Black Butte
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Common methods of staying off rust include keeping handguns well oiled, using silicone-impregnated "socks," placing a heater in your safe to keep air circulating, or using descants like silica gel. Another idea I had was to use vacuum storage bags. We've all seen those commercials on T.V. where you can put your cheese or other food items in a special bag and then use a machine to suck all the air out and seal it. The commercial promises the investment will pay for itself by keeping your groceries fresh for weeks longer than otherwise possible. They even have a larger version for cloths and the like. My thinking was that if you had safe queens or guns that you weren't planing on shooting anytime soon, you could vacuum seal those guns in the food storage bags. With the air removed from the sealed bag, there should be no oxygen or water vapor left inside the bag that could cause rust. Any oil placed on the gun, if it's even needed, should in theory remain there indefinitely because there would be no air in the bag to dry out or evaporate the oil from the metal surface. If you wanted to use the gun, you could simply rip open the bag, use the gun, then reseal it in a fresh bag after cleaning. Let me know what you guys think, or if there is any obvious down side that I'm missing. Maybe I could market a vacuum storage bag system specially adapted to handguns.
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