if your reciver got wet...

[buckslayer]

if your reciever got good and soaked in the rain, what would you do to prevent the inside, the trigger mech area, from rusting?

[Cat Whisperer]

The WD in WD-40 is Water Displacement.

Spray with WD-40 and follow with the oil of your choice.

[quickdtoo]

Spray it out good with WD40, then make sure it's warm and dry for a day or two if I can, if not, I hunt with it, done it many times on week long elk hunts here in the wet state of Washington.  In fact, that's what I did last Friday, got me and the 30-30AI real wet. That's worked for me for years on my BLR which has hunted with me since 1983, and it isn't a piece of cake to tare down like a Handi is. As CW said, that's what WD40 is for, the WD mean water displacement, and it does that very well.   It's not so bad as a short term protectant either!! http://www.thegunzone.com/rust.html

Tim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40

[buckslayer]

dang that was fast!  thanks for the tips.

[LaOtto222]

I can not disagree about the WD-40, it does displace water. It is not too bad as a rust prohibitive/ lubricant. Just make sure you have a good protectorate on before it gets wet too, not just after. After the WD-40 dries on, re spry it with a good lubricant that will not gum up over time. Maybe it just me, but WD-40 if left alone and reapplied many times over an extended period of time (years) can build up and get gummy. I think if you keep mixing in good lubricant/rust preventative like Rem Oil or Break Free, it will not gum up and will help prevent rust, like WD-40. Of course the Handi action is not real precise. What I mean is the parts that have interaction are robust and have a lot of force to move them like on the hammer, latch and trigger so they probably would not gum up. Close fitting parts like bolt releases, that do not have a lot of force to move them can get gummed up over time, especially if not used for a while.

Enough rambling - Any gun needs to be taken down and cleaned thoroughly from time to time and a fresh rust preventive/lubricant put on. That should prevent a build up of any kind, be it gummy lubricant or dirt/powder blow back that gets attracted to the lubricant.