Seriously Best way to bury firearms
What would be the best way to protect buried fire arms from corrosion?
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firearms are meant to be used! dead
people are to be buried
I have never read/heard of our forefathers burring their firearms
why do you even ask ?
with todays metal detectors they could find them quick if close to your home0 -
forgemonkey-Right on. Had a friend that did that, a divorce situation, and they were resurrected in the same condition as when they were buried 8-) 0 -
forgemonkey wrote:Proper length/diameter PVC pipe with end caps glued on,,,,,or one end glued on and a watertight screw on cap on the other end. You can buy a roll of 'gun wrap' paper that resists moisture/corrosion for years. Desiccant packs and you're good to go.
Yep, if I haven't lost all my firearms in that boating accident, that's the way I would do it. But I would also put them in a smaller PVC pipe glued shut within caps and gun rap with desiccant packs inside a larger PVC pipe glued shut within with loose desiccant surrounding the smaller pipe for double protection. I know it's Overkill, but then again if you absolutely had to have one buried for emergency purposes it's better it be overprotective protected than under protected0 -
Because I truly believe this country is close to banning semi-auto and I won't give them up and when the time comes Americans actually choose to stand for their rights I would either have them to use or if too feeble I could at least provide them. 0 -
I have a large acreage family hunting property I use and I would like to bury one long gun there so I will have it available just in case, I have no secure storage there. I've read about these plastic bags that can help prevent corrosion, I like the idea of the PVC better. I wonder if I added a fitting and filled the PVC with nitrogen, would I still need as much cosmoline? 0 -
I'm not planning on burying any firearms, but anyone thinking about using sealed PVC pipe should keep in mind that it's going to be a bit inconvenient getting them out if you're in a hurry to retrieve them. 0 -
I was going to add the idea of using dry nitrogen, or even better,....pulling a vacuum on the tube, and filling with dry nitrogen. The downside is your schrader fitting could become a weak point in the design.Squid wrote:I have a large acreage family hunting property I use and I would like to bury one long gun there so I will have it available just in case, I have no secure storage there. I've read about these plastic bags that can help prevent corrosion, I like the idea of the PVC better. I wonder if I added a fitting and filled the PVC with nitrogen, would I still need as much cosmoline?
I don't plan on burying anything myself, but to each their own.0 -
If you do decide to bury them, place them either in a steel post fence row or an area that has quite a bit of old scrap metal. Just to mess with metal detectors. 
Also don't forget where they are.0 -
Metal detectors can locate them.
Also, ground penetrating radar and find them even if buried deep. and you know the Fed will spend a million $ to find $20.0 -
The way I do it, tried and proven for long term storage, is to give them a bath in Break Free, then a nonbiodegradable trash bag with all the air sucked out. If you get the air out of the trash bag, there is little left to cause rust. Finding the right trash bag can be a small problem, try an oil smear before you trust them. Sun is what degrades plastic trash bags, but some are still better than others for longevity and oil resistance.
I used to unpack them and clean them every year or so, the last stretch was ten years and they all still looked like new.
I'd say bury them vertically and not horizontally. It might also be nice to have a chain attached and sand on top if you need to get them out in a hurry. A high lift jack will get them out of the ground quick.0 -
When you think its time to bury your guns its probably time to use them. 0 -
Sam06 wrote:When you think its time to bury your guns its probably time to use them.
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The last rifle 'they" get from me will have a shot-out barrel, a pile of empty casings to the right, and blood
on the buttstock from the hole in my far head .0 -
I always believe in a back up plan. Having something available if the need should arise, is only prudent.
PVC tubes, as discussed are a viable asset. Sportsmansguide, and others offer Military surplus. You can buy Artillery shell storage tubes. Steel tubes of the proper dimensions, with a screw down cap with a rubber O-ring. Work quite well, I've heard.
As mentioned, placing said storage item in a metal rich environment is only prudent.
I like the suggestion of burying them vertically. (Post hole digger.)
I also have a couple Military surplus Steel containers, about 14" in circumfrence. About 10" deep. Bolt on O-ring sealed lid. Quite nice for a handgun, a couple magazines and a few hundred rounds of ammunition. Some might say they were designed for just such an application. (Or a Ham sandwich.)
