Need your input.
On firearms you dont plan on shooting for several years.
Historically I will apply a coat of gun grease to all exposed
metal surfaces and place the firearm in a silicone gun sleeve.
The silicone stock helps prevent safe dings.

Is this the best practice or what do you suggest.
Brands of gunsocks or Etc.



Thanks for your help

quote:

Originally posted by 357MAGAG:
Need your input.
On firearms you dont plan on shooting for several years.
Historically I will apply a coat of gun grease to all exposed
metal surfaces and place the firearm in a silicone gun sleeve.
The silicone stock helps prevent safe dings.

Is this the best practice or what do you suggest.
Brands of gunsocks or Etc.



Thanks for your help

I do the same - silicon sleeve and Massive amounts of gun oil.

My safes are in the non air conditioned garage in Florida.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

And a GoldenRod.

Climate control. Goldenrod. Minimize contact points, ie., no storage in cases. Metal not contacting foam, other liner material. RIG or BF-Collector applied to metal.

What if one cannot put a dehumidifier stick in the safe?


Mike

There a few options when you cant put in a Golden Rod. There are cord less rechargeable mini dehumidifiers. I believe Stack On makes one. Also, there are a number of reusable silica based desiccants that absorb moisture until they need to be recharged. Most have some sort of indicator showing it is full. This is done by putting them in the oven to heat and remove the moisture from the silica elements.

Check out Midway or Brownells. Do a quick google of "gun safe dessicants". Good luck.

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:
What if one cannot put a dehumidifier stick in the safe?


Mike

Some safes have a pre-drilled hole/s for wiring. If not, drill your own.

Damp Rid.

I keep a big tub in my gun vault room.

https://damprid.com/?utm_sourc...1C6WnqMaAkI8EALw_wcB

I wrote this many times here on AR:

Now, we are at the end of 2nd decade of 21st century. There are corrosion inhibitors wildly available. Used in military and industry for many decades. Why the most of you are stuck with obsolete gun lubricants and preservatives?

For example industrial stuff available as spray:
Cortec CorShield Wet Film Corrosion Inhibitor and Lubricant VpCI-369
CorShield® VpCI® 368 Extreme Outdoor Corrosion Inhibitor

Or something like this:
https://www.bluguardvci.com/anti-corrosion-bags

I had 2 safes full of guns stored in a garage in NC for 5 years. I applied a heavy coat of CLP/Break Free on all the metal parts. No golden rod or other dehumidifiers. No rust. None. Zero. I didn't use any gun socks or cases either.

That was my long term storage experience.

Safe shooting...….LL

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Originally posted by Austin Hunter:
Damp Rid.

I keep a big tub in my gun vault room.

https://damprid.com/?utm_sourc...1C6WnqMaAkI8EALw_wcB

Yeah, the stuff does what they say. But, put in a safe, it will absorb the moisture and turn to liquid. If it's saturated/liquified, say, after two weeks, you've got a tub of water sittin' in your safe and it just sits there till you change it out. Not really a "long term" solution/option IMO.

You can purchase free standing desiccants for gun safes that are boxed or bagged. I have two in each of my 5 gun safes. The are not humidifiers. When the desiccant indicator turns pink, you put it in the oven, dry it out and return it to the safe. They pull moisture from the air. ALL of my firearms are also in silicone gun socks.