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September 28th, 2021, 10:02 PM #1
Vacuum sealer for gun storage?
Just stumbled on this technique Internet. Seems like a viable solution for long-term storage. Does anyone do this? Would it add to the longevity if I would vacuum seal a piece of vci paper wrapped around the gun?
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September 28th, 2021, 11:18 PM #2
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You would have to have something that absorbs moisture in the bag.
While the vacuum reduces the empty space in the bag where moisture can be, there is still empty space. (In the barrel, mag well, around the trigger since the trigger guard will make a little bubble, etc)
Wherever those spaces are, the moisture problem still exists.
The problem is that you could have one empty space (say the inside of the barrel) completely isolated for another empty space (like around the sights where the bag doesn't totally compress against the metal)
So even having a moisture absorbing silica bag in there won't help if moisture is trapped in a little pocket away from the silica bag
I feel like this is a great idea for short term protection but not a great long term storage option
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September 28th, 2021, 11:25 PM #3
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I'll open my Food Saver packed ammo in another twenty years and prove all the naysayers wrong.
I think if I were to seal up a gun, I would oil the snot out of it.
I wouldn't bother doing it at all aside from preparing for a SHTF type of thing and I don't have any spare handguns I care to pack away to likely never be seen again.I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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Re: Vacuum sealer for gun storage?
Along the same lines, I*m toying with the idea of winter storage for my wife*s 67 Mustang. We*ve had problems in the past with mice getting in and setting up shop. Im thinking of driving it into a large plastic bag and then vacuuming it down, then reinflating with nitrogen gas. Hold a 5psi over pressure on it and anything that gets in dies. No rust due to no O2.
Still have a few kinks to work out. N2 is cheap, plentiful, and easily obtained. Should be easier to do on a gun cabinet.
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September 29th, 2021, 07:33 AM #5
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I vac sealed a bunch of 50cal primers in 2010.
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September 29th, 2021, 08:03 AM #6
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Re: Vacuum sealer for gun storage?
Budget option that may work better:
First oil and lube the metal.
Big clear heavy duty garbage bag.
O2 absorber AND moisture absorber inside with gun.
Vacuum cleaner wand against gun barrel and suck out the air
Twist the bag shut and use a twist tie if you want to save the bag or tape to close it up.
Air will leak back in...once. When pressure is equalized on both inside and outside the bag - no significant air movement will occur.
Keep the temperature stabilized ( to avoid condensation) and you should be good to go for years and years.American by BIRTH, Infidel by CHOICE
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September 29th, 2021, 09:15 AM #8
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I got my 2 M1's from the Navy and they were sealed in the vac foil with the paper and some descant. They were sealed in the '60s - opened in 2009 and were in new cond still.
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Re: Vacuum sealer for gun storage?
Moisture removal is dependent on vacuum levels. Food sealers will remove air and possibly some moisture but unless your food saver pulls a 500 micron vacuum it isn't truly removing water.
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September 29th, 2021, 01:29 PM #10
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Man, where I live, we have uber-tough country mice. I was having the same issue with mice in my Mustang. I put a couple traps in there. Came back two days later and the mice ATE THE TRAPS. All that was left were splinters and the metal snap part. At a hunting camp I go to, every spring, there are tiny tooth marks on the Irish Spring soap left out on the sink. They eat the very soap your mice are repelled by.
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