If you choose to not have a back up plan, Well - that is on you.0 -
DonnyJ wrote:I'm not planning on burying any firearms, but anyone thinking about using sealed PVC pipe should keep in mind that it's going to be a bit inconvenient getting them out if you're in a hurry to retrieve them.
Small hand saw, (leatherman, etc.) easy peesie.
If you are "in a hurry to retrieve them," you are already screwed, and have not deliberated on proper location.0 -
Oh and bury them vertical - not horizontal - worked for me -imo 0 -
Get in a nice dry house, with everything nice and dry. Get a five foot length of 6 inch heavy gauge PVC pipe. Put the guns and ammo in there and glue on the end caps. I think it would be good for a hundred years. Maybe, for a thousand. 0 -
BATF fishing? 0 -
Yea,....I'm sure they have never heard of using PVC tubes before.yoshmyster wrote:BATF fishing?0 -
There are 1001 ways to hide firearms. Bury a gun seems like one of the last solutions to choose.
The old timers would seal them in attic spaces and walls betweenstuds and places where moisture and rust are not factors.
Were it not for my boating accident. Well Seriously, burial at sea is not recomended for firearms.0 -
https://www.backwoodshome.com/bury-a-gun-and-ammo-for-15-years/
This is the way to do it.0 -
jwb267 wrote:firearms are meant to be used! dead
people are to be buried
I have never read/heard of our forefathers burring their firearms
why do you even ask ?
with todays metal detectors they could find them quick if close to your home
No, but they did hide them during the years between bans and confiscation and the start....During Lexington and Concord there was a man who was in the loft of a building, pistol muzzle in a keg full of powder determined to pull the trigger if the regulars found the stockpile of powder they had.
Many of our colonial miltiamen fought in a sort of gurellia style...hiding guns until a good chance to use them.0 -
Interesting video Mr. Perfect. PVC is designed to be used underground, and to routinely take 60 psi.
So to put it underground with zero psi, it ought to hold out forever. Plastic not exposed to sunlight has a half life of, I think, 12,000 years or so.0 -
kidthatsirish wrote:jwb267 wrote:firearms are meant to be used! dead
people are to be buried
I have never read/heard of our forefathers burring their firearms
why do you even ask ?
with todays metal detectors they could find them quick if close to your home
No, but they did hide them during the years between bans and confiscation and the start....During Lexington and Concord there was a man who was in the loft of a building, pistol muzzle in a keg full of powder determined to pull the trigger if the regulars found the stockpile of powder they had.
Many of our colonial miltiamen fought in a sort of gurellia style...hiding guns until a good chance to use them.
Thank You.
It is only Prudent to have a plan. If it comes a time when I need to pick up a Firearm and use it, I probably/may have a few to choose from.
If it comes down to confiscation, I might have a plan for that as well.
No way in Hell, I'm not going to have anything at all.0 -
allen griggs wrote:Interesting video Mr. Perfect. PVC is designed to be used underground, and to routinely take 60 psi.
So to put it underground with zero psi, it ought to hold out forever. Plastic not exposed to sunlight has a half life of, I think, 12,000 years or so.
Video?0 -
You mean you didn't watch your own video before posting it? :shock:Mr. Perfect wrote:allen griggs wrote:Interesting video Mr. Perfect. PVC is designed to be used underground, and to routinely take 60 psi.
So to put it underground with zero psi, it ought to hold out forever. Plastic not exposed to sunlight has a half life of, I think, 12,000 years or so.
Video?0 -
Sam06 wrote:When you think its time to bury your guns its probably time to use them.
Exactly my thoughts...if we are at a point that we need to bury them then civil discourse has ended and violent action is a necessity to maintain liberty.0 -
yoshmyster wrote:BATF fishing?
I was thinking same, then thought that there was a member to that name before the "change".0 -
Marc1301 wrote:
You mean you didn't watch your own video before posting it? :shock:Mr. Perfect wrote:allen griggs wrote:Interesting video Mr. Perfect. PVC is designed to be used underground, and to routinely take 60 psi.
So to put it underground with zero psi, it ought to hold out forever. Plastic not exposed to sunlight has a half life of, I think, 12,000 years or so.
Video?
There is no video at the link I provided.0 -
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I forgot the proverbial green font.Mr. Perfect wrote:Marc1301 wrote:
You mean you didn't watch your own video before posting it? :shock:Mr. Perfect wrote:
Video?
There is no video at the link I provided.0
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