How often should you clean guns you're storing?
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BearBio
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Humidifier?
Outside humidity? (Lived one block from the beach in Long Beach, CA=guns rusted pretty quickly).
Temperatures? Had a 338 mag rust in several hours while hunting in Wyoming. Set it in the mud room after hunting in a blizzard. (Fortunately, all cleaned up well!).
What is your perspiration like? Corrosive? Salty?
What lubes are you using?
I learned that leaving a lever action or semi-auto upright with lots of oil can soften the stock. ( bought a Mossberg Palomino with a large chip missing=took 2 weeks to decrease it enough to glue a replacement in place).
Outside humidity? (Lived one block from the beach in Long Beach, CA=guns rusted pretty quickly).
Temperatures? Had a 338 mag rust in several hours while hunting in Wyoming. Set it in the mud room after hunting in a blizzard. (Fortunately, all cleaned up well!).
What is your perspiration like? Corrosive? Salty?
What lubes are you using?
I learned that leaving a lever action or semi-auto upright with lots of oil can soften the stock. ( bought a Mossberg Palomino with a large chip missing=took 2 weeks to decrease it enough to glue a replacement in place).
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The first of the year is time for a lot of things - replacing batteries in clocks, deep clean the refer, and clean and lube guns I haven't shot in a while. I shoot pretty much weekly, so lots of oddballs and safe queens get shot and cleaned during the year, but maybe get cleaned again at the new year. I keep them in a safe with a de-humidifier.
