Question about Remington gun socks?

Question

I bought two Remington gun socks for my Mossberg 590 and my Mini 14.How do the socks work for long term storage?It said on the package it prevents rust.I just wanted to see if anyone here uses these socks before and how good they work.

Answer 1

Most gun socks will protect your guns from moisture and dust.  I always recommend a person still take a few minutes and wipe them down and put Rem oil or some other rust preventative on them.

It surely cannot hurt.  Just the other day I had a customer come in to the sporting goods store I work in and want the best rust preventative we have because of rust on some of his guns.

These guns were in guns socks, his dad had bought a few years ago.

I don't know how many years ago the gun socks were bought, but

the guns did rust.

An ounce of prevention...

Answer 2

I use them to store my queens

No rust issues in over a year

I do wipe them down with Ballistol before putting them away though

Answer 3

I consider them to be the second best storage option for firearms, after a cabinet. Before I moved into my house, I was moving around the country every few months (FL, CA, WA, CA, GA, VA, CA, HI, TX), and obviously couldn't keep furniture like a gun cabinet. I used special gunsocks like what you're dealing with. At the time, my milsurp collection was about six rifles, and they stayed stored like that for almost two years. I was warned by a few people that keeping guns in cloth is bad, because it collects moisture and holds it to the metal, causing rust. I continued it my way because I had no other options, and because the socks say they prevent rust, not cause it. Long story short, all my rifles look as nice today as they did when I got them. I do trust the socks.

Now that I have the choice though, I use a gun cabinet. I do keep one in a sock, because there is no room for it, until I buy another cabinet. I find that the socks have two shortcomings: they cannot protect the firearms from being struck (dropped, kicked, or hit by falling objects) while stored in a closet, and they hide the aesthetic beauty of a well crafted firearm. Especially in regards to milsurps, I believe that the pieces deserve to be displayed with pride.