help with rust

[buckdeerdrb]

Good evening everyone.I need help with rust on a nickel plated 30-30.It was a gun my pops used in the 30's and 40's for deer hunting.My brother had it for years and i thought it was gone forever:confused: ,until it turned up a short time ago.:) I now have the gun and would like to clean it up .My pops has been gone for years but now that i finally have the gun, i would like to clean it up in his name.I have 3 sons and 1 grandson,i would like to leave it to all of them and keep it in the family,but i would like it to be cleaned up.Any advice would help. Thanks to everyone.

[target-panic]

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[tracksonly]

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This is the best stuff I've used. It will remove surface rust and I've seen it at Cabela's and Gander Mountain for $8.

[michaelt]

A non-chemical method, light heat from a lited strerno can, 000 steel wool, and a good quality gun oil. takes longer but does a great job, also a dremmel tool kept on a LOW SPEED, with brass wheel and a good polish(flitz) on a polishing wheel works well

[chinamigarden]

My advice. Take it to a gunsmith. Let him clean it up and safety check it for you. It sounds like you are not sure how it was stored or handled in the past. Maybe I am reading between the lines, something that isn't there. But I would have a pro take it apart and check it out completly. Now, that said understand that I am also partly suggesting this because this is your first posting here and I have no idea of your real experience with guns and hunting.