mine,... 29-06-2021, 01:09 PM
Cordite It seems you need to... 29-06-2021, 01:14 PM
Tentman Hmmmm - my Howa did the same.... 29-06-2021, 02:06 PM
striker WD40, takes a a few... 29-06-2021, 01:18 PM
Steelisreal My 1500 (short action) 223... 29-06-2021, 02:05 PM
Dama dama Yup howa rifles are terrible... 29-06-2021, 02:10 PM
Guest My howa doesnt do this but my... 29-06-2021, 02:22 PM
Jaco My Tikka does the same on the... 29-06-2021, 02:34 PM
JohnQT Interesting thing to keep in... 29-06-2021, 03:58 PM
Hunty1 Interesting, never had a... 29-06-2021, 04:28 PM
Dama dama I'm the same Hunty1 I love... 29-06-2021, 04:55 PM
Danger Mouse How does the blued versions... 29-06-2021, 08:08 PM
csmiffy My browning A5 (possible... 29-06-2021, 05:08 PM
Flyblown Eezox or similar. It works. I... 29-06-2021, 05:12 PM
Hunty1 Yeah, still get rust with... 29-06-2021, 05:54 PM
Flyblown Do you put on a generous... 29-06-2021, 08:14 PM
Jhon I used to have a business... 29-06-2021, 08:38 PM
veitnamcam Alright ya made me look. My... 29-06-2021, 09:35 PM
Micky Duck breakfree seems to be working... 29-06-2021, 09:39 PM
tetawa Use Breakfree during the... 01-07-2021, 09:33 PM
Jhon And a note on blued... 29-06-2021, 09:44 PM
zimmer Ah no, never use steel wool... 30-06-2021, 10:59 AM
Jhon Well each to their own. Not... 30-06-2021, 04:42 PM
zimmer Go for it. Like you say to... 30-06-2021, 05:04 PM
Guest warm rifle up and lanocote on... 29-06-2021, 10:53 PM
Woody For years I gave my firearms... 30-06-2021, 10:38 AM
gonetropo yep, i understand years back... 30-06-2021, 10:54 AM
gimp I have treated every... 30-06-2021, 04:44 PM
Jhon Further to the discussion... 30-06-2021, 04:49 PM
gimp We can probably empirically... 30-06-2021, 08:36 PM
Preacher I have also had a couple of... 01-07-2021, 05:11 PM
veitnamcam Springs are also made using... 01-07-2021, 08:02 PM
PaulNZ Stainless steel springs do... 01-07-2021, 09:13 PM
Sidetrack Have come across this issue... 14-04-2024, 05:58 PM
Deanohit My stainless Howa was getting... 01-07-2024, 08:48 AM
  1. 29-06-2021, 02:10 PM #8
    Dama dama is offline
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    Yup howa rifles are terrible for this. So seem to be worse than others. My .308 gets rusty arond the action. Bolt and barrel are fine.
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