What if for personal reasons, I someday felt a need to store my firearms for an indeterminate duration - for sake of argument, say underground. What is the best method?

 

Drench everything with oil, wrap in plastic and put in a PVC tube?

Give everything metal a wipe down with oil, put into vacuum seal bags, throw in a few desiccant packs, seal them up tight, place inside pvc tube, throw in a few desiccant packs, seal up pvc tube. Use PVC glue to seal up tube.

 

That's how I would do it, had I not recently lost all my firearms in a boating accident.

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/wood115.html

Give everything metal a wipe down with oil, put into vacuum seal bags, throw in a few desiccant packs, seal them up tight, place inside pvc tube, throw in a few desiccant packs, seal up pvc tube. Use PVC glue to seal up tube.

 

That's how I would do it, had I not recently lost all my firearms in a boating accident.

 

Ah, you too? The high seas be a cruel mistress indeed. :ph34r:

Vacuum seal bags and store in ammo cans..

Ah, you too? The high seas be a cruel mistress indeed. :ph34r:

 

Aye, matey very cruel.

Vacuum seal bags and store in ammo cans..

vacuum bags seal in water moisture

I think we need to ban the ocean now. It has way to many guns...

http://www.indcrt.com/anti-corrosion-packing.php

 

Purge the bag with a noble gas prior to sealing it.

I think we need to ban the ocean now. It has way to many guns...

 

Quick! Tell Obama to ban oceans. Takes to many guns!

Ah, you too? The high seas be a cruel mistress indeed. :ph34r:

 

While I was cruising the back bay, a darn whale watching boat caused too much wake and they fell overboard.

Us divers have all sorts of neat bags and containers that are air tight, check around on some dive sites you'll see what I mean.

 

Drench in oil, put into plastic bag, purge with a noble gas, put into a air tight container, ???, profit

its a **** to clean off but cosmoline dose a great job of preserveing anything metal. I would use it instead of the oil.