Does anyone use those silicone-treated gun socks to protect your firearms in your safe? I'm considering using them on a couple of the safe queens to prevent damage from adjoining guns, but I'm concerned about whether there are any issues with attracting humidity, etcetera. Will this work as long as I remove them and re-oil them periodically? (I know, the real answer is to get a bigger or another safe, but that's not in the budget right now.) Thanks for any experienced opinions or suggestions.
Gun sock/storage question
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waterhouse
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Most of my guns are in them. I never had a problem with rust before I started using them, but like you wanted to protect the wood on some of the guns when I moved other guns around in the safe. I haven't noticed any rust problems with the socks, but I've only been using them for a few months.
Noban
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I have a few truck guns that I rotate from behind the seat and they are stored in socks. After many years in service, not a speck of rust on either gun.
I also use them in my safe when it's packed full and guns touch each other. They provide a nice barrier, preventing those annoying scratches and nicks.
I also use them in my safe when it's packed full and guns touch each other. They provide a nice barrier, preventing those annoying scratches and nicks.
Win75
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Ditto. I have used them for years.
Slugless
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As long as you remove them & re-oil them I think you'll be okay. The silicon sock should not attract humidity but there won't be a lot of airflow beneath it. (Because of that make sure you wipe off fingerprints. Heck, wipe them off safe queens anyway).
For increased peace of mind you could wax the exteriors, RIG grease them, extra dessicants, VCI oil and/or wax, and/or VCI emitters.
For increased peace of mind you could wax the exteriors, RIG grease them, extra dessicants, VCI oil and/or wax, and/or VCI emitters.
230RN
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I've kept them in gun socks and canvas "cases" I make myself. No problem. I also have made "magazine socks" out of actual socks. You just sew a seam down the middle of a sock and it's good for two mags. Preservation is by inundation with Birchwood-Casey "Sheath."
I'm a bachelor and I've never been without a sewing machine. When we were building a house out in Ronkonkoma in the late forties, before eletricity got out that way, my Pop bought my Mom a treadle-operated sewing machine and I was so d@mned fascinated with that mechanism that my infatuation with mechanics never left me. My Mom taught me a little bit about sewing, to boot.
Here's a canvas case I make sized for small autos. It's got a pouch for an extra magazine. It's closed by folding over the top and tying it together with a shoelace sewn into the top. The fold retains the extra magazine. No, I'm not selling them.
I'm a bachelor and I've never been without a sewing machine. When we were building a house out in Ronkonkoma in the late forties, before eletricity got out that way, my Pop bought my Mom a treadle-operated sewing machine and I was so d@mned fascinated with that mechanism that my infatuation with mechanics never left me. My Mom taught me a little bit about sewing, to boot.
Here's a canvas case I make sized for small autos. It's got a pouch for an extra magazine. It's closed by folding over the top and tying it together with a shoelace sewn into the top. The fold retains the extra magazine. No, I'm not selling them.
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Owen Sparks
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I use them. Periodically I will turn them inside out and spray down the interiors with an aerosol can of silicon. Once a year or so. Never had any problems.
OS
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the socks are good and if you still worry about humidity. this is what i got inside my safe and never had a problem with it.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...ode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=dehumidifier&noImage=0
It really helps, happy hunting
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...ode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=dehumidifier&noImage=0
It really helps, happy hunting
Hi,
First post here. I know this thread is old but it caught my attention and I had to opine. Not all socks are equal! Sack Ups from North Carolina are THE gun socks to use. Proven, Proven, Proven. No, I don't work for them. I'm in TX. I did work in two gun shops and one owner was an avid collector. Hundreds of antique pieces and all perfectly protected in a Sack Up, even after over a year without being taken out of the safe. The competitors are usually made in China out of synthetic material that won't wick properly. Again, I'm not affiliated with these guys, its just what I buy. I believe in supporting small U.S. only producers. The bigger names import.
First post here. I know this thread is old but it caught my attention and I had to opine. Not all socks are equal! Sack Ups from North Carolina are THE gun socks to use. Proven, Proven, Proven. No, I don't work for them. I'm in TX. I did work in two gun shops and one owner was an avid collector. Hundreds of antique pieces and all perfectly protected in a Sack Up, even after over a year without being taken out of the safe. The competitors are usually made in China out of synthetic material that won't wick properly. Again, I'm not affiliated with these guys, its just what I buy. I believe in supporting small U.S. only producers. The bigger names import.
230RN, I use Gun Socks from Walmart when carrying Guns and I make my own socks from heavy cloth to keep Guns out of sight and clean when carrying them outside of the house, but I don't leave them in them. The unoiled sock will wick the oil from the Gun and can cause it to rust.
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