What do you remove when storing your rifle?

[Jh1986]

Magazine and bolt come out when back at the truck. When I get home, mod comes off and the rounds in the magazine get removed and put into the plastic holders (I'm just presuming the magazine spring being under constant compression would be bad).

 

[fubbytucker]

Bolt (or cocking handle for the 15-22), magazines and any ammo. The bipod stays on in most cases.

 

[Overlay]

Module rifles All broken stored in seperate cabinets post clean
One non module rifle bolt, mag ammo removed stored seperately

 

[Pellet Pinger]

How else do you take advantage of roadside targets of opportunity?

I hear ya…..

 

[A Guy Out West]

I hear ya…..
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I thought the US was the only place where people are stupid enough to do this. Look at the town in the background! Here, they drive around drunk at night (likely on the way home from hunting) And blast away at a sign. They have no idea what’s beyond the sign because it’s dark. Oh, oh, I didn’t get a deer today so I’ll blow away a sign. It should be a mandatory 1 year in jail if caught, life if they actually hit someone.

 

[Pellet Pinger]

I thought the US was the only place where people are stupid enough to do this. Look at the town in the background! Here, they drive around drunk at night (likely on the way home from hunting) And blast away at a sign. They have no idea what’s beyond the sign because it’s dark. Oh, oh, I didn’t get a deer today so I’ll blow away a sign. It should be a mandatory 1 year in jail if caught, life if they actually hit someone.

Yep crazy, its a global thing, this was Crete.

 

[Dave_424]

Moderator off, otherwise the gun won't fit in my cabinet. Mag in gun but unloaded. Bolt in gun with tension off firing pin spring (pull trigger while gently lowering bolt handle).

Seems strange to me that everyone stores their guns with cocked firing pins. Or, if the bolt is pulled out, they don't release the firing mechanism.

 

[VSS]

Moderator off, otherwise the gun won't fit in my cabinet. Mag in gun but unloaded. Bolt in gun with tension off firing pin spring (pull trigger while gently lowering bolt handle).

Seems strange to me that everyone stores their guns with cocked firing pins. Or, if the bolt is pulled out, they don't release the firing mechanism.

Seems strange to me that your reason for removing the mod is because otherwise the gun won't fit in your cabinet. (The implication being that if it would fit, you'd leave the mod on).

 

[Dunwaters]

Home Office guidance is to store separately any easily removable parts. How far do most people take this? Obviously one of these is 100% and one will be close to 0%. Removing the bolt on a semi automatic action is more involved than a bolt action, and some guns have integral magazines… I would consider these as ‘not removed’ rather than none applicable.

Please define what you mean by “ store”.
Are we talking long term or just putting it away until the next outing?

 

[Dave_424]

Seems strange to me that your reason for removing the mod is because otherwise the gun won't fit in your cabinet. (The implication being that if it would fit, you'd leave the mod on).

I leave the rimfire mods on, but yes I'd probably take the centrefire mod off regardless of the length of my cabinet.

 

[VSS]

I leave the rimfire mods on, but yes I'd probably take the centrefire mod off regardless of the length of my cabinet.

Aren't you concerned about galvanic corrosion to the crown and threads of your rimfire rifles?

 

[JockStalk]

What comes off? Most of the rain, mud, blood and the moderator.
Bolt open, put in safe. Mod, mag, bolt, trigger (?) etc etc all in safe together.
Ammunition never in rifle when I’m driving away from ground so it’s already apart, and of course stored separate. It’s the only thing I store separate.
I would only add that I have a separate safe for shotties, so you could say they are separate in their entirety. And that’s just cause it’s a tall narrow safe and I need the room for scoped rifles in the deeper safe.

 

[WalkedUp]

Please define what you mean by “ store”.
Are we talking long term or just putting it away until the next outing?

I would say outside of the locked cabinet. A gun room is a whole other complexity.

 

[Dave_424]

Aren't you concerned about galvanic corrosion to the crown and threads of your rimfire rifles?

I've seen the horror stories of what can happen, so not disputing that there can be problems. However, I use a very small amount of moly grease on the threads and have seen no issue in what going on 6 years now. Both rifles were re-crowned by myself and left bright so it's easy to spot corrosion. I do remove the mods to clean the baffles out every now and then and inspect the end of the barrel. If I did remove them for storage, the end of the barrel wouldn't reach the rests in the back of the cabinet.

 

[nun_hunter]

(I'm just presuming the magazine spring being under constant compression would be bad).

All the studies I've read or been informed of showed no degradation of the spring through being stored while compressed. More issues were caused by repeated use of the spring which can cause metal fatigue.

For a deerstalker it's probably not an issue either way due to the frequency of emptying and loading a magazine.

 

[User00056]

I don't use moderators except on my .22, and I tend to leave that on the rifle. Bolts stay where they belong too, but ammunition and magazines are stored in a separate safe

 

[Jagare]

Bolts stay in the rifles when in the cabinet. Only the combi has a sling on it all the time. Small assortment of ammo for all the rifles and shotguns in the cabinet as well. Bulk of ammo in another cabinet..

 

[Mungo]

I forgot my moderator on Friday night

Inside 100m, chest shooting, it shouldn’t make a big enough difference to worry about.

I’ve done it and shot successfully.

Worth also just checking the difference next time you zero so you can compensate if it ever happens again.

 

[WalkedUp]

Inside 100m, chest shooting, it shouldn’t make a big enough difference to worry about.

I’ve done it and shot successfully.

Worth also just checking the difference next time you zero so you can compensate if it ever happens again.

Agreed still within MOF (minute of fox) but it caught my pal’s ears badly, and I’m so annoyed about it. In the excitement I put the rifle on the sticks and watched the fox, it wasn’t coming in but his cans were still on his head not his ears.

 

[Dunwaters]

At this stage the only thing I remove is the ammunition and the keys from the cabinet lock.