Skip to main content
Help Center Community Shop

Long term storage

searcher5
could anyone recommend a long term storage grease for blued guns? i'm in a damp area and would prefer a grease as apposed to oil that would have to be done every so often. something vasoline like, anybody know if that would work? thanks for your help, jag
0

Comments

11 comments

Date Votes
  • searcher5
    I am looking at storing some guns long term (2+years) for a friend. I have some ideas, and have read a little about it, but was wondering what kind of suggestions you guys might have, Thanks, Dan

    If it ain't broke-it ain't ours!!!
    0
  • mark christian
    We need more information: Are these rifles going to be stored inside your house? Out in the garage? In an outdoor storage shed? Will they be locked in a vault or kept in a closet? Do you live in South Florida or Arizona? There are too many variables involved here to give you a solid answer.

    Mark T. Christian
    0
  • JimmyJack
    I think a good coat of Rem Oil or the like and vacuum pack would be the ticket for handguns? Havent tried it but am going to.
    0
  • searcher5
    Mark-Climate controlled in a house-Southeast Kansas. Wondering if a good coat of oil and a silicone impregnated gunsleeve would do it.Thanks for the response, Dan

    If it ain't broke-it ain't ours!!!
    0
  • mark christian
    Searcher, The silicone gun socks work well as would regular cotton cloth sleeves...just give the metal a nice oiling and you should be just fine. For a two year storage program I'd suggest that you remove the stocks from the barreled action of the rifles. Wood can absorb moisture and release it back onto the metal. I'd put the stocks into sleeves or bags of their own. Leaving the actions in the stocks would also mean leaving a large portion of the underside of the rifle without the protection of the oil.

    Make sure that the bores are clean and then give them a coating of RIG or another type of grease. As long as your climate stays constant you should face no storage problems although I'd inspect the rifles two or three times each year to be sure they are still in good shape. Any light surface rust, if it were to appear, could be easily removed with 0000 steel wool and then the metal re-oiled. The extra fine steel wool will not damage the finish at all.

    Mark T. Christian
    0
  • jonk
    I have several guns that have been in storage this long, and several that my dad wrapped up when I was a kid and haven't been opened since (15 years or so). Interesting that you should ask as recently I opened one up to see what gun was inside. Perfect preservation. Here's what he did. Took off the stock and simply stacked it in the attic where it won't get hurt as time won't damage the wood or rust it. Ran a few patches of hoppes gun grease through the bore, sprayed down the action and outside of the barrel well with oil (don't know what type) and wrapped it up in a plastic garbage bag with a pack of dessicant and duct taped all the seams. No rust whatsoever, though I did put the dessicant pack in the oven overnight to recharge it before rewrapping.

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
    0
  • nmyers
    And, whatever you do, never store a gun in a zippered gun rug or gun case
    I guaranty that it will rust.

    Neal
    0
  • CLINTF
    I asked this same question two years ago and someone suggested a spray can called "gun SHEATH". I tried it two years ago and I return home once a year to re-coat. As far as I can tell this stuff works very well.
    0
  • mcbab
    Why put up toys for two years and not play with them?
    0
  • searcher5
    mcbab, my man, I strongly agree with you, but these are for a friend. She is an older woman, the guns belonged to her father. I talked her into storing them for a while instead of selling them immediately, so she could make a solid decision as to their disposal ( as opposed to an emotional one as her mother has just passed).I thought that time and distance , in this instance, might make for a more informed decision.D.B.

    If it ain't broke-it ain't ours!!!
    0
  • leeblackman
    First have them detail cleaned, complete dissasembly, soaked all parts in a cleaning solution, then when they dry, coat them heavily in an impregnating preservative oil. Reassemble, and put it in a silicon impregnated gun sock.
    0

Please sign in to leave a comment.

Recent Activity

Didn’t find what you’re looking for?