CajunBass
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I've kept mine in those foam lined cases before, but I admit that I take them out and wipe them down every few weeks...ok...days...maybe hours.
No problems at all.
No problems at all.
storing in handgun in foam lined case
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Peter M. Eick
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The foam of the original 44 automags is known for etching the guns. My 44 automag has just a touch of speckling from this, but I was lucky and caught it.
I would never store a gun in foam.
I would never store a gun in foam.
The bore store products I love, when I give rifles out, I include a couple of boxes of ammo and the correct length bore store. Now in the years I have been in Iraq, no one was around to check on my rifles. When I went home for christmas I checked them all and they look great!!
http://www.borestores.com/
http://www.borestores.com/
I use Flambeau Zerust in all my ammo boxes, gun cases, lockers, etc.
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BCRider
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Just a note on the silica gel packets.
They absorb moisture but only up to a point. Once saturated you may as well have a patch of toilet paper in there for all the good it does. The silica gel packs need to be used inside of a sealed container so they draw in the TRAPPED moisture and dry the air. None of the foam gun cases I've seen qualify as sealable other than things like Pelican cases or other gasketed containers. So the way to use them is to put the gun and the fresh pack into a plastic bag and then put it away in the foam lined case. The plastic should be sealed but for short duration folding it over to cut any air transfer is OK.
To "dry" the SG packs so they'll suck up moisture you need to bake them at around 150F for 15 or 20 minutes. The heat lets the moisture in the SG pass back to the air in the oven. Once "dried" store the packs in a sealed jar until you transfer them to where you want to use them. Letting them sit out for a couple of days renders them useless and you'll need to bake them dry again before use.
They absorb moisture but only up to a point. Once saturated you may as well have a patch of toilet paper in there for all the good it does. The silica gel packs need to be used inside of a sealed container so they draw in the TRAPPED moisture and dry the air. None of the foam gun cases I've seen qualify as sealable other than things like Pelican cases or other gasketed containers. So the way to use them is to put the gun and the fresh pack into a plastic bag and then put it away in the foam lined case. The plastic should be sealed but for short duration folding it over to cut any air transfer is OK.
To "dry" the SG packs so they'll suck up moisture you need to bake them at around 150F for 15 or 20 minutes. The heat lets the moisture in the SG pass back to the air in the oven. Once "dried" store the packs in a sealed jar until you transfer them to where you want to use them. Letting them sit out for a couple of days renders them useless and you'll need to bake them dry again before use.
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