RicinYakima
posted this
29 December 2015
Wineman,
FWIW, as you know I live in Yakima, so it may not apply down in the south where you live! RIG grease applied with a wool pad will last at least 5 years in an unheated shop. I am presently at 3 years in the shop with Ed's Red minus the lanolin, but it is getting thin and may not make it through this winter.
Vapor papers in sealed tubes are good for at least 10 years. One of the things I did in Viet Nam was build caches for the “people that don't exist". Metal ammo cans with 1/8th inch of cosmoline, wrapped in plastic sand bags and buried in wet soil was supposed to last for at least 20 years. We were suppose to bury a can of naphtha with every cache, so I think that was for cleaning what ever was in the cans.
The engineering studies show that a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone is as good as solvent for ferrous metal that is available. A patch through the bore before shooting and then a patch of bullet lube you are using for matches, and you are good to go.
HTH, Ric