Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
What about the “discolored” Kimber...
Keeping guns in their boxes and bags is about the worst thing you can do for one. Blued or bare carbon steel surfaces require maintenance and proper storage...
Not sure what you’re getting at.
What I am getting at is that the Kimber barrel is not stainless (at least not unless you stated the wrong model or they did not follow their own specifications on yours.) and it isn’t “discolored” it is rusted...
The plug is likely also rusted and it may or may not be stainless, it isn’t unheard of for stainless firearms to have coated parts that aren’t stainless. Even if it is stainless most stainless used in firearms is not rust proof but simply resists rust better than blued carbon steel or carbon steel in the white.
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Am I lying or something?
You should know from your prior experience with me that if that was what I was getting at, I would have just said you were lying. I’ve done it before and I have no problem doing it again should I find it to be the case.
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Discoloration of stainless steel with no particular surface roughness is different notionally than a red rust bloom on blued steel.
Well, I guess in the same way a pregnant girl not showing is diffrent notionally from one that is showing it might be, both girls are still pregnant and both guns are still rusted. So yeah since the difference “exist only in theory” I guess “notionally” different is exactly what it is.
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
And for the second time, the mention of keeping in a bag is from 2013.
You’ve got an issue with the way you store and maintain the guns, not the guns.
There are differences between discoloration and rust. Rust generally implies red iron oxide, while it is only one form of oxidation and one possible cause of a color shift.
Example:
https://www.surgicalinstruments.com/resources/rust-versus-stain
Red oxide rust blooms, which can be seen on the forcing cone of the ruger, are fundamentally different than the non-pitted, non-raised/bloomed color shifted spots on the Kimber and Ruger's hammer. The causes may or may not be the same. Given that I have multiple other blued/steel guns in the same storage location under the same conditions that don't exhibit such things means that it is not readily clear that every situation is due to the same thing.
Im not saying I'm free of guilt. But the guns are oiled and kept well (out of bags), and this is the only gun where red rust blooms have formed.