The proverbial "safe kiss" is a scourge. Anyone using a gun sock for his rifles in the gun safe or cabinet? What do you use to keep your rimfires and other long guns from getting scratched and dinged?
Safe kiss? Gun socks for the gun safe/cabinet?
- Thread starter grauhanen
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Oh man! ^^^^^ sooo true.
I use gunsocks on all my rifles I dont seem to shoot often and just play it safe with the regulars. I think the safe kisses you see all over the EE are simple retard level errors. I have never done one ( maybe one day) but I am fully sober and use both hands when reaching in the safe.
these days I have taken to a quick clean after a range session and leaving the rifles in their hard cases trigger locked and case locked, then in the gun room. I prefer this method, but I go weekly.
I use gunsocks on all my rifles I dont seem to shoot often and just play it safe with the regulars. I think the safe kisses you see all over the EE are simple retard level errors. I have never done one ( maybe one day) but I am fully sober and use both hands when reaching in the safe.
these days I have taken to a quick clean after a range session and leaving the rifles in their hard cases trigger locked and case locked, then in the gun room. I prefer this method, but I go weekly.
Gun socks on all 12 of my rifles. In addition, on the more expensive rifles like the one in the pic, I put stockguards and then a gun sock on the top. This way in a 8-gun Stack On cabinet I can keep 12 rifles. No safe kisses anymore.
The Outsider
CGN Regular
This is the only way to go if you have an overstocked safe, they also wick moisture away from your gun.
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easyrider604
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Great idea to use gun socks. Think I'll get some. They're cheap but I believe I can get away with putting them on alternate rifles. That should be enough to prevent dings.
The Outsider
CGN Regular
They are silicone treated to prevent rust and to wick moisture away from your firearm.
They provide protection in the field and in storage by preventing dings and scratches as well.
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- West Quebec
I use the Fleece gun socks on all rifles and some pistols from Brownells
Unless the fabric is washed with a detergent that attracts moisture and it's not well rinsed so there's a soap film left in the fibers fabric does not attract moisture. Same with foam. It does not attract moisture. That is just all an old wive's tale.
But these things WILL tend to hold moisture if the conditions around the fabric or foam are at or near the dew point. And that has led to the current belief that this method of storage is very bad. For fabric this can occur if you wash it and do not rinse well so that there is a film of the detergent/soap still on the fibers. It sets up the fabric to capture and hold moisture if the conditions are near or crossing the dew point frequently.
But if fabric is well rinsed during washing and your safe is in a location where it's dry or even warm inside then there's absolutely nothing to worry about.
My safes for rifles and shotguns are set up so one is muzzle up and the next muzzle down. Makes for a lot of extra capacity. And then I'm simply careful and slow in extracting and returning the guns to their positions. So far that's worked fine. But I either need another safe or to sell a few I don't use any longer.
