Thanks for the help guys,I havent gotten my double rifle wet/soaked yet,nock on wood hope i never do,but have been in some pea soup fog/drizzle stuff.

I cleaned & oiled her up good and had no problems.Been useing 3in one oil,sometimes remington oil or clp.

I have never owned a silver finish anything before and just didnt know if turning color with age happens to the best of them,

its not bad,but it has started

.I think my rifle was made about 4-5yrs.ago.I know coins turn with age.

Never heard alot on the subject,but some shooters have gotta have some wild rusting weather fitts

.Florida has had some doozies lately and i know that salt mist off the ocean areas is killer on metal

.When I see a rusty gun i think of florida or alaska gun hunters everytime.Its gotta be a job to keep a gun rust free on the coastal states,areas

.This year in Ga. it seems like its rained everyday...or aleast every other week

I lived for a week one time on cumberland island boar hunting out of a tent camp and the salt mist still got little tiny spects of rust
on my muzzle loader barrel that are still there today 15yrs.later

even though i tried best i could to keep her cleaned and oiled in camp

.Learned on that trip about salty ocean mist

,,,,,I look at em like war scars though

and it doesnt hurt my50Cal.T.C. mountain Man hawkens beauty abit in my eyes,

she earned ever scratch shes got!

Been trying to keep my double as new as i can but cant keep her a virgin forever

....Not if shes gonna hunt

anyway a old battle worn rifle looks like it could tell more war stories than a closet /safe queenrifle anyday!!!And they dont start shooting like they were your right arm till you getem broke in good,,,,,

Also you cant hunt nothingwith your double rifle and run with the big dogs setting on the porch

!I aint gonna worry about my double rifle tarnishing and getting old,shes just getting better......

Thanks again for the help.Good Luck and Good shooting!!!