Hello again, /k/. A couple of weeks ago I made a thread about inheriting my grandfather's Savage Model 99. Well, now I have it, and there are two more guns involved (one for my brother, and one for my mom). A Remington Wingmaster 870, and a .50 caliber cap and ball rifle that has probably been in our family for a long long time.
I have a couple questions. I have to store them in an inoperable condition (per my mom's request), so what I did was take the trigger group out of the 870, and the bolt out of the Savage. I convinced her the cap and ball rifle was pretty much useless as it is (who knows if it is even safe to fire). So is there any extra care I should take with the guns now that they are in two pieces? What cleaning supplies should I get? I got a rifle cleaning kit but there is no liquid goods, just rags, brushes and eyehole heads.
I apologize for the potato phone photos, but it is the best I can do. Here's a close up of the bolt area of the Savage. It turns out it is in .300 Savage, and I got four boxes and change of ammo with it. Can't quite make it out, but it even has a magazine counter and a chamber indicator.
The scope the Savage had. It is a 3x-9x Bushnell Sportview. I don't know yet if I'll prefer iron sights or the scope.
The rifle cleaning kit. Very cool, retro. Seems to have a lot more than what originally came with it in it.
The shotgun (sans trigger). Pretty good condition, too. Came with a sling that I took off while disassembling.
Finally the cap-and-ball rifle. Came with a bunch of powder and bullets too. To me, though, it looks to rough to shoot safely. It's also really fucking heavy.
I have no idea how old this thing is, and I haven't seen any makers' marks on it yet, but I'll take a better look.
The box the black powder stuff came in. Could be from anything between WW2 and Vietnam.
You can see how thick the barrel is. No one feel like helping a new hasgunz?
>>30108353
oh shit i have that same kit but its for shotguns
>>30108421
M80 is .308. thats Nam
>>30108498
what do you need help with?
>>30108271
Just clean/lube them and wipe them down with a silicon impregnated cloth, and don't keep them anywhere overly humid. If they're just going to sit for years on end, you can use gun lube on all the metal surfaces. It will prevent rust but attract dust and pet hair like a motherfucker.
>>30108394
The gun is perfectly safe to shoot. (unless theirs a hairline fracture you've forgotten to mention) and because of that bull barrel, it's clearly a target rifle, which means it's heavy as hell for stability reasons
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