I've had this 870 for a couple of decades. It has spent the majority of its life tucked in a corner of the bedroom closet. Recently, my youngest son started shooting clays with his friends. So, I installed a choked pheasant barrel on it and sent him on his way. He came home after one of many trips and set it up against the safe in the garage in the soft case I had provided to him.
After sitting there for maybe 3 weeks, I proceeded to remove it from the case to put it in the safe and discovered this!
I have NEVER seen this quick of an onset of surface rust on any of my firearms in all my life! I quizzed my son if it had rained on him the last time he had been out using it? -No.
The garage is not air conditioned but is attached to the house and can get a little warm or cold depending on the time of year. As mentioned, I have a safe out there; none of the firearms in the safe have suffered a similar fate.
Granted, during the time this gun sat in that soft case it was some of the hottest and muggiest days of the summer. But holy crap! How did it happen???
More importantly, (paging @AllenM), what is the proper chemical and proper process to restore it to its original finish???
After sitting there for maybe 3 weeks, I proceeded to remove it from the case to put it in the safe and discovered this!
I have NEVER seen this quick of an onset of surface rust on any of my firearms in all my life! I quizzed my son if it had rained on him the last time he had been out using it? -No.
The garage is not air conditioned but is attached to the house and can get a little warm or cold depending on the time of year. As mentioned, I have a safe out there; none of the firearms in the safe have suffered a similar fate.
Granted, during the time this gun sat in that soft case it was some of the hottest and muggiest days of the summer. But holy crap! How did it happen???
More importantly, (paging @AllenM), what is the proper chemical and proper process to restore it to its original finish???