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Djstorm100
10-08-15, 14:54
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Safe is in the house in my office. However some rifles I do not shoot hardly ever as they are family heirlooms. Is there a oil I can patch through in the bore and not have to worry about it for 6 months to a year or longer? One of the rifles that was neglected for a while (not by me) started to show signs of frosting (start of rust). I normally put Hoppe's 9 in the bore and leave it alone. I bought a humitiy gauge and reusable desiccant pack
sevenhelmet
10-08-15, 15:01
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Safe is in the house in my office. However some rifles I do not shoot hardly ever as they are family heirlooms. Is there a oil I can patch through in the bore and not have to worry about it for 6 months to a year or longer? One of the rifles that was neglected for a while (not by me) started to show signs of frosting (start of rust). I normally put Hoppe's 9 in the bore and leave it alone. I bought a humitiy gauge and reusable desiccant pack
Cosmoline? It's stubborn to clean off, but it protects the rifle really well. There are also plastic rifle storage bags you can get which absorb oxygen and supposdly coat the metal surfaces with something. I don't know how well they work.
Humidity control is most of the battle.
I just use CLP and disposable desiccant.
The reusable kind does not really work that well for me.
Djstorm100
10-08-15, 15:09
Cosmoline? It's stubborn to clean off, but it protects the rifle really well. There are also plastic rifle storage bags you can get which absorb oxygen and supposdly coat the metal surfaces with something. I don't know how well they work.
Humidity control is most of the battle.
Thought about that but the work involved to shoot it once in a blue mood is not worth it..LOL.
I use Eezox. It's a really good rust preventive, goes on very thin and lasts a long time.
Spray it down with clp, coat everything. Let it sit for a week to dry. Then coat everything with oil. Clp is great for corrosion resistance. 1 year is not that long.
If you really are worried, do above then place in a vci bag with some dessicant.
Vci is paper/plastic impregnated with volatile organics that protect whatever you put in there.
ColtSeavers
10-08-15, 16:23
Stricly storage and corrosion concerns with no lube intentions?
http://wd40specialist.com/products/corrosion-inhibitor/
http://wd40specialist.com/images/product-corrosion.png
:o
FWIW I'd get a 'Golden Rod' heated tube to warm the interior and control humidity. Best product I know of for firearms storage, less Rig grease, is the product called 'Barricade' by Birchwood-Casey. Used to be called 'Sheath'.
BuzzinSATX
10-08-15, 16:31
I once stored several rifles and shotguns which were blue metal and wood stocks in simple foam lined gun cases I used Ballistol and gave them a good cleaning and applied more Ballistol over entire guns. Not a speck of rust.
Take Care,
Buzz
Edit. Sorry, meant to add they were stored for over 8 years. 4 years in a musty basement in Delaware and 4 years in some govt storage facility while I was in Japan. Ballistol rocks!
Berserkr556
10-08-15, 19:03
Mods, please move if you like. Figure I would get more "traffic" in this section.
Safe is in the house in my office. However some rifles I do not shoot hardly ever as they are family heirlooms. Is there a oil I can patch through in the bore and not have to worry about it for 6 months to a year or longer? One of the rifles that was neglected for a while (not by me) started to show signs of frosting (start of rust). I normally put Hoppe's 9 in the bore and leave it alone. I bought a humitiy gauge and reusable desiccant pack
Eezox works well and so does Corrosion X. Cosmoline is the old standard but takes more time to clean. There is a newer form of cosmoline that comes in a spray can I use to use at a machine shop job I had. CLP isn't going to last a year, it's lucky if it makes it 6 months.
Man O Man.... What a waste of bandwidth!!!
cutter_spc
10-08-15, 19:59
Well here's some more waste of bandwith!!!
Take this for what it's worth. I once had 22 that I loved to shoot. It had a very deep blued finish, but any time I would wipe it down with a white paper towel, the paper towel would have brownish orange tinge left on it. I tried everything I could buy other than grease and cosmoline, didn't want to use those because I shot it often. Nothing worked, until I tried ballistol. It's the only cleaner / lube I use on weapons for over 15 years. Strip the metal with brake cleaner real good and apply ballistol, you won't have a problem.
Break Free "LP". It's CLP minus the "C". Marketed towards lubing and storage.
This works really well.
http://boeshield.com/why-boeshield/
This works really well.
http://boeshield.com/why-boeshield/
I would not recommend putting boeshield in the bore unless you are doing Ka-BOOM test.
SomeOtherGuy
10-11-15, 08:04
Corrosion-X is probably the best option for an oil rather than a grease. It has come out #1 in several long-term storage tests I've read. It doesn't build up a solid film like some others (Boeshield, for one) and I think it's probably a bit more effective than Boeshield anyway, based on use on tools in the garage. Corrosion-X is what I used when I had to put my rifles in storage for several months while between houses. I would feel OK with maybe 1-year intervals between oiling the bore with Corrosion-X. If you want to go longer than that, think about Cosmoline.
Eezox is also good, but rather nasty stuff. Boeshield is a decent protectant but it builds up a sort of a film. I doubt you will really get a ka-boom from using it in the bore, but I don't want to test it personally.
You'd also be fine with Weaponshield, and probably OK with SLIP2000, Frogfail, Break-Free CLP, etc. etc. But a lot of those will at some point dry out and you won't know when unless you are checking the bore regularly.
For wipe down storage its hard to beat Ballistol, especially for blued firearms. Neutralizes fingerprints, does not oxidize.
For longer term, rig grease applied via a "rig rag" is better. Some of the cosmoline effect without the tedious cleaning issues if you want to use the firearm.
But Ballistol is my go to for all but rifles with gas exposure like AR's, etc. And I still use it for any steel finish that is not coated.
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