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- Jan 25, 2008
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Due to a shortage in my time and my ammo budget, most of my stuff spends a lot of time sitting in the safe. One of those items is a Sig-Sauer pistol, which is kept in the original hard-case it came in. I check on everything every couple of months...just because. 
So I took it out the other day, held it and looked down the sights, and noticed that the rear sight was obstructed. On closer inspection, I found that the rear site and the top of the slide had sticky "goo" on them. Feeling around the case, I discovered that the top edge of the case foam had become sticky. Essentially, the case foam is turning to goo all over my pistol.
I am not sure how this could happen. I know I didn't put the gun away hot...the last time I shot it was about a year ago, and I disassembled and cleaned it afterward, and have had it out several times since then and never noticed "goo". I thought maybe some gun oil had reacted with the foam...but like I said, a year ago, had it out since then, and the rear sight and top of the slide isn't the kind of place you'd see excessive oil. No humidity issues, either...I have a stick de-hu in the safe and a 95pt floor unit a few feet from the safe.
So I can only conclude that Sig packages their high-dollar handguns in cases with foam so cheap it will turn to sticky goo and make a mess of your investment. Is this a known thing??
So I took it out the other day, held it and looked down the sights, and noticed that the rear sight was obstructed. On closer inspection, I found that the rear site and the top of the slide had sticky "goo" on them. Feeling around the case, I discovered that the top edge of the case foam had become sticky. Essentially, the case foam is turning to goo all over my pistol.
I am not sure how this could happen. I know I didn't put the gun away hot...the last time I shot it was about a year ago, and I disassembled and cleaned it afterward, and have had it out several times since then and never noticed "goo". I thought maybe some gun oil had reacted with the foam...but like I said, a year ago, had it out since then, and the rear sight and top of the slide isn't the kind of place you'd see excessive oil. No humidity issues, either...I have a stick de-hu in the safe and a 95pt floor unit a few feet from the safe.
So I can only conclude that Sig packages their high-dollar handguns in cases with foam so cheap it will turn to sticky goo and make a mess of your investment. Is this a known thing??
