Addicted2Gunz
Well-Known Fanatic
Well, it's the first time it has happened... I dropped one of my guns this morning! Thankfully it wasn't my new Springfield or Sig, it was my cheaper Remington R1, but it still makes me sick!!!
So here's what happened - I was pulling it out of my safe to look at something. I have a rack on the top shelf, and as I pulled it out the hammer caught the upper lip of the safe and spun it right out of my hand somehow... It dropped right to my cement basement floor! Grrr.... Tonight after work I will be rearranging my safe and moving my guns to the 2nd shelf!!!
It did very minor damage. There's a small nick on the edge of the hammer, a small nick on the edge of the grip safety, and a small spot on the leading edge of the nose where it took the finish off.
So here's a question for all my 1911 Fanatics crew - the R1 is listed as "Carbon Steel" and now I have bare metal showing. What should I put on these spots to prevent rust? I have seen the bottles of "bluing" at the gun shop but know nothing about this. I didn't know if I should take a very fine tip brush and put just a little on them?!?
So here's what happened - I was pulling it out of my safe to look at something. I have a rack on the top shelf, and as I pulled it out the hammer caught the upper lip of the safe and spun it right out of my hand somehow... It dropped right to my cement basement floor! Grrr.... Tonight after work I will be rearranging my safe and moving my guns to the 2nd shelf!!!
It did very minor damage. There's a small nick on the edge of the hammer, a small nick on the edge of the grip safety, and a small spot on the leading edge of the nose where it took the finish off.
So here's a question for all my 1911 Fanatics crew - the R1 is listed as "Carbon Steel" and now I have bare metal showing. What should I put on these spots to prevent rust? I have seen the bottles of "bluing" at the gun shop but know nothing about this. I didn't know if I should take a very fine tip brush and put just a little on them?!?