How Often To Clean Gun In Storage
How often do you clean guns in storage
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How often do you clean guns in storage
Reading the other cleaning pussy, I started to wonder about how often, if at all, people clean their guns in prolonged storage.
E.g. something you haven't used for 6 month or a year, do you take it out of the safe and give it a clean, oil, etc? Once a year, never...
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Re: How often do you clean guns in storage
by Norton » 11 Oct 2016, 10:06 am
Mine never go unused for more than a month or two.
If they were cleaned well and put away I don't know if I'd bother doing them at all again really.
Maybe if it was a year.
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Re: How often do you clean guns in storage
by AusTac » 11 Oct 2016, 10:08 am
Wipe down when i feel like it maybe, but never a full clean if its just bene stored, will always lube,wipe,inspect,adjust before they go on an outing though for the most part i store my guns fairly clean
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Re: How often do you clean guns in storage
by MR. WINCHESTER » 11 Oct 2016, 10:28 am
Long term storage, really needs lots of heavy duty anticorrosion product.
Winchester once used cosmoline - a heavy grease like product ....
I've bought a 'few' 30 and 40
year old guns, with the factory grease still on!
...... they have NEVER been 'cleaned' / re-oiled !
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Re: How often do you clean guns in storage
by juststarting » 11 Oct 2016, 10:43 am
Not that long. Maybe at the very most upto 12 months.
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Re: How often do you clean guns in storage
by sandgroperbill » 11 Oct 2016, 11:40 am
I haven't managed to get out much at all this winter due to various reasons, and I use a silicon cloth and light oiling, so I've pulled them out about once a month to check and clean them (and as an excuse to fondle them).
I'm hoping to get out again in the next 2-3 weeks.
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Re: How often do you clean guns in storage
by brett1868 » 11 Oct 2016, 12:48 pm
Rifles I don't shoot often get a quick patch and re-oiling at least once every 6 months where as those I use on a regular basis are put away clean and well oiled. Humidity control has been covered several times and is important when storing firearms for extended periods between uses.
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Re: How often do you clean guns in storage
by VICHunter » 11 Oct 2016, 1:11 pm
If it's shaping up like they'll be in the safe a while I give them a thorough clean, top to bottom, and after oiling them I'm I'd be happy leaving them there for months. Not that it happens often.....
Humidity isn't a big issue here though.
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