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Section 15: Cleaning/Maintenance
Subject: Rust Prevent Msg# 1105956

From:

FrankWhiton

Joined 2/13/2004

To:

Mark Freburg (Read) Forum Manager

Joined 4/3/2000

Hi Mark,

I was just looking at the independent Comprehensive Corrosion test of 46 gun products. I posted the test results on the forum some time ago.

The outstanding products for Corrosion Protection lasting 192 hours in a salt spray test were:

Rust Prevent, WD 40 Specialist and Hornady One Shot.

Barricade lasted for 48 hours so no where as good as the other three.

The outstanding products for lowest Coefficient of Static Friction were:

One Shot the lowest by a good margin. Barricade was second best. Rust Prevent wasn't even close to One Shot or Barricade. Rust Prevent was in the middle group of products. So Rust Prevent may not be as good for lubricating moving parts.

I have use Hornady One Shot for a couple of years. It is a dry lube once the carrier evaporates and provides excellent Corrosion Protection. I haven't found anything about One Shot that I dislike. I guess it could be a little cheaper to buy.

Frank

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
Yes, it's been called Barricade for years. If you still have some called Sheath you either use it VERY sparingly, hoard it, or don't have enough guns. Laugh

By the way, if spraying it in the air doesn't appeal, it does come in an oil-like format in a can for applying via a rag. Probably lasts longer that way. Perhaps that's how you've been doing it all along?

I use both. I wipe my guns down with the oil-type after shooting even if not planning to clean them, using either a wool wiper or a folded up rag.

Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: Barricade
Image Info: In my opinion this is about the finest rust preventative on the market and I have been wiping down my guns with this for a couple of decades. It used to be called "Sheath" and was renamed "Barricade" a couple years ago. After wiping it on the gun let it sit for a little while and it is absorbed into the pores of the metal, allowing you to handle the gun without any "oily" feel, but the gun is still protected.

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