Keeping Guns In Attic

While keeping prescription refills or extra otc medication in your attic may seem like a smart way to keep them out the reach of children doing so can cause a whole lot of problems.

Keeping guns in attic.

That means cleaning the exterior with a quality cleaner and a lubricant. Closed to the outside air attic. Humidity is even more dangerous to your ammunition than temperature swings moisture is corrosive to metal. To be thorough however requires that we sit down at the bench and clean and lubricate our guns properly.

Then swabbing the bore and lubricating it properly. I live in nc it gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter especially in the attic. But if you have an attic with plenty of space you can use that too. If you put the guns in the attic do two things.

To keep your stored ammo organized stack the original boxes on shelves on the floor or in a large mtm plastic box. Ok to store here as long as the temp and humidity are kept stable. If you do need to keep the gun safe in the garage you can take some precautions to prevent the above scenarios from taking place. Keeping your ammo dry.

Put them in a moisture sealed container with silica gel desiccant. However heat rises and air circulation isn t typically ideal in an attic space which means temperatures inside of an attic frequently reach three digits during the summer. In addition to gel capsules potentially melting in the heat some medications may lose their efficacy when stored at high temperatures. Cosmoline is one of the best.

It gets up to 100f sometimes and its probably well over that in the attic. And ammo s is made of metal casings primers and the bullet hence moisture exposure will eventually rust your ammo. I realize that the cold probably wont be a problem but will the heat effect the guns ammo at all. It will begin with small amounts of surface rust which you can sand off and your ammo will still fire but even this may.

Sure you can take advantage of a pantry basement or extra closet if you have one. What you should do if the garage is the only place for the gun safe. Bad idea to store guns here they will deteroriate over time. Preferably invest in high quality climate controlled gun safe made with durable steel and locks that has a vault design.

Keeping guns in attic. Gun metal should be coated in a preservative that won t drip or run off. Open to the outside air attic. Cover them with insulation or such to conceal them.

In 1992 i stored my firearms in my attic during the summer west central georgia.