Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Bearmtn on July 10, 2010, 11:57:31 AM
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I have a quick question about gun storage, long story short I have to make a storage box for some guns that a friend of mine has ( going out of town for awhile ) and I need to line it with something, was thinking about old t-shirts or towels. I have a big 8"x8" dehumidifying bag that came with my gun safe that I'll be throwing in there as well. My main concern is keeping everything rust free, so I guess my question is using old cotton shirts or towels going to attract moisture? just want to do this right so my buddys guns don't turn into rustcicles!
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Go to just about any sporting goods store and get some gunsocks. They will let the guns breath so hopfully they will not rust. You can typically get a bag of 8 of them for about $30.
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Are we talking weeks, months or years here? Anything short of years I would just wipe everything down with clp and swab the bores with it as well, leave everything damp with clp and put in your safe, with a dehumidifier you should be golden even for years with no more care than that.
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probably months to a year......
the gun socks are a good idea, and yeah I'll defenetly be cleaning them up before I put them into the storage
box
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if you can keep them in a warm dry place then just grab sme gun sox, oil up the metal.....not the wood and enjoy. if you could add a goldenrod to it it would be perfect.
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yep oil them up and get some type of gun socks they are cheap and will work well for you.
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I think the clothe is a bad idea. it will attract moisture. you need something that breathes. maybe packing peanuts?
Carl
or just air space?
Carl
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Break free... warm closet...thats it. Dont mess with a box. :twocents:
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gotta be in a box locked up for safety, got it done today and will be cleaning them before I store them, the packing peanuts is a good idea for keeping plenty of air and also incase it gets bumped around.
thanks for the help!
