QUICKHELP! It looks like my m39 is starting to rust

[izhevsk]

It looks like my tikka finnish m39s bolt is starting to rust
What is the best way I can get rid and prevent it please.

[izhevsk]

Especially the bolt head, and that's the most important part :'(

[desdem12]

Fortunately this is easy to fix. Take the bolt down and scrub all the rust off and oil. If it has been fired with corrosive ammo use water or windex to wash off salts and then clean the rust off and oil and put it back together. You can use oil and a bore brush or what ever you want on the bolt.

[Juice]

My H&R gets rusty a lot because I use it so much and don't really clean it up often. Take a "rough" rag, or paper towel even, oil it good and rub. You might be surprised how much rust will come off that way.

[Junk Yard Dog]

You shot it already and now it's rusting? If so pour some boiling water over it, let it dry, the heat will speed this along, then oil it up, and keep it that way until the next time you shoot. If you shot it with surplus ammo and didn't pour a quart of boiling water down the bore to wash out the corrosive salts then do that as well, and oil it up with a good wet oil and remove it only to fire the weapon again. If you don't have oil handy you can use the same stuff you put in your car, a whole quart is under five bucks. you can thin it with a little kerosene, or heating oil.

[izhevsk]

I don't want to shoot it XD

[Junk Yard Dog]

If you haven't oiled up the metal at all then I can see why it's rusting, fingerprint oils are enough to get it started. If the last owner shot it with surplus ammo and didn't clean it properly then the remaining salts in the bore could be causing the rust,

[Sirex]

Get a little bottle of Gunzilla and test spray a little on a tiny spot and let it sit for a while, like a few hours maybe. I just bought some and seems to do good so far.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Option two is used by museums to keep stuff like this from rusting in the display cases. Take the barreled receiver out of the stock, wipe all the oil off it, pack the bore with axle grease, and they apply car wax to all the outer metal surfaces. This is a time consuming process, and you must be careful to avoid touching it afterward, but it will protect the metal of a display rifle without having to oil it every other day. Use a good grade of wax, they expensive stuff, not the dollar store special.