Well looking at the samples today, even the bore butter protected the steel barrel. All the other samples looked fine, including the Montana X-treme treated steel. And of course we are not going to store out guns in a place as humid as most shower stalls after a hot one... I mean the water had beaded up inside the lid over the samples it was so humid. I threw a humidity gauge in there and it went off the charts.

So I concluded this test. All I can say is clean all the fouling out of the rifle. And on a dry clean barrel, apply a good even coat of the product of your choice. All of them seemed to work fine when applied properly. You should be fine. Although like all rifles, I check mine from time to time and double check them.