Good use for dead socks?

[LVSteve]

Cleared out my sock draw of the orphaned and limp socks that were starting to accumulate. Now old T-shirts make good shop towels, but what can you do with old socks?

 

[zonker5]

I use cotton sox in the shop, they are great for polishing and general wipe downs. Polyester are only good for tying a knot in and throwing for the dog.

 

[5-Shot]

Stuff it in the back of your open-backed banjo so the wife will let you play in the house.

Ed

 

[arjay]

Pistola bags

 

[cmort666]

I used holed sweat socks for gun cleaning. They're good for final wipe down.

 

[Hellraiser]

They're good for wearin' and wipin' down stuff if you are committin' a crime-scene.

(joshin')

 

[captorquewrench]

Club cozy.
Dish mitts.

 

[vytoland]

I use old cotton socks to put my blued and nickel revolvers in, before putting them in the gun rug.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Cleared out my sock draw of the orphaned and limp socks that were starting to accumulate. Now old T-shirts make good shop towels, but what can you do with old socks?

You're kidding right? Old socks make the best gun socks for handguns. Also they make for very nice lint cloths dusting cloths etc. Always have one ot two in the gun cleaning kit-one is saturated with grease and I use it as a final wipe down on shotguns-works just as good as that little bit of fleece you buy at the gun shop for $10.
Also, slip a bar of soap in one and you've got one whale of a weapon.

 

[bricker]

You have waaaaay too much time on your hands.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I got box of rags in the garage and shop. Last weekend I did services for my garden equipment an generators. Old socks came in handy.

 

[Hellraiser]

Also, slip a bar of soap in one and you've got one whale of a weapon.

Not to mention... a couple rolls of quarters. (Ever see the movie... Death Wish? Bronson tries it... but uses one of those flimsy-thin dress socks. Whole end busts open... quarters (or dimes) go everwhere.)

 

[LVSteve]

Interesting, I would have thought many socks had too much lint/fuzzies for gun cleaning. As for using them as revolver cozies, I should probably try that.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I have put handguns, ammo and knives in socks forever.
Right now, their are two loaded magazines in a sock in the gunrug with my Glock 40 cal.

 

[walkinghorse]

Good suggestions so far!

Me, I hang them on the fence, which seems to keep old socks from coming around.

 

[Jessie]

I slip them on my hands when handling guns in and out of the safe. Keeps those nasty fingerprints at bay.

 

[shouldazagged]

I use them to apply and buff shoe polish.

 

[billwill]

Puppy dog toys!

 

[Double-O-Dave]

I fill a heavy duty plastic bag with dry rice, sand, or pinto beans, seal it shut, and then slip that into an old orphan sock to make small sandbags for shooting and hunting - they are just the right size for putting on the window sill in a hunting blind.

Regards,

Dave

 

[Onomea]

I stick my portable bluetooth speaker in one to protect it when traveling.

(The real mystery is what happens to missing orphan socks? They dissapear, capriciously and without warning,.... into the void, into an alternate universe somewhere, I suppose, where LVSteve's doppelgänger muses, "Hmmm. Wonder what I should do with this orphan sock....")