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Posted: 4/27/2012 9:25:08 AM EDT
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I have several firearms I own that just set in my safe, sentimental firearms if you will. I keep them clean and oiled, but most of the time before I get back around to them, the oil has dried/evaporated. Now, I'm looking for a light grease that I can coat the bore and exterior with that won't be hard to remove should I choose to take them out and shoot.
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Instead of slathering the guns with a coat of nasty grease that has to be removed before you can use the gun, use the preservation method now used by the military and industry.
Vapor paper is a special paper that gives off a vapor that drives moisture and air away form the gun and surrounds the gun with the vapor that totally prevents any rust for at least 10 years. You MUST use the special plastic storage bags with the paper. Ordinary plastic bags pass air and moisture and will allow the vapor to escape and moisture and air to enter. To use, simply wipe the gun with a thin coat of CLP Breakfree to neutralize any finger prints, then wrap in a sheet or two of the paper and seal in the special bag. As long as the bag is sealed the gun can't rust and will store for at least a decade or more. Best of all, if you want to use the gun all you have to do is open the bag and wipe out the bore. Most times, the gun can be re-stored by putting it back in the bag and resealing. To be safe you might change the paper, but if it's no more than a few years old, you may not even have to change it. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1197/Product/GUNWRAP-trade-PAPER http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1154/Product/TRIPLE-TOUGH-trade-PREMIUM-STORAGE-BAGS Or Brownell's bag and VPCI paper combination storage bags: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=42749/Product/VACUUM-SEAL-STORAGE-BAGS |
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Renaissance wax. It's what the NRA Firearms Museum uses to preserve all of their firearms. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K3p9ZDUyL._SY355_.jpg I assume removal from the bore and exterior metal would be easy? |
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Quoted: I have several firearms I own that just set in my safe, sentimental firearms if you will. I keep them clean and oiled, but most of the time before I get back around to them, the oil has dried/evaporated. Now, I'm looking for a light grease that I can coat the bore and exterior with that won't be hard to remove should I choose to take them out and shoot. Suggestions? piss on all that grease, just a plain ole mess. get some boeshield, basically spray on cosmoline. cleans easy with any type of gun cleaner There is a review on brownells of all types of greases/oils/lubes if you look |
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The RIG is good grease; more of a cross between an oil and grease. It will drip, which to me is good. It cleans up pretty easily.
Stay away from some of the gun greases like Hoppes, and whatever Ruger used to coat their guns with, as that stuff turns to glue after a year or so. Just because some parts of the oil evaporated, doesn't necessarily mean no oil is still left behind. On wood stocked guns, just don't overdo it, because if you store them vertically, gravity will do it's job with oil and it will get onto the wood. |
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Instead of slathering the guns with a coat of nasty grease that has to be removed before you can use the gun, use the preservation method now used by the military and industry. Vapor paper is a special paper that gives off a vapor that drives moisture and air away form the gun and surrounds the gun with the vapor that totally prevents any rust for at least 10 years. You MUST use the special plastic storage bags with the paper. Ordinary plastic bags pass air and moisture and will allow the vapor to escape and moisture and air to enter. To use, simply wipe the gun with a thin coat of CLP Breakfree to neutralize any finger prints, then wrap in a sheet or two of the paper and seal in the special bag. As long as the bag is sealed the gun can't rust and will store for at least a decade or more. Best of all, if you want to use the gun all you have to do is open the bag and wipe out the bore. Most times, the gun can be re-stored by putting it back in the bag and resealing. To be safe you might change the paper, but if it's no more than a few years old, you may not even have to change it. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1197/Product/GUNWRAP-trade-PAPER http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1154/Product/TRIPLE-TOUGH-trade-PREMIUM-STORAGE-BAGS Or Brownell's bag and VPCI paper combination storage bags: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=42749/Product/VACUUM-SEAL-STORAGE-BAGS Is that the same product the Army used to store their Kimber 82G target rifles? If so, it didn't work very well. They rusted. |
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Heres what I know my guns that don't get shot, use Mobil 1 15-50 oil and in normal humity will be good for a few years some times more.
Take them apart and rub the oil on until completed coated and wipe off. Then put them in a gun sock to prevent scratches. Sold a few guns earlier this year and pulled one out that hadn't been out for 4-5 years and still had a coat of oil and no surface rust. Honestly don't know why but the oil and gun sock (have used several types; from walmart, gun shows and have gottrn same results) but it works. |
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http://www.polygunbag.com/gunbags.html
I'd still oil 'em up though. And BioSheild does work great, I found it at the Sears tool department. |
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