Originally Posted By: AmarilloMike

Joe Wood, my shooting student and double gun mentor, argues that they should be stored vertically, muzzle down. He believes that the oil from the barrels seeps and wicks into the action and then the wood and that eventually the stock head will become oil soaked. I store mine muzzle down where possible.
Mike


Ditto.

I was convinced the first time I read about that that, several years ago.

Regards
Ken

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.