What is it with WD-40?

MoparLeo said
Furniture wax works best to protect the finish on both blueing and wood stocks. You don't oil the surface of your car to protect the paint.. why would you put oil on the outside of your gun. Like said, oil is a lubricant not a preservative. Seal the surface wax or grease for long term metal storage. Oil plus water = oil on surface, water on the bottom , on top of the metal surface. Grease plus water= water on top, grease on the bottom sealing surface. Just FYI. Nothing to do with the topic. I used and still use Pledge furniture wax on all firearms. Just wipe with soft cloth after handling. No prints or rust after 40 plus years at home and 20 plus years in my old gun shop.

Interesting, I have a 20 gauge Remington 1148 , ''my first quail gun', got it when I around 11-12 yrs. old . The whole family were quail hunters, and quite good at it too, " back when their were actually quail around here". Every one of us cleaned/oiled the entire gun after every trip. That 20 ga. , along with my 1148 Remington 12 gauge look like the day they came out from the factory ,a little liter blueing but no rust and the wood is a little darker maybe but still looks new
That 20 gauge has had a million rounds thru it, and never misfired or jammed , unless I held the trigger down too long when firing it.
Of course we were pretty eccentric about cleaning them after every use. Had both out in total down pours too, when we had to tip the barrel down to let the water run out of them, washed with wd40 even before the trip home. And they were stored in plastic gun cases that had the usuall soft case lining. Have heard a few people say they would rust in the plastic cases, > they are still in plastic cases.
I have since gave the 20 ga. to my son , he treats it the same way--------