pathetic. Rusty 2289

[stonykill]

  This 2289 is 3 or 4 months old, never seen rain and has not even seen a lot of use. This is a pathetic low quality finish on these. The metal on my Gamo Big Cat .22 has seen rain dozens of times and no rust. There is simply no excuse for a finish this bad.

   

 

[Baltim0re28]

I have quite a few 1377,2289,2240's for years and have never had a problem like this. A little bit more insight on how you were using and storing it might help us understand the problem a little bit better. Using something like Eezox every once in awhile would help instead of just putting it away after use. While I can say that the finish on these aren't the greatest, a LITTLE bit of TLC can go a long way. Seems like you are one of very few people that have had a problem like this..

[DavidS]

Never had a problem like that with a 13xx or 2289.    Did you rub it down with oil?  It is just blued steel, so like anything else blued steel you want to rub it down with oil once in a while.

[stonykill]

 I treat it like every other AG. Wipe down the metal with an oily rag after each outing. Absolutely zero rust on my other AG's. My 30 and 40 year old Pb's get the same treatment and have less rust than this.

[Baltim0re28]

 Looks to have some "rust residue" on the pump arm. You sure it didn't sit out in the rain? Doesn't make sense that its rusted after wiping it down after each use. I have a 1377 at home that I've wiped down once in about a year... No rust at all. What exactly are you using to wipe your guns down with?

[condor22]

 Looks like salted hand prints to me, had the same thing happen to my CZ452 stamped metal trigger guard. Put on a good coating of gun oil and rubbed the rust off with a soft cloth. Put some rust preventive/preservative on the trigger guard and  now maintain a preventive maintenance program just for that trigger guard.  No rust since,  that was the only rust problem I have with guns and BTW I'd  been rubbing oil on the trigger guard, but it had set for several months. IMHO some oils evaporate and provide no rust protection at all.   

 Good luck, take care of that soon or it will cause pits! 

[stonykill]

Looks like salted hand prints to me, had the same thing happen to my CZ452 stamped metal trigger guard. Put on a good coating of gun oil and rubbed the rust off with a soft cloth. Put some rust preventive/preservative on the trigger guard and maintain a preventive maintenance program just for that trigger guard.  No rust since, and that is the only rust problem I have with guns and BTW I'd  been rubbing oil on the trigger guard, but it had set for several months. IMHO some oils evaporate and provide no rust protection at all. 

 Good luck, take care of that soon or it will cause pits! 

   Thanks. Good info.

     This has sat for the last 5 weeks. 5 weeks ago my son and I were shooting it and the roll pin totally collapsed on itself and fell out. So I robbed the scope off of it and put it away. I just ordered and received a new pivot bolt and picked up the used scope that is on it now. Went to install both this am and found this pathetic mess. I think it is just going to get a camo paint job. It is my least favorite AG anyways. So maybe spending some time painting it up will improve my outlook on it. 

[stonykill]

Looks to have some "rust residue" on the pump arm. You sure it didn't sit out in the rain? Doesn't make sense that its rusted after wiping it down after each use. I have a 1377 at home that I've wiped down once in about a year... No rust at all. What exactly are you using to wipe your guns down with?

    On the pump tube, transfered to the plastic arm, on the bolt, and on the barrel actually.

   YES I am sure I never sat out in the rain with it.

   I use 30wt nd cut with a little lemon oil and mineral spirits. Always worked on every firearm I have ever owned. This just has the thinnest bluing I have ever encountered. I just tried and can SCRATCH the bluing with my fingernail. pathetic qc.

[mudduck48]

I was going to say that it looked like some one else touched your gun. I had a friend that if he even got close to your gun it would rust. He had so much salt in the oil in his skin.
You use 30wt ND oil, lemon oil and paint thinner? Go to Big 5 and buy a bottle of Hoppies #9 gun oil. Paint thinner??? Lemon oil?

[Baltim0re28]

I'd take Mudducks input and go get some Hoppes #9 or go get you some Eezox and call it a day.. I prefer Eezox over anything.

