JONO Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Hi, I've taken the plunge and bought a new 525 hunter (Avalon in Street - no issues thusfar!) as 22 years with a 2nd hand IZH-27 Bailkal was starting to grate and I'd promised myself an upgrade. The Baikal, being proofed to the hilt with fixed 1/2 and full chokes is great down the Bristol channel foreshore where I shoot with bismuth loads but the cost of these has also contributed to settling on the 3" steel proofed 525. I do have one concern about using a 525 in such a hostile environment - I've often literally watched spots of rust form on the '27 and rush home to clean after the sessions but the 525 has the elaborate scrolling and sideplates the Baikal lacks which could prove awkward to clean fully. So am I being paranoid and over-protective or am I being daft taking a wildfowling-enabled brand new 525 to a salty mud estuary? Answers on a postcard, thanks in advance Jon Edited January 4, 2010 by JONO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 I would use Napier VP90 field patches to stroke my gun with, during flights :-) M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve0146 Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 I spray the gun with WD40 before and occassionally during the session. Loads of it, everywhere. So far it's worked and i average one trip a week to the marsh. A good clean is needed when you get in though with gun oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 You need to go and buy some Browning Legia oil in a red and black tin. It is a pump spray oil that leaves a oil film when wiped off. Over a period of time the rag you use will become coated in the oil and everytime you have finished cleaning your gun give it a good going over with the same rag and a squirt or two of Legia oil. Out of the marsh or in the rain you will see the water bead up and run off. Always let the gun come up to room temperature before cleaning as well. This helps stop condensation forming under the oil film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 mmmm I would buy a semi with synthetic stock for foreshore work, and I did. couldnt imagine taking my Browning in to the sea. The urika has been great doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 mmmm I would buy a semi with synthetic stock for foreshore work, and I did. couldnt imagine taking my Browning in to the sea.The urika has been great doc I agree entirely as I have an Extrema but not everyone has a gun for every oppurtunity and some have to use what they have. I still use Legia oil on the metalwork of my Extrema. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcw65 Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 If you can afford £4000 for a 525 sideplated gun you can afford another 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONO Posted January 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 If you can afford £4000 for a 525 sideplated gun you can afford another 1 Ahem, then again perhaps not! Thanks for the advice all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 A Hunter is not a £4000 gun, that is a Heritage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight32 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Get yourself a 3" steel proofed something else, all the lanbers ,Bettinsoli's and lincoln's can take the HP 3" loads. Failing that a Hatsan Escort second hand, but don't give no more than 25 quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 just oil it well with a decent spray oil and don't worry about it enjoy it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labrador123 Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Go and look at accessories section at somerset gun accessories they have a gun polish that keeps wet out ,It makes alot of difference and it cleans and protects.I tried some and it took of rust that I could not even see.After cleaning with it just put some more on with a clost leave 10 minutes then buff off.It forms some kind of seal and a protective water barrier I have never seen anything quite like it.They are near you in Bridgwater somerset.They sell rifle scopes mounts and are very helpfull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smig4373 Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Get yourself a 3" steel proofed something else, all the lanbers ,Bettinsoli's and lincoln's can take the HP 3" loads. Failing that a Hatsan Escort second hand, but don't give no more than 25 quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcw65 Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 A Hunter is not a £4000 gun, that is a Heritage! A hunter does not have sideplates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck duster Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 They do not make a 525 hunter sideplate so it has to be a heritage If he actualy bought a gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Have you tried 'Sentry Tuff Cloth or Marine Tuff Cloth? wipe on - let dry - ... leaves a dry film coating on metal wood etc. I got one from a fishing tackle shop and it works better on guns that a silicone cloth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONO Posted January 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Sorry - made error with ref to sideplates... It has a game scene where my bailkal doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 I've taken the plunge and bought a new 525 hunter (Avalon in Street - no issues thusfar!) as 22 years with a 2nd hand IZH-27 Bailkal was starting to grate and I'd promised myself an upgrade. If you can afford £4000 for a 525 sideplated gun you can afford another 1 As I said a Hunter , which you are saying is a £4000 gun, is not. It costs £1400 ish. A sideplate Heritage is a £4000 gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck duster Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Sam f if you take time to read the first post and i quote has the elaborate scrolling and sideplates Now you show me a hunter with sideplates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sam f if you take time to read the first post and i quotehas the elaborate scrolling and sideplates Now you show me a hunter with sideplates Comment wasn't directed to you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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