Tens of thousands rusting away

[Stainless44]

I have a buddy who has tons of money. I'm talking tons. He got on a gun buying spree a while ago and had me involved helping pick out stuff for his collection.

He's kind of a loose canon type so he's big on spending and not big on taking care of anything. I kept asking him if he had a plan in place to prevent rust as these guns were all being kept in safes that were outside (in garages and farm shop buildings). He said he had it all taken care of.

Last time i had a chance I opened one of the safes just to check on things...just about everything was covered in rust. I think the only gun that didn't have rust on it was a nickel plated Python (whew...close call).

There was an HK P7 that had a complete layer of rust on the entire exterior.

They had so much rust that i had to quit using the gun rag I had because it was totally saturated with rust...there were no clean spots I could use anymore.

It's a sad deal to watch tens of thousands of dollars just rusting away. I oiled them half to death and put them back...that's about all I can do.

 

[hsguy]

That is a fellow with more dollars than sense.

 

[GF]

Maybe he shoulda' spent some of that big money on a "golden rod" for his safes.

GF

 

[keith44spl]

Oh Well,

His equipment, his money...........


Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[arjay]

Offer to buy a few, cheap,before you clean the rust off.

 

[fat tom]

Nice gesture on your part,but you can't fix STOOPID!
f.t.

 

[LVSteve]

This is why I live in Nevada and don't use a swamp cooler.

 

[RightArm]

I think I would have to tell him I needed to take several home for more extensive rust removal and prevention. Prevention being the key word. That could take a long, long, time.

 

[squidsix]

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."

 

[Big Fred]

Honestly, do you and I have the same friend? Is his name Ken??

 

[J Rich]

Some people like this I'd like to kick in the ****.

 

[chud333]

Tell him if he wants to throw his money away to give me a
call instead of ruining fine old guns they don't make no more.
Either that or you can be a good friend to S&W by pointing
him towards Taurus or Rugers from now on.
Some people got more money than sense.

Chuck

 

[Faulkner]

That's the great thing about America, it's his stuff and he can do with it how he pleases even if it don't make sense to the rest of us.

 

[long colt frazier]

Hey it only makes ours worth more.

 

[forresth]

I'm not saying its your fault, but from the sounds of it, you should have known he'd not take care of them and suggested guns accordingly.

 

[moosedog]

Darn shame. Hope there's no RMs or K-32s in there.
Stainless steel would be better for a guy with no common sense.

 

[charlie sherrill]

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

 

[Plstu]

Ask him for the worse one and restore it yourself. I found a Dan Wesson model 15 that had been sitting in a wet case for two years and was a MESS! I spent a lot of free time resurfacing all the pieces and bringing it back to life. What a great feeling of accomplishment when done!

 

[sophie]

Shame he doesn't have a ton of brains too.

________
James

 

[tops]

It is not any of my business what anybody else does with any of their possessions. Larry