gun safe humidity

[flexible]

Hi everyone, flexible here.
Just finished installing and filling my Hornady Super Titan XXL modular safe.
I have pistols, rifles, shotguns; some with wood stocks, some with modern materials.
Is there a recommended humidity % for storage?
I realize i need low humidity for the metal and some moisture for the wooden stocks.
thanks

 

[Jimfern]

I bought a couple of these -
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SVKB3P7?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

They looked exactly like the Liberty Safe brand but cheaper.

 

[NMachine]

I try to stay around 40 to 50%.

 

[1KPerDay]

Between 30 and 50% at 70 degrees is the usual NRA recommendation.

 

[Switup]

First: Do not set your safe directly on concrete. It will cause moisture to be sucked in each time you open the door.
An interior heater will ensure that the contents temperature will remain above the dew point all the time except when you have condensation on the outside of the safe. In that case, don’t open the door without treating the contents to protect after drying. If you carry a cold gun inside the house, allow it to completely warm up before returning it to cold safe.

 

[lightman]

My humidity gauge stays at 45% pretty much all of the time. I have a golden rod mounted in the safe.

 

[Zebraranger]

My humidity monitor also reads between 45 & 48%. I'm in Florida, my AC is always on, that keeps the humidity low in the home, even with 100% humidity levels outside. No rust or corrosion in 40 years.

 

[berettaprofessor]

Sadly, I'd have to humidify sometimes to reach 30%. In a Kansas basement, mine stay between 26 and 35 without any extra effort or dehumidifier and the temperature ranges from 64-72 summer or winter.

 

[Roc_my_tims]

First: Do not set your safe directly on concrete. It will cause moisture to be sucked in each time you open the door.
An interior heater will ensure that the contents temperature will remain above the dew point all the time except when you have condensation on the outside of the safe. In that case, don’t open the door without treating the contents to protect after drying. If you carry a cold gun inside the house, allow it to completely warm up before returning it to cold safe.

If not directly.on concrete, how do you bolt it down.

 

[JDeere]

If not directly.on concrete, how do you bolt it down.

Sliders just enough to get it off of bare floor.

Lockdown brand or Golden Rods are your friends. I don't even worry about what the humidity reads. All you need to do is keep temp above dew point. Been doing it this way for years and no rust. I have one outside in my shop and no climate control and she has been good for years in the deep south. Inside the house with AC not that big o deal. The military used light bulbs on 24/7 in arms rooms and ammo bunkers...

 

[DukeConnor]

If not directly.on concrete, how do you bolt it down.

Horse stall mat from tractor supply

 

[74man]

Just went and checked my Winchester Safe Humidity (Sam's Club) and it was 43%. Outside temp in garage was 64.5, Inside temp (inside safe) was 64.3 Degrees F. Have a humidity strip in bottom on a piece of Automotive Safety glass which keeps it warm. I also live in Nor Cal and the outside temperature right now is 67 Degrees at 7:31pm.
I have a question for the computer literate, When you want to use the degree mark, where on the keyboard it is located?

 

[tazbigdog]

In the Phoenix area, my safe is 37 degrees right now.

 

[film495]

you could also bolt it through some say 2x6 board, and get it up off the concrete a few inches. I don't recall the details off the top of my head, but humidity is highly associated to temperature, a combination of temp and humidity is a danger zone. I think this also applies to wood stocks, not just metal. higher humity at 55 or 60 degrees is not the same as at 80 or 90 degrees. the other side of it as well for wood stocks, cold and no humidity is trouble as I understand. so, knowing the safe ranges in combination is what you are really looking for, not just a single number for humidity. I just put the reusable dessicant canisters in the safe in the summer around here, summer is humid. In the winter, I don't recharge the canisters because the humidity is already low. safe is in a heated/air conditioned space, so - really humidity in the peak of summer is my only danger zone, or spring fall spikes in humidity before the AC gets turned on.

 

[flexible]

Got a dehumidifier running and it's been 38% and 68 degrees for over a week.
thanks
flexible

 

[westernrover]

16% here today, which is typical. It's good for the metal, but hard on the wood. If the wood dries out and stabilizes, it will last, but when it first shrinks it can warp, split, crack, or delaminate. I have a problem with Hogue monogrips in the woods (cocobolo, pau ferro, goncalo alves etc.) because they glue the two halves together before I get them here and then they shrink and open up a gap.

 

[Targa]

Mine stays between 40 and 50% here in Colorado without any help. The lack of humidity in this state helps.