Best way to cache a BP revolver?

[brewer12345]

This is at the moment idle musing on my part, but the idea of caching a BP revolver tickles my fancy. Ideally one would want to do so with the cylinder loaded, but maybe not capped (but with caps in the container and readily loaded). It would be nice to have some powder, wads, balls and extra caps cached with it. Given the hazards of putting real black in an enclosed container, is this just a bad idea?

 

[1KPerDay]

Dunno. How about some paper cartridges and a tin of caps stored in a ziplock bag inside a larger ziplock bag with the oiled up pistol in it. I guess you could load the pistol and cap it, but I wouldn’t use lube or LFW in the “store indefinitely” cylinder.

 

[brewer12345]

Dunno. How about some paper cartridges and a tin of caps stored in a ziplock bag inside a larger ziplock bag with the oiled up pistol in it. I guess you could load the pistol and cap it, but I wouldn’t use lube or LFW in the “store indefinitely” cylinder.

Lfw?

 

[LNK]

Lfw?

Lubed felt wad.....

 

[gtrgy888]

This is at the moment idle musing on my part, but the idea of caching a BP revolver tickles my fancy. Ideally one would want to do so with the cylinder loaded, but maybe not capped (but with caps in the container and readily loaded). It would be nice to have some powder, wads, balls and extra caps cached with it. Given the hazards of putting real black in an enclosed container, is this just a bad idea?

It’s a prudent idea. But what are you talking about? I’ve heard of no cache. All my guns were lost in a tragic boating accident years ago.

 

[brewer12345]

It’s a prudent idea. But what are you talking about? I’ve heard of no cache. All my guns were lost in a tragic boating accident years ago.

Under The Sea

• brewer12345
• Aug 28, 2021

 

[Captain*kirk]

"Cache"...where? In your walls, attic, under a floorboard? Conceivable. In the back yard under 3 feet of dirt? Not such a good idea. I would certainly not expect powder or caps to be reliable in such a situation.

 

[woodnbow]

"Cache"...where? In your walls, attic, under a floorboard? Conceivable. In the back yard under 3 feet of dirt? Not such a good idea. I would certainly not expect powder or caps to be reliable in such a situation.

You’re not hanging with the right preppers... where there’s a will, there’s a way.

 

[TheDr]

In the ground,Ziploc baggies,then in Tupperware,inside a metal box,covered in paraffin.

Idk...I'm guessing. .

It's 03:13 and TheDr is tired....

 

[Mosin77]

There are many stories about old black powder revolvers being found loaded, and fired, years later. So, a dresser drawer or equivalent place seems to be an adequate solution. Barring that, I’d guess any of the usual methods like oil, plastic bags, sealed PVC pipe, burying underground, would work. If you’re going to really oil or grease it for long term protection against moisture, I think loading it first would be pointless.

 

[AlexanderA]

The problem is that the preservation methods for the various components (the gun itself, the wooden grips, the black powder, the caps) contradict each other. For starters, I would take the grips off and seal the gun in a PVC tube full of Cosmoline. I suppose the grips, powder, and caps could go into another (dry) PVC tube with lots of desiccant gel. Then you would have to make sure the components don't get separated and lost.

In the end, this sounds like an exercise in futility. When you die, the knowledge of where this stuff is hidden would be lost. The big question is, why are you doing this?

 

[paul harm]

To start a new thread.

 

[whughett]

Not much point in loading it if one has to go through an involved process to retrieve it. If for a bug out cache, survival scenario, I’d just store the gun and it’s components as you would your food supplies.

 

[AlexanderA]

Also depends on the time frame. Storing the gun for a week would be quite different from storing it for 50 years.

 

[44 Dave]

Cap it to seal cones, some seal caps with things like nail polish, use no lube that could degrade the powder. I have black powder rimfire cartridges that are 70 years old that fire 100% of the time