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12-06-2008, 08:09 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Tualatin
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Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
I've been very, very hard on my salt gun these last few weeks. Very hard. I also did not stay up on my daily care and feeding of it. This is why I call her "Big Red". She still works like a charm too... but it's time for some steel wool me thinks...
Let's see your "ugly gun" pictures!
Geoff
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12-06-2008, 08:21 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Battle Ground WA
Posts: 4,260
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Wow, that's a new camo pattern I've never seen before.....
Honestly, it looks like you left your gun in your private blind for the year and went back to retrieve it yesterday. That's RUSTED!
Keith 
Last edited by stlhdr1; 12-06-2008 at 09:03 AM.
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12-06-2008, 08:28 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 2,392
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Mine used to look JUST like that! Then I painted it. Paint that thing ASAP!
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12-06-2008, 08:29 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Corvallis, OR
Posts: 428
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Go get some Eezox and see how much you can bring back with out steel wool. This product has removed lots of rust for me and even leaves a coating layer for future abuse.
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12-06-2008, 08:47 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: lapine oregon
Posts: 15,370
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
you win
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12-06-2008, 09:42 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: NW Oregon
Posts: 5,202
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
I second the Eezox plan. You may be suprized.
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12-06-2008, 10:24 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 666
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
I don't know...if you say it works well, I don't know why you'd want to get rid of what looks to me like a pretty well camo'd shotgun. If your sighting area is unobstructed I'd leave it be. (I spend $$ on camo tape but don't think it blends in much better than your gun does.) Your choice, of course, and if you want it gone that EEZOX stuff'll do ya as well as anything else I know of.
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12-06-2008, 11:38 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: NW
Posts: 3,153
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Geoff,
That's unsafe, please be careful. What does your barrell look like? Wads will jam up on rust.
Embarrassingly, it's happened to me after I left my 870 in a floating case for a week with out cleaning. Fortunately, the blow back was so strong I did not continue firing on the jammed wad and stopped to investigate what happened. There was enough rust after one trip at the coast not running a boresnake through the barrel to stop the load 
Who knows what one more shell would have done?
John
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12-06-2008, 02:32 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Walla Walla
Posts: 187
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
That thing looks Awesome! I wouldnt touch it at all.
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12-06-2008, 02:40 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Ridgefield, Wa
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Wow...If i owned that gun I would show it to my wife. Then, I would ask santa for a new one. Looks like a great excuse for a new gun.
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12-06-2008, 05:27 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Gods Country
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
I'm crying.....
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12-06-2008, 08:38 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NE Oregon.......... Pendleton man!
Posts: 1,697
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Newb to bird hunting here... but why would one let their gun get to looking like that??
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12-06-2008, 08:45 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 3,032
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
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Originally Posted by motcha
Newb to bird hunting here... but why would one let their gun get to looking like that??
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Duck guns get wet, they get dirty, sometimes they even get dropped,used as an oar, or something else, it comes with the territory.
Duck hunt a few times, and you'll learn a little rust won't hurt it.
A duck gun need not be pretty, it only has one job, and thats to go "BOOM, BOOM, BOOM".
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12-06-2008, 08:57 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: lapine oregon
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
870 express got to love them
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12-06-2008, 09:32 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Oregon City
Posts: 2,345
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
WOWZERS Geoff that thing is UUUGLY.
Here is my before and after Ugly back up 11-87 Super Mag
When I bought it from Northwest Pest
After steelwool, Primer, 2 coats Ultra Flat black Paint and new Camoclad Max 4
Daryn
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12-07-2008, 02:06 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Portland
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
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Originally Posted by baltz526
870 express got to love them
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At that the truth!
And I thought mine was rusty after a few days in the salt marsh. Geoff you win the ***** contest buddy.
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12-07-2008, 07:25 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 4,069
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Ha ha, good thing you're not in the Marines!
Do you know HOW to spell "Behind Bars"?!!
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12-07-2008, 07:34 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Oregon
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
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Originally Posted by jnicholson
Geoff,
That's unsafe, please be careful. What does your barrell look like? Wads will jam up on rust.
Embarrassingly, it's happened to me after I left my 870 in a floating case for a week with out cleaning. Fortunately, the blow back was so strong I did not continue firing on the jammed wad and stopped to investigate what happened. There was enough rust after one trip at the coast not running a boresnake through the barrel to stop the load
Who knows what one more shell would have done?
John |
I second that. I would not fire that gun. Nor would I stand next to someone shooting it.
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12-07-2008, 09:08 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Salem / Pacific City
Posts: 1,229
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Unless the internal parts of the gun are free of rust and in good working condition, your gun may be unsafe to use. A rusted trigger or firing pin may cause delayed firing. You can imagine what sort of danger is involved if you pull the trigger and nothing happens for a few seconds. The firing pin spring may also be rusted to a point where it may break, which could ruin a good day in the field! Remember rule #1...safety always comes first.
Orion
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12-07-2008, 09:00 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Deer Island, Or.
Posts: 2,025
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Yep I call my old gun rusty but it has never gotten that bad. Close though all my friends tease me about it.
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12-08-2008, 01:21 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: OR
Posts: 274
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
If my gun wasn't factory painted, I'd have an identical. To me as long as it fires it does the job. Hasn't been cleaned in 2 years...not lazy, just don't care and and keeps working excellent.
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12-08-2008, 08:12 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Bothell, Wa.
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
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Originally Posted by baltz526
you win
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12-08-2008, 09:48 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Beaverton,OR
Posts: 10,778
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
OMG Geoff....when you said you succeeded, you weren't kidding!
Way to get out there and rust her up.
Hunt'nFish
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12-08-2008, 11:45 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Hillsboro OR
Posts: 4,924
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
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Originally Posted by Newbs
I second that. I would not fire that gun. Nor would I stand next to someone shooting it.
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I was thinking the same thing. If the outside looks like that, what does the INSIDE look like? A FULL disassembly, inspection and Eezox is in order before it should be used again IMHO.
Having said that, I'll bet it can be saved, it's an 870 express!!!
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12-08-2008, 03:03 PM
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Coho
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: sherwood
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
thats the best thing about the 870 you can abuse it and it still works fine
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12-08-2008, 03:15 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Vancouve, WA
Posts: 919
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Man you just have to love the 870 what a gun
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12-08-2008, 03:22 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Forest Grove, OR
Posts: 755
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
They have this new stuff you put on your gun after you get done hunting and it has some sort of rust preventative solution in it, but I forget what it is called.
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12-08-2008, 03:29 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: s.w. Wa
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
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12-08-2008, 03:36 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Vancouve, WA
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Re: Salt Guns... the good, the bad, and the very UGLY
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bootstrap Bill
They have this new stuff you put on your gun after you get done hunting and it has some sort of rust preventative solution in it, but I forget what it is called.
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You mean Oil 
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