View Poll Results: How do you preserve your rifle?
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Cosmoline.
6 50.00% -
Mineral Oil.
0 0% -
Synthetic Oil.
3 25.00% -
Penetrating Oil. (Such as Kroil)
2 16.67% -
Dry, no greases or oils.
1 8.33%
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Thread: Preserving a rifle. How?
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January 15th, 2012, 10:56 PM #1
Preserving a rifle. How?
A few months ago, I packed away my M1A and my .45-70 Buffalo Classic. The blued barrel on the Buffalo Classic rusts if you look at it wrong. I wiped all of the metal, including the bore, down with Kroil after I had given it a thorough cleaning. I did the same with my M1A except that I used militec-1. I put them in the case that I use for them in my basement which can be damp, even with the dehumidifier. I'm not trying to get them to rust. I just don't have a better place to store them. So I'm trying to figure out how to store them down there without rusting.
So I pulled them out today and the Buffalo Classic showed not a spot of rust, inside or out. The bore was mirror like and spotless. My M1A was also spotless.
So here is my query: If you know you're not going to be using a rifle or other type of gun for a long time. How do you prep it? Is there anything that you would avoid?The M1. Smackin' the bastards since 1932.
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