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For those of you with threaded barrels or multiple calibers for same pistol, how do you store the extra barrel(s) not currently in the pistol.

I was thinking of a small plastic tube with rubber caps on the ends.


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Oiled & in a Cigar Tube in the guns case
 
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4 mil thick, zip lock style plastic bags 5" x 7"

Lightly oiled and rolled up


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Install thread protector, lightly oil, put in small ziplock bag that other AR parts came in.
 
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I’ve seen guys use those food storage vacuum sealers. Lube up you item, vacuum seal it, use a sharpie to Mark what it is, store it anywhere you like.
 
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I use plastic fly tackle boxes with dividers that can be arranged for various barrels.

Something like this:

 
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I’ve got mine laying on a shelf in my safe, but will probably get a small plastic tackle box like I use for my extra shotgun chokes next time I hit the sporting goods store.


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Once I oil everything up, I have the barrels and other parts like slides in clear plastic tubes or plastic bags that I felt tip mark for what's inside.

I further include a pack of SILICA in all the bags/tubes for all parts that I may not be using right away. I live in a area that has more humidity so the silica keeps the moisture away from the parts. Although when I didn't live in a warmer climate I still included the silica, just another precaution against rust.
 
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op, I use a plastic tube after wiping them down with wd-40. So far I havent experienced any problems using this method.
 
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Plastic food storage bags work fine, but for extra protection, I put mine in plastic bags inside plastic tubes of the appropriate length and diameter. They are easier to label than bags alone. There are countless options available.




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and truly the best option is to put them in a VCI bag. Designed for exactly this.


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I use a hermetically-sealed Zip-loc™ baggie kept in a #2 mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnall's porch since noon today.

What?

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zip lock freezer bags in my range bag marked with permanent marker
 
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Mine are in a drawer in my kitchen. I cleaned them after the last time I shot them and I put some extra oil on them since I knew they were going to sit for a while but that’s it.

Every six months I pull every gun out and wipe them all down and oil them up. The barrels get pulled at that time and treated the same.

Also though I recently mistakingly used CLP instead of Pam so I’m probably not the best person to ask. Big Grin

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stick them in the food saver.
 
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Do not have a good saver and honestly would not have likely thought of that on my own. Does seem like a good idea though as they will likely only get pulled out if I sell a gun and want to send the #s matching barrel along.

Appreciate the suggestions. I will look into the plastic storage cases on my next trip to the big box store.


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I'm going to just repeat what I said as the above suggestions are really not what's used by the people that have to keep steel parts rust free. They may work given the conditions involved. But they are not what you should do. Put any steel parts for the long term in VCI. There are a million ways to do that, but for this VCI bags are simply the easiest. On amazon, any industrial supplier etc. like $2.


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Rolled in CLP dampened cloth or paper in the same box or bag with the pistol it matches.


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Light coat of oil, unsealed ziplock bag. Super easy and never had a problem.


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