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Gun Storing ?
dav1965
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I keep almost all my guns in safes except the ones around the house. I was thinking of putting them in silicone gun socks.
I have 5 pistols in soft sided cases because i do not have enough room so i have to stack them up.
Are soft sided cases good or bad. The guns are well oiled. Or would a pistol sock be better?
Thanks David
I have 5 pistols in soft sided cases because i do not have enough room so i have to stack them up.
Are soft sided cases good or bad. The guns are well oiled. Or would a pistol sock be better?
Thanks David
Comments
Soft sided cases are fine for transporting guns to the range. For storage purposes, they are BAD. Changes in the air temperature cause condensation on the zipper, & the closed case ensures that the moisture is kept close to the gun.
Neal
if you live in a high humidity area, the soft case will be nothing but a moisture wick and your gun will be rusting in short order, whether you have it in a sock or not. having a dehumidifier in your gun case is a necessity if you are in such an area.
Doesn't get much more humid than Houston, and mine never rusted a bit....
so far no issues
I use to wrap my pistols with the treated paper ( like the paper S&W use to use or maybe still do ? ) to prevent corrosion a couple times than put them on a pistol case .
never had a problem .
I have seen too many guns rusty from long term storage just in a storage / transport case I am sure countless firearms have been ruined over the practice [:(]
I keep most all my guns in a safe except for a couple of cheap ones like the Winchester Model 1200 riot pump shotgun that I keep by my bedside and it's not rusted one bit in the 15 or 16 years it's been sitting there. I rarely ever clean it other than wipe the lint off of it every other year or so. I also have an old Spanish made copy of a S&W M&P .38 special revolver that's been lying behind my tool box on my workbench in the basement for the past 4 or 5 years and it's not rusted either.
In my opinion if you keep your guns in a house that's air-conditioned year around it wouldn't really matter what you store them in. It's when there's a big temperature change and moisture is allowed to condensate is where you get in trouble.
I keep most all my guns in a safe except for a couple of cheap ones like the Winchester Model 1200 riot pump shotgun that I keep by my bedside and it's not rusted one bit in the 15 or 16 years it's been sitting there. I rarely ever clean it other than wipe the lint off of it every other year or so. I also have an old Spanish made copy of a S&W M&P .38 special revolver that's been lying behind my tool box on my workbench in the basement for the past 4 or 5 years and it's not rusted either.
+1
A light coat of oil and in a AC house is pretty much all it will ever need...if in doubt check the hardware of furniture in your house....it will tell you what's happening to steel in the house.
Brad Steele
Remoil after use and in a safe with a desiccant de-humidifier. Stopped using socks when it became a pain to find the rifle you were looking for in a sea of grey.
It's also a lot easier to look into your safe and check for any rust on your guns when there's no gun socks or anything else on them that requires removing to look at.