[stonykill]

I was going to say that it looked like some one else touched your gun. I had a friend that if he even got close to your gun it would rust. He had so much salt in the oil in his skin.
You use 30wt ND oil, lemon oil and paint thinner? Go to Big 5 and buy a bottle of Hoppies #9 gun oil. Paint thinner??? Lemon oil?

   that is a very old woodworking/ furniture restoration formula. It is used on all metal and wood parts in furniture and building restoration. That is what I do for a living. Preserve wood and metal  . None of my other guns, ag's or Pb's have every rusted like this and they have all gotten that treatment for the 25 years I have known of that formula.
   Lemon oil is a natural water dispersant. Mineral spirits is in small amounts and just cuts the consitancy.

   So it is not my care of the AG or they all would be rusty messes. It is a poor finish on this particular 2289.

   Could be my son's sweat causing it, but then why aren't the rest of my AG's in this condition?? He shoots them all 

[Baltim0re28]

Did the steel breech, bolt handle, and barrel rust also or is that just the residue from the rust?

[stonykill]

Did the steel breech, bolt handle, and barrel rust also or is that just the residue from the rust?

   no on the steel breech. A little on the bolt handle which is probably residue from me handling it today. 99% of the rust is on the pump tube itself. Where hands never touch it.

[jonnnyboy]

I've been using a product called CLP that works well for me.

Joe

[OldFlyRod]

My Marauder finish has very poor blueing, so I wipe it down with light oil,as I do all my guns after it has been handled. Would like to reblue it, but have not had the time to see all that is involved.

[my80chevette]

  This 2289 is 3 or 4 months old, never seen rain and has not even seen a lot of use. This is a pathetic low quality finish on these. The metal on my Gamo Big Cat .22 has seen rain dozens of times and no rust. There is simply no excuse for a finish this bad.

   

 

 
 The 2240 I bought at the beginning of the year has the same problem. Barrel is okay but tube rusted really easy. My 2012 Pumpmaster 760 has less and the 1984 model just a bit on the barrel but none on the tube....go figure. 

[stonykill]

  This 2289 is 3 or 4 months old, never seen rain and has not even seen a lot of use. This is a pathetic low quality finish on these. The metal on my Gamo Big Cat .22 has seen rain dozens of times and no rust. There is simply no excuse for a finish this bad.

   

 

 
 The 2240 I bought at the beginning of the year has the same problem. Barrel is okay but tube rusted really easy. My 2012 Pumpmaster 760 has less and the 1984 model just a bit on the barrel but none on the tube....go figure. 

 at least I'm not alone  .

[Hanabata808]

I had a 1377 that got surface rust pretty quickly too (though not quite as bad as yours). I ended up stripping the entire gun down, sanding and polishing the tube and barrel. I then used a cold blue on the parts. Not a spot of rust since then (been over a year since then). I think you're right in that the bluing they used on that batch must have been very poor or it wasn't applied and treated properly.

[stonykill]

I had a 1377 that got surface rust pretty quickly too (though not quite as bad as yours). I ended up stripping the entire gun down, sanding and polishing the tube and barrel. I then used a cold blue on the parts. Not a spot of rust since then (been over a year since then). I think you're right in that the bluing they used on that batch must have been very poor or it wasn't applied and treated properly.

 glad I'm not alone in this. I thought it was just me who has pathetic luck buying new Crosmans. Everyone I get recently is just.... well pathetic. Every last one has had something with it wrong.

   Cold bluing is pretty easy. I have done it before. Now to decide... cold blue and make wood stock and pump arm or camo what is there  .

[tomykay12]

My "custom shop" 2400 had bluing like that, complete with scratches thru to the white, bare spots, and a big gouge. I cold blued the parts applicable for a HPA build with a 2260 tube. The 2260 tube, BTW, was in almost as sorry a state. This was around November last year. My 2400 also took almost eight weeks to get, with repeated phone calls after six weeks, tk

ps, you should see the valve they sent me; looks like something you would find lying in an alley......