Rust removal on magazines?

[balline36m3]

I was given two magazines for my beretta 96 that have surface rust on the outside of them. What's the best way to remove and prevent it from coming back? I was thinking just sanding them and painting them since it's just the outside. Anybody have a better solution or any different ideas?

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[jbett98]

Soak them overnight inside a ziplock baggie with Kroil and then rub with a clean soft cloth.
Keep then lightly oiled after that.
You might want to take them apart and clean the inside too.

 

[balline36m3]

I tried the oil and steel wool method but there is still a few small patches of rust that's why I was thinking of sanding and painting. Inside of them, spring, and baseplate are rust free. Thanks for the recommendation

 

[jbett98]

Media blasting might be the ticket.

 

[Garg]

You might want to try a little froglube.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

If you arent opposed to rebluing it you could always do that?

I did it on a few older 1911, AK and M1A mags that I used rust remover on.
After I reblued them, I soaked them in oil, wiped them down and they are GTG.

 

[balline36m3]

They are parkerized or were lol

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

Just cleaned up some of my rusted 92fs mags.
Only thing that worked was a copper penny (pre 71 I think) amazed that it didn't even leave a mark on the bluing, let alone not scratch it.

Keep scraping until it feels smooth and then use a gun cleaner that will remove copper (I used mpro 7)

 

[mikemike]

Buy some rustmore works awsome. Put on a rag and wipe off

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

I'll say be wary of rust removers, i have a great one, it strips off the bluing even more effectively (i have the 20rnd mag completely down to the metal, it just wiped off with a cloth)

 

[mikemike]

It stripes it down to bare metal and cures it from rust.

 

[The B]

Ospho! It's about as close to re-parkerizing the rust as you're gonna get, in the garage. Then paint, if you want.