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I pulled a 22-250 barrel on July 7th, 2025. It had some marks on it, but it had never been rained on.
I stuck it in a bush off our driveway instead of the garbage can to see how fast it would rust.
We're in a warm moist coastal climate with a sea breeze.
So far, it's still looking pretty good.
I had to blow a dead bug out of it today, but the bore still has sheen.
It's shot out so I don't intend to put it back on an action and test it but it's tempting to stick a takeoff barrel out in the bush with it so we can do that.
Has anyone done anything similar?
Does anyone have rusty Tikkas?
I stuck it in a bush off our driveway instead of the garbage can to see how fast it would rust.
We're in a warm moist coastal climate with a sea breeze.
So far, it's still looking pretty good.
I had to blow a dead bug out of it today, but the bore still has sheen.
It's shot out so I don't intend to put it back on an action and test it but it's tempting to stick a takeoff barrel out in the bush with it so we can do that.
Has anyone done anything similar?
Does anyone have rusty Tikkas?
