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docwharden1881

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Made a decision and that is all s.a. 'peacemakers' are going to the barn for storage. This is going to leave the (pre 1860's) antiques in the house save for the 1917 New Service.
Thinking plastic tubs with locking lids lined with soft material will be alright. Made sure they had plenty of oil so nothing will rust. S/O will be much happier and I can shift focus to percussion aka cap & ball. All in all I'd say it's a win/win situation.
 
Make sure to get some quality desiccant packs to put in the tubs to remove any moisture from the trapped air. Also be carful what you wrap them in. I,ve read plenty of stories where bubble wrap or corrugated foam has left permanent marks on the blueing and wood from chemical reaction. Good luck and check them quarterly.
 
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Can you get some wax paper? I would wrap that around the guns first before anything else touches them.

Putting a light coat of grease in, on and around the guns would last longer than oil.
 
A "barn" is not an optimal place to store guns. I'd worry about security as well as storage conditions such as humidity, temperature swings, fire and flood danger, etc.
 
relax guys, they are just reproduction by Uberti, Pietta, et all. if they were original like the 1917 they wouldn't be stored in the barn. That said I don't want to advertise but I am still armed. The house is still secure as is the barn. Appreciate the advice though.
 
Personally I would get rid of the wife the second a stupid subject came up like throwing my guns in the barn. Of course I got rid of first ol lady cause she wouldn't put bread tye on correctly. So I might not be the best judge of happy relationships. Still if it was guns or wife conversation I would scrap the wife not the guns.
 
OP never said his wife told him to pack the guns away.

He said "happy wife, happy life j/k (just kidding)" 🤣
 
I'm just taking what the OP asks at face value... nothing more. There are probably threads here or elsewhere that break down something like long term storage.

In the spirit of the OP, I would look at something a little more 'close to home.' Maybe just buy a safe (OK, OK... 'RSC...' ) park it somewhere out of the way (closet, basement, unused bedroom, etc) and store everything in there, and lock it up. It would make me feel a little better about having to mothball any firearms.
 
grease, wax paper, and a freezer bag. grease the gun, put in wax paper, folded taped closed, put dessidant packs in the freezer bag, and zip up the bag with everything inside. Check the dessicant packs every year or so, but if they are in an air tight plastic container, probably no need to.put the ziplock bag in a tupperware type container, and you're better than most factory packaging. just don't dump it in a river, or leave it in a spot under a roof that leaks. or in direct sunlight. maybe pull the grips off and wrap them separately, no grease needed.
 
If I were in that position, I would look up some long term gun-storage options before setting stuff in home depot bins. Putting a nice gun away only to pull out a rusted and pitted mess years later is no bueno, be it a classic original or a nice reproduction.

Good luck @docwharden1881 !

Stay safe.
 
docwharden1881 said:
Thinking plastic tubs with locking lids lined with soft material will be alright. Made sure they had plenty of oil so nothing will rust.
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Not unless by "the barn" you mean a living quarters air conditioned environment.

You need to use a long term storage coating instead of just a layer of oil.

The WD folks make a spray for long term corrosion inhibition. https://www.homedepot.com/p/WD-40-S...asting-Anti-Rust-Spray-2-Pack-61203/326244650

Clean each well and coat them with the spray.

Then put a zrust corrosion vapor capsule in each tub. https://www.zerustproducts.com/prod...-parts/vapor-capsule-electronics-tools-parts/

Long term storage requires additional measures.
 
Oh, the tubs have to be as air tight as possible (no "butterfly" tops) and you should load it on a very dry day or inside where you have the space as dry as you can get it.
 
There are lots of folks trying to help you with "long term storage," but their point is that if the condition of your "s.a. peacemakers" deteriorate, then their value will be reduced. Go over to GB and look at the difference that 10%, 20%, or 50% lower condition means in terms of price. Does your "wife" understand what she is doing to the value of your possessions? Does she care? Another issue that other folks have mentioned, but which needs more emphasis is "how secure is that "barn"? I moved onto a property with a "barn" a few years back. It seem ideal for storing stuff, so I put decided that I'd deep 1 empty gun safe, 35+ cases of ammo, all of my reloading equipment and about two dozen scopes there. Within two weeks the bad guys had broken into the barn and stolen everything to the tune of about $35,000. They stole so much stuff that they had to go down the road and steal a truck to carry it all away! They also destroyed the gun safe trying to get it open. The local "barnie Fife" boys couldn't have cared less. Their exact words were: "must not have been worth very much, if you left it in the barn!" The barn was less than a hundred feet from the house; the bad guys had to be there for at least an hour and I never heard a sound... even when they came back with the truck! Please, please, please... reconsider.
 
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Doc,

I have a heretical question.

If you're packing them up and leaving them in the barn...why not sell or gift them to folks that will care for them?

You aren't going to be able to enjoy them closed up and relegated to an outbuilding. Someone else could enjoy them.
 
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