GRIP STORAGE

[Shooting Padre]

Just having dressed up a couple of revolvers with after marked grips, I would like your advice on the best way to store the factory grips as to keep them pristine. If (Heaven forbid) I ever sell these I want to offer the original grips with the firearm. That is why I replaced them, not so much for better looking grips but for preservation. Thanks for your advice in advance, it's always great to hear everyone's views.

 

[murphydog]

I like wrapping each panel in paper, with the stock screw taped to the back of one side, then put into a sealable plastic bag with an ID note (which gun and/or SN).

 

[505Gibbs]

I like wrapping each panel in paper, with the stock screw taped to the back of one side, then put into a sealable plastic bag with an ID note (which gun and/or SN).

Good advice! I would add to keep the bag with a small opening - let the wood 'breathe' which would depend where you ultimately store them.

 

[Babysitr]

I like to keep mine in the safe on a shelf...not in bag if possible..wipe them down with rag and ballistol or barricade ect..from time to time..no excessive heat or moisture.

 

[jack the toad]

My most recent storage method...

Maybe not the best but is cheap and handy.
Similar with holsters...

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I keep the family Jewels, like Cokes and pre -WWII in cloth bags in a safe.
My selections- Collection - wrapped in newspaper and put in boxes in the garage.

 

[ABPOS]

Mine are in a plastic organizing box. I wonder if I should wrap them in some kind of paper.....

 

[Lou_the_welder]

Hmm.....
May have to rethink my old shoe boxes.
[emoji848]

 

[bigggbbruce]

Clean, dry and separated to keep from rubbing together. Depending on the package the replacement grips came in, in that package if they fit.

 

[22hipower]

If I have the box the gun came in, store the original stocks in that box. Use to put them in the "N" box (or K/L or J box) but more than once accidentally put them on a different gun. . . . So easy to make that error with the passage of time. If no box, tag 'em and bag 'em with SN of the gun to which they belong. And a note to son not to give them away if I'm not around. Have bought several really nice sets of S&W stocks in Pachmayer/Hogue boxes for $10 bucks or so because the $19.99 original price on the box led some eBay seller to assume that what was in the box was as the box was labeled.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

 

[Gripgrabber]

I keep my magnas in eye glass cases, the flip open kind, with a label. Targets in rip lock bags with type written on bag.
Semper paratus

 

[Peak53]

I solved this quite simply. I shoot 'em as intended and delivered by Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson. Yes, even the cokes. In the meantime they live on the revolver in a padded case in the safe. Wipe down after shooting and treat occasionally with Ren Wax.

 

[Warren Sear]

^^^ That works for me, too.

 

[jtcarm]

My most recent storage method...

Maybe not the best but is cheap and handy.
Similar with holsters...

The Imelda Marcos of grips.

 

[Benchrest1]

I put them in the box that the gun came in.

 

[3rdgeargrndrr]

In a shoebox mixed with all my unused holsters/reloading/AR15 parts

 

[moosedog]

I put mine in zip lock bags with a card containing the gun's info. Than in the correct box by manufacturer and frame size.

 

[Breakaway500]

I keep mine in my humidor. That way they don't dry out..and I can admire them when fetching a smoke..

 

[K Frame Keith]

I keep mine in a large foam lined gun case.

 

[Marshal Kane]

Be careful not to store grips where there is extreme temperature conditions or moisture. Wood can warp under these conditions and not having the two halves of a grip meet on a gun butt only detracts from the value of the grips.

 

[gwpercle]

Small freezer zip lock bag with note enclosed and ID written on bag of which gun they belong . All bags stored in ammo box labeled Grips .
Gary

 

[Walter Rego]

Mine are in size appropriate poly zip lock bags with an adhesive label on the outside with whatever pertinent information is necessary. All are stored in one of those Hornady reproduction wooden ammo boxes with the hinged lid. I call it my Box O'Stocks

 

[weatherby]

I wax mine.
Inside and out.
Keep together with an appropriate spacer at the rear below the horns at approximately the washer level to keep them from warping.
Definitely away from direct sunlight.