thinhorn_AK
"DADDY"
You are right, not all bluing is equal and as it happens, in my experience, tikka has some of the worst bluing out there. I’ve seen those guns rust almost instantly where my Ruger 77/22 with hard deep bluing dosent have a spot of rust on it after taking it out boating and snowmobiling in Alaska for the past decade. My t1x just rusts. I wipe it down the. When I pull it out again, it’s rusting.Not all blueing is created equal. I have mostly cerakoted Tikka rifles that were blued. Prior to cerakoting they'd show rust on an oiled rag after a humid hunt. I had older firearms that I've hunted with in Louisiana that never showed corrosion with minimal care.