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I have a Mauser from 1939 but I just checked and my grandpa gave me a neat little foot stool that he made in 1924 at 14 years old.
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Top Hats Monthly posted:I own a flintlock rifle from the late 1700s that my grandpa passed down to me but is currently in storage at a family members house because I don’t have space for a gun safe at the moment Careful with that. If it's in a storage unit or something it can rust and you absolutely do not want that to happen to your piece of history. Hell, I even have a small rechargeable dehumidifier in my gun cabinet that's in my basement because it gets slightly humid down there.
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Nov 1, 2019 17:42
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My Spirit Otter posted:Seriously pick up some of this then bathe the gun in it. Oh god. Be careful with that stuff. I have my Curio and Relics license so I can get old/collectible firearms shipped directly to my door. They are always LOADED with cosmoline. It can take hours to get that stuff out of your gun.
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Nov 1, 2019 18:17
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My Spirit Otter posted:But, have they rusted? Touche. madeintaipei posted:It soaks into wood well enough that you'll never get it out again. Try that with an old, dry piece of tree and it'll crumble into a cosmoline soaked mess around the edges. Guns spend enough time going through heat and humidity cycles that even a solid chunk of walnut will twist and split. This is part of why you see semi-permeable oil finishes on a lot of stuff. Yeah this can happen sometimes. I've done the oven method before of putting the stock in there on a low heat, albeit the door is open since it won't fit, but the cosmoline will seep out and you have to wipe it off 20 times. Eh, it sort of works.
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Nov 1, 2019 20:17
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Goodpancakes posted:Who knew that post the oldest thing you own would turn into a gun show There are a lot of old guns out there because guns last a very long time.
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