Storage

[Skybuster]

New member and new to the forum. I've been using Hornady One Shot Cleaner and Lube. It goes wet and flashes off leaving a light dry film. I then lightly wipe any excess. I've never seen it migrate or run. I use it on all my firearms and reloading equipment. The other thing I use is Zerust VCI bags and barrel tubes. I have young kids so everything resides in safes in a basement. I have bluetooth hydrometers and a dehumidifier keeping things at 60-70 degrees and 40-50% humidity. I've used Zerust bags and tubes with no problems for 10 years on guns and anything metal. The bags and tubes have a 5 year life.

https://www.zerustproducts.com/

[78CJ]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Toeper

New member and new to the forum. I've been using Hornady One Shot Cleaner and Lube. It goes wet and flashes off leaving a light dry film. I then lightly wipe any excess. I've never seen it migrate or run. I use it on all my firearms and reloading equipment. The other thing I use is Zerust VCI bags and barrel tubes. I have young kids so everything resides in safes in a basement. I have bluetooth hydrometers and a dehumidifier keeping things at 60-70 degrees and 40-50% humidity. I've used Zerust bags and tubes with no problems for 10 years on guns and anything metal. The bags and tubes have a 5 year life.

https://www.zerustproducts.com/

New? You joined 5 years ago? Welcome! You should become a member!

[Chris Pope]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Toeper

New member and new to the forum. I've been using Hornady One Shot Cleaner and Lube. It goes wet and flashes off leaving a light dry film. I then lightly wipe any excess. I've never seen it migrate or run. I use it on all my firearms and reloading equipment. The other thing I use is Zerust VCI bags and barrel tubes. I have young kids so everything resides in safes in a basement. I have bluetooth hydrometers and a dehumidifier keeping things at 60-70 degrees and 40-50% humidity. I've used Zerust bags and tubes with no problems for 10 years on guns and anything metal. The bags and tubes have a 5 year life.

https://www.zerustproducts.com/

Would you share what brand bluetooth hydrometer and dehumidifier you are using? Thanks.

[Bill Murphy]

Yeah, I have had hundreds of guns that have been butt down for fifty years or more with no soaking in the wood. I have also had guns stored butt down without any flattening of the recoil pads. I have no idea how long guns have been stored on their butts resulting in flat pads. It has to be more than 50 years, because some of mine have been stored longer than that without damage to the pads. My guns that are not in trunk cases are stored butt down without any apparent damage. My guns that are cased are in cases with lids closed, all without damage.

[Pa SxS]

I store my guns butt down in the safe. If you're worried about oil soaking into the wood, don't squirt it into the firing pin holes! A lightly oiled rag is all you need on the metal. I also don't like the butt above the barrels. Too easy to tip over. JMHO. Everyone has their preferred way, which in their mind is the correct way, so keep on doing as you wish.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

You can get a lot more guns in the safes barrel down and they’re easier to stack in there.

[Phil Yearout]

Originally Posted by Larry Stauch

You can get a lot more guns in the safes barrel down and they’re easier to stack in there.

If I did that the one I want would be on the back row .

[Craig Larter]

I hang them by the trigger guard, no weight on the butt. LOL

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

I hang them by the trigger guard, no weight on the butt. LOL

Just dont hang them in a sunny window or you will end up with a pad like jolly bill.

[Bill Jolliff]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Just dont hang them in a sunny window or you will end up with a pad like jolly bill.

Not exactly. This is the original pad on my Fox XE20 gauge. Note that it has a cheek piece and it was ordered and built that way.

The gun has been stored horizontally, and dark, for the last 38 years and this is what the pad ended up looking like. There was no weight on the pad.

Jolly, aka Bill Jolliff