Long term storage of blue/stainless guns on eggrcrates or foam rubber?

[mdsavin]

Rifle Damaged by storage in foam.

I opened a gun case yesterday.
My father had stored a 9422 Winchester rifle in a metal gun case. The case was lined with a black foam rubber.

Dad passed away several years ago - and I have since stored a number of guns at my home.

Temperatures at his home - and mine - sometimes get to 100 degrees or so. It looks to me - for whatever reason, the foam deteriorated. The rifle may have had oil on it.

Now there are bits of foam adhering to all the metal parts.
I am trying to clean the rifle without damaging it - and in some places, where I have been able to remove the foam, the bluing is pitted.

the gun right now is a large mess. I have been using Super Purple in an attempt to clean it - and a tooth brush. This is not effective.

And it looks like I will have to re-blue the surface.

Any suggestions?

 

[hoc9sw]

I had to leave some firearms in 6 month provisional storage that turned out to be 14 years. The foam in the cases degraded, and there was chaos. I found an old-school gunsmith (long passed now) who worked on them over several months. He got them back to working order. They almost look presentable now if you don't pay too much attention.

As to no rules on storing in a safety deposit box - I was told by a long time friend / branch manager that it is not currently an issue for them, but to watch the periodic notices they send out that appear to be the same old stuff, as they might change the rules when they put in metal detectors (a future plan). So don't just trash those notices. Might be a gotcha hidden in them.

 

[GKC]

I definitely would not recommend plastic of any kind, including bubble wrap. I would invest in some silicone-treated gun socks, and oil your guns very well before putting them in storage. You can also buy some desiccant packets that are designed for gun safes and put them in the box with your guns.

Bear in mind that, short of an earthquake, your guns aren't going to be moving around inside the box...so, you won't need to pack them like they were being shipped. I have stored guns for years in silicone-treated gun socks, and never had a problem. The one time I ever had a rust issue was when I stored a Ruger SP-101 in a leather pistol rug, lined with wool. The front sight rusted where it was touching the leather of the rug.

 

[Onomea]

I have tried a variety of approaches. I like Borestore gunsocks for guns that I frequently access. Long term storage, until recently I would put a well oiled pistola in a ziplock bag, seal the ziplock, use rubber bands to sqeeze all the air out and wrap the gun tight, and then put another ziplock bag with rubberbands on top.

This worked well, and I had no issues, leaving the guns wrapped up at one point for three years. But I did notice that some gun oils tend to cause the ziplock bag to stick to the gun and I needed to clean off the stickiness with WD-40 or similar. All the blued finishes were okay though.

While more expensive, my current approach to long-term storage is a bag manufactured by ZCORR specifically for the long-term storage of handguns. This is a lot less hassle. They are made for long guns as well. If I were going to store long-term in a safety deposit box, these are what I would use.

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[cowart]

Note that this is a 3 year old thread.

Why would anyone want to use improvised methods for long term gun storage when there is a product specifically designed for this purpose? See

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...ls/gun-wrap-paper/gunwrap-paper-prod1197.aspx

 

[O2Guy]

Wrap in silicone cloth, and put in box or gun rug.

 

[williamlayton]

Bed sores---take them things out and exercise 'em more often.
Blessings