Metal parts storage

[chadbr]

I have some spare parts for my granddads K98 Mauser he brought back from WW2. An extra bolt, ejector, front wood band, etc.

In any case I live around Houston where the humidity is always about 300%. I'm concerned concerned about these parts rusting and I'm wanting to put them in some container...

So what is the best? Hardwood box? Plastic (condensation?)

Thanks,
Chad

[harry]

Some bags like these:http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/BAG196-1.html , and a ammo can would work for you.
Harry

[FWiedner]

Light oil on the metal. Seal a meal bags. Suck out the air. Put 'em in a box.

[Chas.]

If it were me, I'd vacuum seal them in a Food-Saver bag.

[Mich Hunter]

You could always use the tried and true cosmoline.

[jnyork]

Coat 'em with RIG, put in vacuum pack.

[madman4570]

Just take a plastic kitchen bag, spray everything totally with a can of Lemon Pledge(foam it good)
Throw the stuff in the bag, wrap er up good squeezing as much air as you can out and put it somewhere.

If you really want to get crazy-----use two bags (do it for the wood stuff as described above)
Second bag------------Buy a big jar of Vaseline and a take a small paint brush and coat the stuff out of the metal stuff then seal er up.

[Sixgun]

You could always use the tried and true cosmoline.

THAT makes sense. many times we have forgotten the "old tried and proven ways". See what marketing has done to us all?------------Sixgun

[FWiedner]

I only remember trying to get that stuff off.

I'd never knowingly curse some future generation by putting it on.

But... maybe that's why my old Mauser lasted long enough to end up in my gun rack.

[adirondakjack]

Wax or grease, about any kind.

[claybob86]

In any case I live around Houston where the humidity is always about 300%. I'm concerned concerned about these parts rusting and I'm wanting to put them in some container...

I guess the place has dried up a bit since I lived there... Anyway, I never had problems with rust as long as I wiped things with a good quality gun oil occasionally.

[Ray Newman]

While often overlooked for storing parts, a good practice is to mark or label the bag(s) and/or box that the parts are stored in.

I always put a tag on the part identifying it as well as marking all four sides and the top and bottom of the box holding them. The box is then tapped together if it does not have a good lid. By doing this, no matter how it is placed in a storage cabinet or drawer, or on a shelf, I can easily tell what is in the box.

‘Dunno' how many times I have heard of shooters, reloaders, woodworkers, model makers, etc., looking for the extra parts that they put in a plastic bag, box, container, etc., only to find that they could not find them because they were misplaced, inadvertently thrown out, or some how discarded.

[chadbr]

Great ideas guys... Thanks!