Tens of thousands rusting away

[forresth]

You can get stainless to rust if you try hard enough.

sure, but even then its not as bad.

 

[A10]

Maybe they're all Glocks.....

 

[chief38]

Here is what you should do...............

Since he has more money than he knows what to do with, make him an off to take care of his collection on a monthly basis and charge him for it. You can come by to do the cleaning and oiling and will be making a few bucks while doing so. It is not uncommon for people to grossly neglect their possessions - guns as well. I've got a few friends who are just like your fiend and I'll make a deal with them. I'll perform the task of cleaning and maintaining and they take me to lunch, dinner or buy a bottle of Single Barrel jack. It's a nice arrangement.

While I would NEVER charge a fiend to do a one shot "show me how" kind of maintenance, if they want me to do this on a regular schedule have them reciprocate. I am totally amazed at how many cleaning only jobs the LGS gets!
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[tork'd]

guns-cars-houses-children...

some people can not take care of anything

 

[Faulkner]

Maybe they're all Glocks.....

Not likely. Glocks can rust, but you usually have to work at it.

 

[Stainless44]

I know a fellow like that. I told him not to store his pistols in their holsters. He said, "what should I use?".
I said to bet Crown Royal bags for each of them. He picks up the phone and tells whoever on the other side, "50 bottles of Crown Royal", looks at me and says, "You want 50 bottles of Crown? I don't drink that ****, but at least I'll have the bags."

That sounds eerily similar to something he would say.

 

[Foodfuzz]

Man, that's enough to make you cry! I have a buddy who could be a twin. He was perfectly content to let the rain clean/wash his SS396 Chevelle and the same with all follwing vehicles. Most of his guns are in cardboard boxes of some type. Once in a while he gives them a whiff of WD40. He doesn't shoot them much. I have mentioned about rust and proper maintenance but I didn't pay for them and if he wanted he could buy a swimming pool of Renaissance Wax. I don't bug him too much so I guess that's why we are still friends.

 

[forresth]

Actually, a cardboard box of some type sounds like it would be head and shoulders better than a hard plastic gun case that I've used far too long for my guns, and my dad still uses for his Deer rifles.

 

[Badkarma 1]

Got a second cousin that does the same with his granddads mint Smith model 20! When I saw it in its holster...in a SOCK, I advised him to get a decent case for it, or sell it too me, since the man was my uncle. He just shrugged and said he keeps all his handguns stored the same way!
Fast forward to two weeks ago, he calls and wants to know how to get the rust off of his 629! I gave him some Scotch-Brite pads and showed him how to follow the grain, ain't heard back from the idgit nor did he offer to reimburse me for the pads! Hope this morons collection dies start to rust, then I'll make him pay me for the resto job! Dale