Bronze Supporter
- Messages
- 3,516
- Reactions
- 7,465
I do a lot of backcountry travel during the course of fishing and hunting adventures. I have been thinking of creating semi permanent safe vehicle storage for a 12" braced ar pistol in 7.62x39. This gun is short and handy, yet powerful enough for most situations that may arise. So yesterday I took a surplus 81mm mortar can and modified it by welding angle iron feet to bolt it behind the back seat of my crew cab pickup. I also welded a 7/16" ss ubolt to the interior and clearanced the lid so it comes out the top and can be locked with one of those circular type padlocks. Now I have been thinking about how to pad the weapon and keep it from rusting. Barrel is supposedly nitrided but looks to be more like a phosphate finish to me and I am sure it will rust if measures are not taken. I am thinking about taking a foam roll up sleeping pad cut and folded in half to fashion a custom fit protective sheath. I also would spray the interior of said sheath with boeshield or some other hi tech rust preventative. To hedge my bet I am also going to use one of those rechargeable eva dry desiccant type dehumidifier doohickeys. Anybody else do anything similar? Thoughts or comments?