Handy tip!

[Gav 1,708]

I dont know if this has ever been mentioned before, but any way here goes :-

 

You know the little white bags of silica gel (do not eat throw away) you get in some electrical goods, kids toys etc, well, I all ways keep a couple in my rifle sleeve, reason being they attract moisture like s**t and keep things dry. You know the story your out in the field and even if its not raining cold steel attracts moisture, you get home and clean etc, but you will never remove all the moisture.

 

So to keep your rifle in tip top and avoid moisture just place a couple of these little silica gell bags in your rifle sleeve, if your using your rifle day in day out replace them every month or so.

 

There you go short and sweet and maybe I have done a bit for recycling too

[ferretville 69]

Never thought of that gav top idea

[Gav 1,708]

I was just thinking (i do this occasionaly), a lot of you will be saying "I keep my rifle well oiled, that drives off the moisture", but unless you are pyhsicaly dipping the thing in oil (not a good tip), you will still get moisture where you can't see or get to, just thirty years of experiance thats all, and an after thought!

[celticwar 1]

i do that gav . i keep silica gel from work then just slide it in with me gun , i clean my gun after every shoot ,

never thought to post the idea well done its great topic , idea

 

using the gel you should never have any problems with rust if leaving your gun for long time in its bag

[SEAN3513 7]

oh!!!!!!...............is that what it is?????

 

little packets of white powder...............come on....... easy mistake to make!!!!!!

 

nice one gav..................top tip!!

 

regards

 

sean

[duck 0]

nice one gav i'll have to try that sounds like a great idea how many would you be able to put in your bag??

[victor 10]

good tip, will use it whyen i get my guns

[Sigmund Fraud 0]

You can get specialist air rifle versions. I'm not sure if it's just silica rebranded, but I believe Napier does some. They last about 9 months, just pop one in with your rifle.

[Coney 3]

I was just thinking (i do this occasionaly), a lot of you will be saying "I keep my rifle well oiled, that drives off the moisture", but unless you are pyhsicaly dipping the thing in oil (not a good tip), you will still get moisture where you can't see or get to, just thirty years of experiance thats all, and an after thought!

 

 

[Guest buster321c]

We use a similar stuff at work ` dessicant` its used in the spacer bar between the glass in a double galzed unit and dries out all the moisture . Sometimes the glass gets misted up if the units broken down , this would happen without dessicant , so i may well get me a little bag of it seeing as we buy it in bulk

[Deker 3,455]

Additional points....the gel can be placed in an oven to dry it out, this will extend it's useable life.

 

Be careful not to overdo the silica gel if your rifle has a wooden stock, it can dry the wood too much as well and split the stock!!!!!!

[Gav 1,708]

Additional points....the gel can be placed in an oven to dry it out, this will extend it's useable life.

 

Be careful not to overdo the silica gel if your rifle has a wooden stock, it can dry the wood too much as well and split the stock!!!!!!

 

Good points there, I had never thought of it drying the stock out, I have had two small bags in my sleeve (one at each end) for two years now and have just been and checked the stock out and not a crack in sight .. phew, the stock on mine is hardwood and I would presume they would dry the wood out well before the manufacturing process.

 

Thanks for the input, its always good when people add things you never thought of yourself

[gilly-93 31]

dont get what were talking about here!

[Gav 1,708]

dont get what were talking about here!

 

 

These little bags that you find in electrical goods, kids toys etc.

 

[gilly-93 31]

dont get what were talking about here!

 

 

These little bags that you find in electiral goods, kids toys etc.

 

ohh yeh you get them in shoe box's aswell

but how do you use it?