Dehumidifiers for gunsafes?

Guy Miner

Guy Miner

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You folks who live in more humid climates - do you use dehumidifiers in your gun safes to prevent rust? What else?

Yes I live in Washington - but the dry side. Honestly, we get about 8" of precip a year here, despite some pretty heavy snowfall at times.

Rather dry here, almost a desert like environment naturally with sagebrush, bitterbrush and bunch grasses being the dominant native plants in most of the area.

So... it's been a long time since I was storing guns in a humid environment, but that's looming on the horizon. Best practices for preventing rust?

Thanks, Guy
 
Guy,
Even though I reside in Laramie, WY, I still use a golden rod humidifier in my safes. It helps if your safe has a 110 plug in. Mount the clips to the side wall or bottom and instant peace of mind.
It isn't just about firearms. Important documents can fall victim to a humid environment.
I hope this helps.
 
King Salmon was plenty humid, hard to get laundry to dry on the line. I would check all the guns frequently if they were in the field, those that didn’t see much action just got a wipe down with gun oil at the beginning of the season and the end. They all survived. Winter cold leaves the air pretty dry so they only were in high humidity for about 1/2 the year.
Thought you were headed to Idaho?
 
Guy,
When I had a gun safe, I used a golden rod. I now have a walk in vault and I use an actual dehumidifier with a hose that runs into a drain in the poured concrete floor. I also have a heater to maintain a constant temperature inside the vault.

JD338
 
I use a Golden Rod in the gun cabinet and a Browning dehumidifying rod in the Browning safe. They are probably not necessary because I run a regular dehumidifier 24/7 when the heat isn't on. My room humidity is about 45% all the time.
 
I use a GoldenRod dehumidifier. I also use to use several Filtrol Desiccite 25's in the safe but found it unnecessary with the GoldenRod.
 
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Thanks all. Much appreciated.

I first learned of rust and rifles when I was a Marine and transferred to Washington DC. Put my only rifle, the 6mm Rem 700, in large basement workshop on a shelf, mid 1980's. Had absolutely no time for recreational shooting for a good six months or more. Picked up the rifle and was horrified to find orange surface rust on it! I rubbed it down with oil and removed all the rust. No pitting thankfully. After that, for the rest of my time on the east Coast, I kept the guns liberally coated with oil and had no further rust problems. After that it was back to southern California, then the dry side of Washington state where I've never had a hint of a rust problem.

Thanks, Guy
 
Guy Miner said:
Thanks all. Much appreciated.

I first learned of rust and rifles when I was a Marine and transferred to Washington DC. Put my only rifle, the 6mm Rem 700, in large basement workshop on a shelf, mid 1980's. Had absolutely no time for recreational shooting for a good six months or more. Picked up the rifle and was horrified to find orange surface rust on it! I rubbed it down with oil and removed all the rust. No pitting thankfully. After that, for the rest of my time on the east Coast, I kept the guns liberally coated with oil and had no further rust problems. After that it was back to southern California, then the dry side of Washington state where I've never had a hint of a rust problem.

Thanks, Guy
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In DC, if the rust doesn't get your guns, the politicians will.

JD338
 
True. We lived in Virginia and then Maryland for the three years I was imprisoned in Washington DC...

Guy
 
There just something with ocean water , east coast or west coast they must sniff too much sea salt.
 
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