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April 9, 2015
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Curious how are you guys storing your extra barrels and shrouds so they are protected? what are the best ways to store the barrels that are not currently attached to the frames? 
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August 28, 2009
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Lightly oiled up, wrapped in wax paper, poly mesh sleeving.
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February 22, 2009
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No matter how I store it- I protect everything with a product I've been using for nearly a year now: Boeshield T-9. As long as the metal is protected, it doesn't really matter how you store them as long as you don't forget about them....
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January 17, 2015
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I shoot all of my barrels and shrouds, so what are some ways people store them temporarily? I have them in a cigar box now but would like a better solution.
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April 20, 2010
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Funny you mentioned cigar box, Zedbra. I took a couple old cigar boxes and made foam cutouts to hold my extra barrel assemblies for storage. The boxes are deep enough to hold two layers of assemblies. I oil them well and the boxes do not consume a lot of space in the gunsafe for safekeeping. Every once in a while I take them out, fondle a little and oil well again. Only downside is the lid does not have a way of securing it closed. But it is cheap (free) protective and space efficient.
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January 24, 2009
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I'm lucky to be in a relatively dry environment, I am able to ligtly oil & store mine either in their PP cases, or slip them in an old sock & place them in a drawer. No rust issues.
February 16, 2013
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I wonder if the foam in any case traps moisture? I have a pac in the safe and worry about that.
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April 20, 2010
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Butch Oneal said
I wonder if the foam in any case traps moisture? I have a pac in the safe and worry about that.
Foam padding or cloth could hold moisture and dampness I am sure. My little cigar boxes I oiled the cloth, and my safe is a dry temp controlled environment.
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May 11, 2011
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Now I'm looking for cigar boxes for 15 inch cigars.
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June 25, 2013
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willy said
Now I'm looking for cigar boxes for 15 inch cigars.
Funny!!
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April 9, 2015
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Zedbra said
I shoot all of my barrels and shrouds, so what are some ways people store them temporarily? I have them in a cigar box now but would like a better solution.
Yup I shoot all mine also I am just wondering how you fellow store them to keep them from banging stuff and getting nicked up. I do like that Cigar Box solution.
“We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more
humane, while his education has been sadly neglected.”
-Henry David Thoreau
“When some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether
they should let them hunt, I have answered, yes – remembering that it was
one of the best parts of my education – *make* them hunters.”
-Henry David Thoreau
December 19, 2014
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Store each barrel on a frame, of course!
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January 24, 2009
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Butch Oneal said
I wonder if the foam in any case traps moisture? I have a pac in the safe and worry about that.
I imagine Albuquerque has an average humidity similar to my area...mostly dry. I have many guns stored in Pac cases & have yet to have one develop rust issues. If I were in a humid area, then I would definitely change my storage method.
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April 9, 2015
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middlecalf said
Store each barrel on a frame, of course!
Of course!
“We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more
humane, while his education has been sadly neglected.”
-Henry David Thoreau
“When some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether
they should let them hunt, I have answered, yes – remembering that it was
one of the best parts of my education – *make* them hunters.”
-Henry David Thoreau
December 6, 2015
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+ 1 that loved the cigar box idea.
In fact, I love everything concerned to cigars ... and if you have the DW togheder, it cant be better!
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December 4, 2011
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I got one of those wooden tool cabinets from Harbor Freight. It has a bunch of drawers, I oil the barrels and put them in old socks and in the drawers.
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March 25, 2008
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I just want to pass on a issue I had ten years ago. I have what I call my gun room, and had one of those tree gun wall racks. I had put up a ruger 10-22 mag. after shooting and when I got back to it weeks later it hag started to rust where the barrel met the felt. I believe that the glue they used to attach the felt caused the barrel to oxcidate from the contact. keep that in mind when you store anything metal. I feel bad now that the ruger has become hard to find and collectable.
December 19, 2015
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I keep seeing Renaissance Wax being recommended. I just started using it and real happy so far. It also cleans and shines the surface. You also don't get fingerprints from handling it. It was invented by the British museum and they put it on everything. Try this stuff on your wood grips! It cleans, protects, and shines the surface. That area where the grips meet the metal is now easy to do at the same time. Otherwise, the wood starts to turn black from gun metal lubricants.
Put on a tiny, tiny amount and then take off and polish immediately. I still use a Slip 2000 Extreme Weapon Lubricant (EWL) inside the barrel if to be stored. I always swab the inside the barrel before shooting.
I live at the beach with 80% humidity and salt air. Any steel left out, rusts by morning.
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I do not leave any guns in rugs, foam cases, or cardboard boxes.
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January 24, 2009
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Prescut said
I live at the beach with 80% humidity and salt air. Any steel left out, rusts by morning.Prescut
I take it you live nowhere near Prescott Arizona...
December 8, 2011
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I bought some of that fake sheepskin fleece at the fabric store and cut to size to fit the barrel and had my wife use her serger and sewed the edge together with a little flap on the end. I then spray it with some aerosol gun oil and then turn it inside out. Now the fleece is on the inside and you put your barrel and shroud in together and tuck in the flap.
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