Storing guns upside down!!!

[HEAD SHOT]

Heres one for you. My local gun shop told me that they had a gun in for repair and found the wooden stock was rotten. This was due to over oiling and allowing it to penetrate the wood. They said all ways store your gun upside down to stop any oil contaminating the wood. My gun lives in the loft and I like the idea of a bit of oil. Seems like common sence. But how many of us practice this........

Edited March 12, 2008 by HEAD SHOT

[highseas]

me not for the oil just because i do

if you can see the oil your using to much

Edited March 11, 2008 by highseas

[Emmsy]

use light grease, it dont run like oil and makes the action smoother to open and close

[spoonfishuk]

I was told the same thing by a gun shop recently, of course none of their guns were stored upside down.....

[JohnGalway]

Always keep my guns muzzle down. Too much oil is bad for anything.

[Chard]

I apply a thin film of oil, just using my slightly oily hands. It it runs at all, you've got waaaaaaayyyyy too much on there.

Edited March 11, 2008 by Chard

[Poacher]

When I was in the army they said you can never put to much oil on your gun.

But theres no wood to rot on those guns is there...

 

Miniscule amounts is best i find, i sometimes store my shotties upside down, but it makes little difference if you don't go mad over oiling.

[HEAD SHOT]

When I was in the army they said you can never put to much oil on your gun.

But theres no wood to rot on those guns is there...

 

Miniscule amounts is best i find, i sometimes store my shotties upside down, but it makes little difference if you don't go mad over oiling.

I was'nt in the British Army where the guns are made of plastic that falls appart. I used a AK47 mate. The most successful assault rifle ever made. With a wooden stock.

[bob300w]

I was told the same thing by a gun shop recently, of course none of their guns were stored upside down.....

There's a point, has anyone ever seen guns stored upside down in a gunshop?

If I have been out in the rain, I keep mine barels down for a couple of days, otherwise it's Youngs 303 on the outside which dries to a grease, a smear of grease on the hinge pin, and a minimal application of Birchwood Casey "Sheath" in the bores.

Edited March 12, 2008 by bob300w

[ferretman]

hi my dad showed me 13 years ago and i have done it ever since.

[bob300w]

hi my dad showed me 13 years ago and i have done it ever since.

That's what I call an understanding father, I was self-taught behind the bike sheds at school.

[Big_Sam]

I keep my barrels down, I did not believe it until shortly before I sold the supersport I noticed the stock was stained just behind the action, the oil had run down into it.

 

I prefer having them barrels down anyway as when I get them out the cabinet I do not have to grab the barrel but I grab the stock instead