doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Vacuum sealing guns. Thoughts?

Same for me, used rig for years to prevent rust in use and in storage

VPI paper (vapor phase inhibiting, IIRC) as sold by Brownell's, is very good stuff. I have only used it for protecting the bores of m/l rifle barrels, but it has worked perfectly for me for going on 30 years. I have several .40 to .50 caliber m/l barrels, in the white, in my shop. I recently found one that I thought I had sold 15 years ago. It is a custom rifled round ball match barrel with a false muzzle. I was shocked when I "uncovered" it, and immediately checked it's condition. When I pulled out the rolled up VPI paper and looked through the unbreeched bore it was perfect. That barrel was untouched, in a terribly humid environment with no HVAC, for all those years and had absolutely no rust. It had been simply wiped down, inside and out, with RIG, then had a fresh piece of VPI paper rolled up and inserted the full length of the bore.

SRH

+1 for wax - Ren wax being as good a choice as I know. Try it.

DDA

Vinegar will remove bluing, so be careful.

How about a VCI gun sock. This is not a silicone sock. They are sold by several companies. Run about $12.00. They are made specifically for long term storage of firearms in humid or damp environments. I have been using them for years and have not seen a speck of rust on any of my guns since.

I've used plastic bags and dry nitrogen to store machined parts for long term. Standard cosmoline or similar coating, craft paper, and a nitrogen purge of the bag.

Golden Rods and Rig have served me well for over 30 years. Humidity here in Alabama is among the worst!!

Just plain old heat and air conditioning have always worked for me in south GA. My safe is in a closet with an hvac vent close by. No shortage of humidity here...Geo

How could you have a gun safe in a non-HVAC area?

It's stuns me that people will have a couch, a table, and a TV stand - all made in China and worthless - in the middle of their living room but will keep a gun safe outside.

You stun too easily. I was given an antique Mosler double door safe that I converted to a large gun safe. It weighs 5200#, is roughly 7 ft. tall, 3 1/2 ft. wide and 3 ft. deep (front to back). It sits on four iron wheels. I live in an old farmhouse built in 1875. No concrete slab floors here. I wouldn't want a 5200# safe sitting, on four little iron wheels, on my wood floors even if I could get it through the doors, which I can't. THAT is one reason someone would.

BTW, never had a problem with it or the guns inside it in many years.

SRH