Best way to store your rifle to prevent rust?

Deep Creek Rock · Oct 23, 2011

Vince55 said:
Just got a 16 gun safe. Damn thing weighs about 300 lbs. Had to brace up the floor under the house so it wouldn't sag after a time. What's a good de-humidifier to use in it?

If you safe allows -get something like a Golden Rod dehumifier. Its an electric model, that will keep the safe warmer than the outside temp. Your safe will need to have a hole in it to run the wiring.

My safe did not have holes, to run the wiring.

I use a Remington Model 365 Mini Dehumidifier. It is full of water absorbing crystals. Once the crystals change color - from blue to pink - the unit needs to be dried. You just plug it into a wall socket - the unit warms up, and boils the water out. It can take up to 18 hours to dry it. Ive been pleased with mine.

They are pretty inexpensive (about $25), and have a 10 year life. There cheap enough, that you can run more than one if need be!

krashmania · Oct 23, 2011

Deep Creek Rock said:
If you safe allows -get something like a Golden Rod dehumifier. Its an electric model, that will keep the safe warmer than the outside temp. Your safe will need to have a hole in it to run the wiring.

My safe did not have holes, to run the wiring.

I use a Remington Model 365 Mini Dehumidifier. It is full of water absorbing crystals. Once the crystals change color - from blue to pink - the unit needs to be dried. You just plug it into a wall socket - the unit warms up, and boils the water out. It can take up to 18 hours to dry it. Ive been pleased with mine.

They are pretty inexpensive (about $25), and have a 10 year life. There cheap enough, that you can run more than one if need be!

I use one of the remington ones too, and I have an industrial dehumidifier in the room too, so good to go.

Mark75H · Oct 23, 2011

Deep Creek Rock said:
If you safe allows -get something like a Golden Rod dehumifier. Its an electric model, that will keep the safe warmer than the outside temp. Your safe will need to have a hole in it to run the wiring.

My safe did not have holes, to run the wiring.

I use a Remington Model 365 Mini Dehumidifier. It is full of water absorbing crystals. Once the crystals change color - from blue to pink - the unit needs to be dried. You just plug it into a wall socket - the unit warms up, and boils the water out. It can take up to 18 hours to dry it. Ive been pleased with mine.

They are pretty inexpensive (about $25), and have a 10 year life. There cheap enough, that you can run more than one if need be!

That's a keeper!

K31 · Oct 23, 2011

Vince55 said:
Just got a 16 gun safe. Damn thing weighs about 300 lbs. Had to brace up the floor under the house so it wouldn't sag after a time. What's a good de-humidifier to use in it?

Goldenrod.

DundalkSmithy · Oct 23, 2011

Damp-rid dessicant. Thats what Ive been using for 4 years and not 1 single spec of rust on anything in my safe.

Boondock Saint · Oct 23, 2011

More love for Eezox here: http://www.mdshooters.com/showpost.php?p=1295944&postcount=4

Lykaios · Oct 24, 2011

Ok....maybe I should save the money then.....

My original plan was to buy a pelican case and throw some dessicant in there for storage. I don't see how that could be bad other than the wet foam mentioned.

But my experience is minimal.

IndispensableDestiny · Oct 26, 2011

I've found that CLP works great on rifles that I don't shoot too often. I have one that I have never shot (an unfired Browning BPR in .308) and it's been fine for years. Heck, it works for the Army.

Whatever you do, do not leave it in a case!

Rob Tahan · Oct 27, 2011

IndispensableDestiny said:
Whatever you do, do not leave it in a case!

So then the question is..
Is it better to leave a gun in the case or on a gun rack in your room..? ha

... · Oct 27, 2011

AliasNeo07 said:
Hello all.

I shoot pistols 95% of the time. Well, let's say I HAVE shot pistols 95% of the time. That will probably change because I got my first AR. And I am concerned about storage. With my handguns, I clean them, wipe em down, and put them in my safe with dehumidifiers. Problem is, I do not have a safe large enough for rifles. The only rifle I have now is a 10/22 and I don't worry too much about it.

I have a soft rifle case that I bought with my AR. If I wipe the outside of the rifle with a rust inhibitor, and throw it in that case with a few silica packs, will I be good to go? What about the internals?

I realize it's an AR, and most of it is stainless, and I shouldn't feel the need to baby it. However, for periods where I go a long time without shooting it I would like to keep it as rust free as possible, and it gets really humid where I will be storing it.

Thoughts?

Thanks.

If you live in a house with basement be aware of the micro climates. The basements are generally humid and the attics tend to have large changes in temperature. You need the dehumidifying solids for long term. You should also apply some oil every ounce in a while.

There are some people that actually bury their rifles. The advocate a vacuum sealed bag and a lot of other stuff. You probably don't have to go that far.

sailskidrive · Oct 27, 2011

I would think any petroleum based product that stays tacky would attract particulate.

Good point regarding the micro climates in a basement. Ours is dry as a bone but I've noticed that the attachment screw on my EOTech has developed a thin layer of rust. My M&P 9 also had some oxidation on what ever that coating is they put on the slide (S&W acknowledged issue).

Karl/PA · Oct 27, 2011

TRY BULLFROG FIRST

http://www.bull-frog.com/products/

frdfandc · Oct 27, 2011

I use disposable desiccant bags. Over 6 years of do this without a single issue.

K31 · Oct 28, 2011

Chris L · Oct 28, 2011

How about something like the Zcorr bags - http://www.zcorrproducts.com/collections/military-m16-bag

damifinowfish · Oct 28, 2011

MEGALUG said:
Even pelican cases?

If it is very humid when you close the case you are trapping all that wet air inside the air tight case to rust you gun. You would be better off with a cheap safe and a gun safe dehumidifier

AliasNeo07 · Nov 4, 2011

Well, as this is a rifle I'll be accessing fairly frequently for range use and stuff, the bags don't seem ideal. And I can't get a safe currently.

I went with one of those long plastic totes that you store stuff under your bed. I put a towel on the bottom of it, then I went to home depot and bought some "Rubber Foam Weatherseal" self stick tape, to create as close to an air tight seal as I can get. Then I'll throw a couple reusable silica packs or an Eva-Dry dehumidifier in there and call it finished.

Does this sound okay, or am I missing something? Towel a bad idea?

K31 · Nov 4, 2011

Eezox.

AliasNeo07 · Nov 4, 2011

K31 said:
Eezox.

Oops, forgot to add that eezox is part of that equation. It arrived today, ill be spraying the exterior down before throwing it in there.

K31 · Nov 4, 2011

A little goes a long way with Eezox. I use the can. For rust prevention I soak a patch rub it over the metal parts so they appear wet and run a soaked patch through the bore. After 24 hours or so, I use a dry patch to remove any excess (any that still appears wet) and run a dry patch once through the bore.I like to put down a "base" coat on new firearms by doing this twice at first (parked weapons seem to absorb it more and seem to "need" more treatments to get a "base"). Afterward, it takes no more than two semi-well soaked patches to do even all the metal on a rifle. On firearms I disassemble, I Eezox all the parts, wait a day and wipe off the excess before I reassemble.

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