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Auto5 · February 17, 2015, 08:31 AM

You shouldn't need to refinish it unless you handled the gun or, God forbid, actually shot it. You should preserve the gun in in the original box (one of those vacuum sealing systems for food works well), and store it in the back of a climate controlled gun safe.

Unless you have a super rare collectible model, I wouldn't worry about it. I don't worry about lowering the value because i don't plan on selling many guns anyway. My grandson will have to live with the fact that he inherited a bunch of old used guns.

February 17, 2015, 08:31 AM	#12
Auto5 Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2013 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 662	You shouldn't need to refinish it unless you handled the gun or, God forbid, actually shot it. You should preserve the gun in in the original box (one of those vacuum sealing systems for food works well), and store it in the back of a climate controlled gun safe. Unless you have a super rare collectible model, I wouldn't worry about it. I don't worry about lowering the value because i don't plan on selling many guns anyway. My grandson will have to live with the fact that he inherited a bunch of old used guns. __________________ At the young age of five, a bear told me that I was the only person who could prevent forest fires. Why I was chosen, I'll never know.