Blueing Salts Seeping

[Jerry]

I have white blueing salts seeping aroung the front of the receiver on a rebarreled bolt rifle. I don't think it was rinsed enough after blueing. I clean it off and soak with Kroil
over nite. Keeps coming back. Is there any way to stop this short of boiling in water the receiver/barrel? Are the barrel threads rusting away inside the receiver?
Any suggestions??
Jerry

 

[Preacher]

Thats the exact reason it's creeping.. Seems like it takes forever to be rid of it..
If you can, do the boiling water trick to it.
Or just keep pouring the Kroil to it, till it's gone...
If the barrel has never been off the action, it probably isn't rusting...
If the barrel was replaced it should of had a assembly lube applied to the threads
when it was installed, and that will keep it from rusting too......

 

[sxsboy]

Something else that you could do short of you boiling the barreled action which won't get it all out anyway, is strip it down, take it to a gun smith and have him unscrew the barrel for you. Then just use a toothbrush w/ warm soap and water to clean it up. One thing to consider though is how tightly the gun was fitted, head-space wise, as when you get it all torqued up again if it was very tight in the first place it might have too little headspace or bolt clearance and that could cause you even greater problems if you can't get the bolt closed. If the gunsmith is any good at all it shouldn't be a problem.