Storage

[Dean Romig]

The night before departing for two weeks of fly-fishing in Alaska in the last week of June I had my new 10-wt Winston rod out and was flexing and feeling its action when I collided the tip with the ceiling fan which was on medium speed… thank God there was no damage except to my pride.





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[Big D]

About 35 years ago, my bestie was going on a 3 year assignment in Japan, so tried carefully to store his guns in his safe, with the guns in treated socks. When he came home, many of the stocks were screwed up by some chemical that was in the socks. A melluvahess.

I assume things have changed in the last 35 years.

[Phil Yearout]

While LOM cases are very cool (and I have several) they mostly stay on the shelf and I transport my guns in long cases for the very reasons Daryl noted above. And I also know from experience as I once watched a set of barrels slide across the pavement . Some scratches but no major damage fortunately.

And I may be wrong, but IMO if you're worried about oil soaking into the wood you're using too much oil .

[mobirdhunter]

I use long cases for the reasons mentioned also. I once had the forearm slip from my hand and really do a number on a nice stock.

[Double Lab]

Not to mentioned lubing the critical areas of your guns action. If you take them apart to fit into a takedown case you really should wipe that lube off then reapply it when reassembling it. Not something I'm willing to do between coverts or fields in the cold or rain. Just my routine...do what floats your boat.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

And there is no reason for those cute little cut outs that separate guns in the gun safes. You can get a lot more guns in them without all that interior gingerbread. West of the Rockies we don't have to worry about rusting humidity, until you get west of the Cascades.
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[78CJ]

The balance of a gun on its nose would freak me out. Waiting for them to topple. If you use a quality product that seems to "dry" such as G96 and don't lube it like a leaking Drott and I don't see where there should be any concern. There have been guns stored for hundreds of year on their butt that don't exhibit any issues from oil in the stock head. I have shotguns I have owned for over 40 years that were bought new that have zero signs of oil soaking in the stock head and not rust or corrosion whatsoever....

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by Ryan Brege

The balance of a gun on its nose would freak me out. Waiting for them to topple. If you use a quality product that seems to "dry" such as G96 and don't lube it like a leaking Drott and I don't see where there should be any concern. There have been guns stored for hundreds of year on their butt that don't exhibit any issues from oil in the stock head. I have shotguns I have owned for over 40 years that were bought new that have zero signs of oil soaking in the stock head and not rust or corrosion whatsoever....

Then you obviously haven't tried it, muzzle down. And, you didn't address the absolute problem of the degradation of vintage recoil pads due mostly to muzzle up storage. And, since a majority of doubles are balanced why would you think that they would be top heavy when sitting muzzle down?

[Phil Yearout]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

And, since a majority of doubles are balanced why would you think that they would be top heavy when sitting muzzle down?

Um, butt, 4-5 square inches, muzzle, 1-2 square inches...I think that's physics...or Newton's Law...or something...

[78CJ]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

Then you obviously haven't tried it, muzzle down. And, you didn't address the absolute problem of the degradation of vintage recoil pads due mostly to muzzle up storage. And, since a majority of doubles are balanced why would you think that they would be top heavy when sitting muzzle down?

Personal preference, I have an aversion to pads so that's a non starter. Balance? Most Parker's are described as balancing on the hinge pin. This means that when upside down typically 1/3 of the weight would be up and spread over 5x the width of the barrels.