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Old 06-30-2009 | 01:50 PM
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CAM2
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Default Guns and humidity?

i know it's a good thing to keep guns in a lower humidity level in order to protect the metal surfaces from rusting. but, i was wondering if anyone knows if too low of a humidity level in a gun safe is harmful to wood stocks, rubber grips, leather and farbric straps over time? i have a 1 pound pouch of dessicant in my safe now and according to the humidity indication card the humidity level is over 30%, if not upto 40%. according to the manufacturers recomondations on the label the size of my safe should be fine with the 1 pound pouch. i've contacted them, but i didn't gain much info from their tech. because i live in Florida where the humidity gets high i would like to keep the humidity level in my safe as low as possible, but i don't want to have it too low if that can be harmful to other things in the safe. how low do you keep the humidity level in your safe?
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