I use BoreStores. Thought about SackUps but feared Toxic Masculinity.
Gun Socks
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catadjuster
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Every gun in my safe is in a Sack-up brand sock with the exception of two "blanket" types shown in the third photo of post #7. I really like them a lot and have had far fewer heart stoppages when a couple of guns have inadvertently bumped into each other. No dents in wood or scratches in steel from guns hitting each other. That makes me happy.
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xfarfuldog
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When I was a police officer I got bit by a baby tiger. That was the same day I had to get an attempted suicide out of his garage. I was treated at the hospital for smoke inhalation and the minor tiger bite. My father and my oldest brother both died from cancer. My father never drank or smoked but died from lung and kidney cancer. I avoid anything that might increase my chances.
As long as you don't eat'em I think you will be OK
.....if you think about it, over-exposure to just about anything will cause cancer.Don
ancient-one
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As long as you don't eat'em I think you will be OK
Don
Especially blondes!
DeathGrip
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It must be the bleach.
I think it only causes cancer in California. Gun oil and scrubbers probably have the same warnings. Lately, California has required bullets sold nationwide to carry similar warnings.
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Living in Kalifornia, paying taxes in kalifornia, talking to people that live in Kalifornia or speaking the word peosssi will 100% give you cancer.
Smoke, eat lots of bacon, drink lots of beer and shoot often in a non-vented indoor shooting range will negate all other problems.
Worrying about cancer also causes cancer.
YMMV...
Smoke, eat lots of bacon, drink lots of beer and shoot often in a non-vented indoor shooting range will negate all other problems.
Worrying about cancer also causes cancer.
YMMV...
Wasn't t there a place called Love Canal that contaminated the water so bad that after many years a Superfund site says done to make it safe to wash your hands among other things?
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When storing guns in my safe I do not use any sort of gun sock. Long guns get stored upright (no wrapping) in the racks and hand guns get stored in their original boxes. I use VOC paper for each HG and wrap them so none of the metal makes contact with cardboard (which by the way is acidic).
Been doing this for my whole life - never any problems. Socks take up valuable space, tend to hold in moisture (depending on material) and mask what gun is where when looking for one. When I take a gun out for the day I just stick it in a rifle case or gun rug. This way I only need a few of each size and don't need one for each gun. Works for me.
Been doing this for my whole life - never any problems. Socks take up valuable space, tend to hold in moisture (depending on material) and mask what gun is where when looking for one. When I take a gun out for the day I just stick it in a rifle case or gun rug. This way I only need a few of each size and don't need one for each gun. Works for me.
Old TexMex
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Edit: wax type
You can take common brown wrapping paper, simply wax it with johnsons ( silicon free) wax. Cut to size, and wrap your gun. Use a "golden rod" in your safe or cabinet. Worked for us on the humid Texas coast for decades, both firearms and machine tools.
As for socks, I prefer Argyle.
You can take common brown wrapping paper, simply wax it with johnsons ( silicon free) wax. Cut to size, and wrap your gun. Use a "golden rod" in your safe or cabinet. Worked for us on the humid Texas coast for decades, both firearms and machine tools.
As for socks, I prefer Argyle.
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Any silicone treated product will probably have that warning.
I like to use BoreStores & Sack Ups in the safe. It does take up more room, but it also helps prevent scratches, nics etc when moving the items in & out.
If you want to make your own storage sleeves I'd use a synthetic fabric/sock. Cotton has an affinity to attract & hold moisture, which in a humid climate isn't good.
I like to use BoreStores & Sack Ups in the safe. It does take up more room, but it also helps prevent scratches, nics etc when moving the items in & out.
If you want to make your own storage sleeves I'd use a synthetic fabric/sock. Cotton has an affinity to attract & hold moisture, which in a humid climate isn't good.
We had Times Beach here in flyover country. Overlayed the roads with methylethyl dioxy ribo bad stuff . . .
Recusant
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I store my handguns in clean, white athletic socks which then go into cardboard boxes that I have purchased from protecta-gun. Those small rectangular boxes from the Postal Service also work well for small auto-loaders.
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Ha. I'm doomed. I always wear felt gloves when I touch it.
I looked for this warning on my latest 5 pack of Sack-Ups and could not find any cancer warning on the outside or in the inside testimonials. The Value Pac label does say it is environmentally safe Oil & Silicone.
I have over two dozen handguns stored in Sack-ups and will continue to do so.
Old Corp
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Use a mixture of zippered pistol rugs, Bore Stores, and Crown Royal bags - with one commonality...they ALL get sprayed liberally inside and out with spray silicone. Safes have rechargeable silica blocks.
I'll add once more that I'm surrounded by saltwater...they do great.
I'll add once more that I'm surrounded by saltwater...they do great.
joeintexas
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I'm another believer in the Crown Royal bags. I'm pretty sure they aren't what gave me cancer but I will say, the previous inhabitant in those bags will cause dizziness. Use with confidence.
I use a product from Birch-Casey called Barricade, it used to be called Sheath. It goes to the range with me, and sprayed on after shooting. In the safe, the guns are on Versa-racks, and in the open. Other than routine cleaning and oiling/greasing, this is all I do. I like the Barricade because I can use it on the stock as well as the metal. I have acidic skin, and just touching bare bluing will cause it to rust. In the old days, I would hose everything with WD40. None of those guns ever seemed gummed up, and I have all of them.
MetalMan
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When preparing for storage of any duration, all of my handguns (revolvers and autos) and long guns (mostly shotguns) get cleaned and lubed and finally coated with RenWax.
Special attention is given to the grip frames behind the stocks of my revolvers. I wipe off old RenWax and apply a fresh coat to both the grip frame and mating surfaces of the stocks. This coat of wax is NOT wiped off. Stocks are then re-attached.
Then into a silicone impregnated Sackup and stored in the safe.
If any of these don't get shot over the period of some months, I take them out, give them some "love" (lube and another coat of RenWax) then back into the Sackup and the safe.
Over the years, have not experienced any issues with blued or stainless finishes.
Special attention is given to the grip frames behind the stocks of my revolvers. I wipe off old RenWax and apply a fresh coat to both the grip frame and mating surfaces of the stocks. This coat of wax is NOT wiped off. Stocks are then re-attached.
Then into a silicone impregnated Sackup and stored in the safe.
If any of these don't get shot over the period of some months, I take them out, give them some "love" (lube and another coat of RenWax) then back into the Sackup and the safe.
Over the years, have not experienced any issues with blued or stainless finishes.
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I like mine in the open, it lets me inspect them and handle them whenever I like. If they were stored in boxes or bags, I would ignore them more, assuming all was fine.
