Luger Storage
 

What would you consider the best way to store your luger: Holster or foam case or something else? There seems to be a lot of debate on what is best. I look forward to learning from the experts!

A leather holster is a VERY poor choice!~ The tanning acids in the leather will eventually damage your gun's finish. Even a regular holster will leave portions of the gun exposed to the air and moisture.
A good gun rug or foam lined case, stored in a dry, temperature stable area are the best bets.

Coat your gun with Rig or other quality moisture displacing oil before placing it in the rug or case and your gun should be safe.

Light (light) oil, and put it in a dry, safe place :)

Try to keep the oil off of the grips.


Ed

I agree with Ed. I personally will not store a firearm in any type of bag, case, holster etc. I do keep a coat of light oil on all surfaces inside and out. I clean and oil them at least twice a year.If you live in a humid climate oiling and open storage to me is even more important. I guess in the real world it's whatever has worked for you. Bill

What about storage in the silicon treated 'gun socks' such as those made by Winchester? I and some other members of the forum here use them.

-ML

i have two in borestores bags and they are doing fine...
 

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I use the silicone impregnated Gun Socks. They breathe a little, but are quite good at repelling moisture.

In their advertising, I've seen photos of safes that went through a fire. They show that the guns inside the safe in the silicone impregnated socks survived the fire without rust damage.

We get a range of humidity her in NC. In the summers it gets pretty high. Several years ago, I had a blued Interarms "Star" start to develop pinpoint rust while inside it's gun rug. Since I've switched to the socks, I haven't had a problem.

Marc

I know this will get some laughs from the forum, but here goes. First I put a liberal coat of Sheath on the pistol, and let it dry. Then the pistol goes in a crown royal bag. then the holster, tool and pistol in the crown royal bag goes in a clean canvas US Mint coin bag. A friend who owned a bar left me with a large supply of crown royal bags (empty ones) and I work in a bank so money bags (empty ones) are not a problem. Then they go in a gunsafe with a golden rod. The gun room has a dehumidifier working 24/7. I've used this system for about 15 years and never had a problem.

+1 on the borestores for all my firearms.

Do ya'll think that a thin layer of gun grease would be ok to store firearms?

Grease?
 

The reasoning that I have for using gun grease is that when a country places a weapon in long term storage they drown it in Cosmoline. I can still remember being issued a brand new 240B in Iraq. It only took me around 36 hours to get her ready for combat operations!!! :D

I think Birchwood RIG gun grease is pretty good stuff for storage.

Tom

:D Rick W., Is 5' 17 " sorta like $1 dollar, Three, Ninety Eight? You pal is large enough to command my respect. BTW, just what does he store the weaps in? Best to you.:D

I've lightly oiled mine with Hoppe's #9, put it into a Cabela's gun sock and stored it in a Pelican case (gift from my wife last Christmas) in which I've cut the foam insert out to fit the Luger and a "rechargeable" dessicant pack. Every couple of months, I open the case, pull the gun out of the sock to stare at it for a minute and pop the dessicant into the oven for a bit to dry out the dessicant.

This thing is sure to age better than me!

Racks
 

I store all of my handguns in these racks in my safe. The racks are vinyl coated.Believe you can buy them at most gun shows. Of course I lightly coat all of them with Breakfree and never have a rust issue.

My only concern with the dessicant pack is they are designed to attract moisture. Not sure I want to draw moisture into the safe. Not sure if this is acurate reasoning or not. Just my thoughts.

Jim,

It's the desiccant's job to absorb moisture from the air. It doesn't attract in more. It takes the moisture present in the air within the safe and removes it from the air.

Marc