Storing a Commemorative Rifle

[sta500rdr]

So I have a beautiful commemorative rifle that has not and will never be fired by me. It is more or less occupying space in the safe. What is the best way to store this. Right now its pretty well coated in RIG and just sitting in the safe. Should I put it in a gun sock? Can I put it in a gun sock? I am concerned it will get dinged in there from moving stuff around, is there any way to protect it? Just curious. Thanks.

 

[Mudinyeri]

I'd probably slip a silicone sock over it and make sure my safe had a dehumidifier. I have a never-fired Winchester Centennial '66 that I inherited from my uncle (the original owner) and that's how I store it. Unfortunately, that's not how he stored it.

 

[rangerruck]

a nice , sealed safed, with a dehumid in side of it is very good. a sock is nice as well, and they are cheap. I will throw in with anotheridea; vci liquid, emitter discs, and bags. they are cheap, and they work damn good, I used them long ago in the army when they were called Elephant rubbers, now they are in a bright yellow plastic, usually not as sticky sided. the discs, you can just stick up; they emitt vci in a vapor, and the vapor coats everything.
Remmy oil, now even uses vci liquid in their remmy oil. you can even get them like strips or chips, and then put vci liquid on the strip, and them throw them in your normal carry bag. check these;
http://texastechnologies.com/corros...por-phase-corrosion-inhibitor-vci-emitter.htm
a good texas homie.
also check the bottom of this pdf; will show you abit as to what a good vic
can do for you, I conducted my own test , with a 100 year old 22, with steel on the bbl , that was totally in the white. put it in a leaky car trunk, in a old rifle bag, that was a deeskin, and left that in the trunk for 2 months, in Houston.... came out without a bit of rust on it.

 

[Malamute]

Mudinyeri, I'd suggest taking that Centenial 66 out and enjoying it if it isnt 100% NIB. Some of the Winchesters never went up much in value, and if they arent 100%, the value slips some from there. As for my contributions to posterity, I've taken several NIB Winchester commemoratives out and shot them.

I still see the Canadians, Buffalo Bills, '66 Centenials, and a couple others going for around $500-$600 NIB. I just see them as nice rifles for a decent price and enjoy (use) them.

 

[CraigC]

With few exceptions, you'll get more out of that rifle if you take it out and shoot it. Commemoratives rarely go up in value and many times, sell for less than standard models.

 

[Mudinyeri]

Mudinyeri, I'd suggest taking that Centenial 66 out and enjoying it if it isnt 100% NIB. Some of the Winchesters never went up much in value, and if they arent 100%, the value slips some from there. As for my contributions to posterity, I've taken several NIB Winchester commemoratives out and shot them.

I still see the Canadians, Buffalo Bills, '66 Centenials, and a couple others going for around $500-$600 NIB. I just see them as nice rifles for a decent price and enjoy (use) them.

It's more sentimental than anything else. But, the rifle has never been fired and everything except the gold plating on the receiver is almost 100%. There's just a little discoloration on the gold. I also have the box but there are a couple rips in the outer portion with the artwork on it.

I have plenty of other guns to shoot so I plan to keep this one un-fired.

It's in the middle in this picture. You can sort of see the discoloration on the gold section. Everything else is near perfect.