How to keep guns from rusting in the summer
 

I have been having a tough time keeping my guns from rusting lately due to extreme humidity. The other week I oiled every gun I own (8 or 9) and I mean I oiled them really good. It took me about 4 hours to clean them all. Then I was looking over them today and 5 of them had rust on them. It wasnt bad but the whole gun had a light layer of rust. How do you guys keep your guns from rusting in the summer???

Thanks,

Die Hard

RE: How to keep guns from rusting in the summer
 

Well, the first thing you can do is try to get as much moisture out of the air as possible. I like to use de-humidifiers in my gun room where my safes are. I also clean my guns with G-96 Gun treatment and it does a great job against rust. Not only is it a great cleaner but itcoats and protects the gun as well. I also like to open my gun safes often to make sure they keep dry (plus I get to look at my guns:)). I don't put any kind of rods or moisture removers in my safes though they do work to keep the moisture out. I just treat the entire room and keep the humidity levels down with de-humidifiers. Living in Illinois that's not an easy task as the summers get very humid but it has worked for me.

RE: How to keep guns from rusting in the summer
 

Rust Inhibiting Grease (RIG)

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About every 2-3 months I take my guns out, clean them and use bore butter on them. I coat the outside with a good layer of bore butter. Keeps em shiney and looking like new, not to mention they smell good too ;)

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DEHUMIDIFIER in the room the guns are in!!!! IMO take them from the case (if they are in cases) and open up the actions and put them somewhere they can get some air....

i had that problem...DAMP basement bedroom, humid summer, and cases under the bed.....dehumidifier and opened all the actions and put them in all the corners of my room....not a great idea if any unauthorized personell(kids, kids friends over when your not home, blah blah blah) might be around....

but in my case i was the only one in the room so i was fine...humidity is a killer....im freaking out now im away all summer and dont know how the new house handles the humidity...im hoping well...central AC and all the guns are upstares now.....

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Briman two great mindsthink alike LOL.

+1 RIGand SHEEP SKIN WIPE. Keep the guns out of rifle cases in the open air. If you have a safe buy a Golden Rod.I lived in Florida where there was very high Humidity. In all the years I never had a rust concern using RIG and a Golden Rod in the safe.You can also install a low wattage light bulb in the safe for added protection. I leave them on 24/7 just to be sure. The new curly bulbs last several times longer then your standard light bulb.I've been using this practice for close to30 years.

RE: How to keep guns from rusting in the summer
 

Go to WalMart and buy some Damp Rid to put in the safe or closet!

RE: How to keep guns from rusting in the summer
 

What do you do, store them in your sauna?

I clean mine, put on some oil put them in the cabinet and leave em. I'm in a humid climate of IL, never had any rusting problems.

How's the bluing?

Stored in a cabinet? safe? gun case?

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Whatever you do-DON'T store them in cases as it just causes condensation inside the case. DO use a well oiled rag and corrison-X or rusty duck and give them a rubdown every week or so. To get rid of light rust without further damaging bluing,use 0000 steel wool and your favorite rust preventer and rub down.

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Go with Briman and get your hands on some RIG. Good luck.

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I store them in an open, wooden guncabinet and all the actions are open and I even have some of those moisture obsorbing packets in there. I think ill move my gun cabinet and put a dehumidifier in the room and keep the door shut.

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i am buying a ml cost 500 buck plus my shotgun soon will be getting a high power rifle for target shooting

i am going to add a steel entry door to my closet on my room
it is about 6 by 6 and turn it into my gun room must my clothes lay in my dresser
any way
i will be going with a DEHUMIDIFIER

like others said out of the case open the action and let them air out
i have heard the cases hold and absorb moisture

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If all you have in the cabinet is some of the moisture absorbing packets your in bad shape. Spend $10 and buy yourself a large box of hydrosorbent silica gel that can be recharged in your oven. The box I have has lasted two years in my safe which is in my bedroom closet. When I had the small little metal canister I had to recharge it every year.

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D A M P R I D - The Original Non-Electric Moisture Absorber

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Turn up the air conditioning!

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I haven't ran into anything that protects guns against rust better than RIG. I use2 rechargable de-humidifiers made by Remington im my safes that seem to work very well but I live right on the coast in deep south MS and if you look up humidity in the dicitonary there is a pictureof where we live above the definition, so I keep a good coating of RIG on all of my guns also and I don't have a rust problem at all.