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[Edward Tinker]

WD-40 will work, but any of the true gun oils you can buy at a gun store or at Wal-mart will work better. WD-40 is a cleaner, not a lubricant, so clean, then follow up with an oil...

Here is a report on WD-40, it works, but not as well as other oils...
http://www.thegunzone.com/rust.html

from the net, what others say about WD-40...

The "WD" stands for "water displacing," and WD-40 does that task well. That means it is good for hosing down and flushing out that duck gun that fell overboard, at least until you can get it home for a proper cleaning. However, WD-40 tends to gum and turn into a varnish with time. So WD-40 may be fine for an external wipe down, but it is potentially devastating to moving parts that require lubrication. In my experience, WD-40 has little, if any, lubricating properties, and is best left for its designed tasks.

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...p?t-17525.html

http://kalashnikov.guns.ru/wwwboard/messages/4955.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...45/ai_55605512