cjordan, I took my Remington 597 .22LR earlier to scope it in. And man, I do know what you mean when you say they are rust bucket's. The longer I shot and had it out in this hot humid weather, the more the barrel started settin up rust. Not I cleaned it with some of this Remington Rem Oil with Imhibitor. It cleaned up nicley but still not sure how long it will help it. Remington got some really crappy factory finish problems goin on. I had this rifle for afew years and it just now starting to rust it. After a good cleaning Im going to coat it with gun grease for storage. Thats where it started to rust from, in storage. But I did manage to get it scoped in and able to put some tight groups up at about 40 yds. No need to zero it at and any longer distance then that. But anyways, sorry for goin off topic, but now Im in the same shoes as you. Great gun but the finish sucks. Im going to look in of this Inhibitor product and see how it does. Rem Oil is not helpin these kinds of finish.