Best way to safeguard Firearms against corrosion in a safe

[Eiffelman]

More experienced hands at this can probably enlighten me about the best thing to preserve firearms stored in a safe Experienced insight would be appreciated

 

[Lilboog82]

just keep the safe inside your house and that's it. your house environment is all you need to keep your firearms safe.

now if its in a basement, then that can be a whole other animal but just have a de-humidifier down there and all should be good.

 

[Eiffelman]

Thanks Just got this and wanted some assurance that firearms would not suffer any corrosion from being locked away inside of it.

 

[firecadet613]

Add a golden rod or this and you'll certainly be good.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00486U71E?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder-mobile_k1_1_6&amp=&crid=10CGP95WT2PQD&amp=&sprefix=peet+s

 

[Creedmoor]

Add a golden rod or this and you'll certainly be good.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00486U71E?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder-mobile_k1_1_6&amp=&crid=10CGP95WT2PQD&amp=&sprefix=peet+s

And a digital $12.00 temp/humidity gauge.

 

[firecadet613]

And a digital $12.00 temp/humidity gauge.

I run this guy in the safe, outside, and crawl space.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XKH666P?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

 

[hereforthecootbash]

If the safe is inside your house and your house is a normal temp/humidity, you are probably fine. Just keep your firearms clean and oiled and they’ll be ok. Never hurts to add a big bag of desiccant in the bottom of the safe if you want to. Swap it out every year or so and that’s more than enough protection in the safe.

 

[deo62]

Honestly, for years all I’ve thrown in the safe are those little desiccant packs that come in everything. Never had a problem.

 

[Creedmoor]

If the safe is inside your house and your house is a normal temp/humidity, you are probably fine. Just keep your firearms clean and oiled and they’ll be ok. Never hurts to add a big bag of desiccant in the bottom of the safe if you want to. Swap it out every year or so and that’s more than enough protection in the safe.

Honestly, for years all I’ve thrown in the safe are those little desiccant packs that come in everything. Never had a problem.

What floor do you guy keep your safes on?
Mine are kept in a non hvac shop, quick bolted to the concrete floor.

 

[deo62]

In house main floor above basement

 

[Lilboog82]

my carpeted slab house floor

 

[BackFromDC]

I keep my safes in a basement. I have two dehumidifiers, one for the room the safes are in and one for the general basement itself. Honestly the dehumidifiers are more for the MDF flooring that was installed by the previous homeowner, IDK why they chose such a moisture vulnerable floor.

 

[Creedmoor]

In house main floor above basement

I have had two friends that lost all of there firearms in home fires with keeping safes on the first floor above the basement.
During the fire the safes fell through the floor and cooked like a charcoal grill and then sat in water for the week or two it took to get to them after the fire.
It's one of the reasons I keep our safes in the garage or shop anchored to concrete.

 

[patience0830]

What floor do you guy keep your safes on?
Mine are kept in a non hvac shop, quick bolted to the concrete floor.

Golden rod and Eezox on the guns.

Mine is in the basement but it is conditioned space like the rest of the house.

 

[Creedmoor]

Golden rod and Eezox on the guns.

Mine is in the basement but it is conditioned space like the rest of the house.

Yep, I've never understood using desicant and keeping the moisture in the safe and the maintenance it needs.
When you can plug in a goldenrod and the few extra degrees it adds to the temperature just pushes the moisture out of the safe.

 

[alc1985]

Just call me cheap but I use a small lamp with 25 watt light bulb

 

[Creedmoor]

Just call me cheap but I use a small lamp with 25 watt light bulb

That will work!!!

 

[Bassat]

I've been using the same gun safe for almost 40 years. No dessicant, no goldenrod, no humidity problems, no rust on safe or guns. Safe is on first floor of a home with a basement.

 

[Lilboog82]

Just call me cheap but I use a small lamp with 25 watt light bulb

you rebel law breaker.....those abhorrent non green incandescence devices are illegal now!

 

[LokhXIV]

I've got mine in my basement. The basement is pretty well controlled environmentally though so I don't run a dehumidifier. I keep my guns oiled if they're going to sit unused for a while. Just for peace of mind I did throw desiccants in there too, but probably don't need it.

You can buy your own beads fairly cheap on amazon and put them in little pouches. I bought aquarium filter pouches iirc. They can be dried out in an oven and reused too. I also throw one in an ammo can too just for the hell of it. So far so good.