Posted: 11/1/2008 1:16:37 PM EDT
| Does anyone have any idea where I can find tubes like this that would hold rifles, fishing poles and the like? Biggest ones I have found are 4"x12" with a screw end. I know I have seen bigger just can't remember where and seem to be coming up short where I am looking. |
| Lowes and Home Depot didn't have shit for me––-found a local plumbing supply place––had 6"––––kinda expensive––-the end caps are expensive too. Think the end caps were $14 each and the piep was $35 for a 10' length––-it's what youreally need though––-and get the primer AND cement––the primer actually kinda melts the PVC{softens it} before the glue and is pretty much a necessity for this type of application and the $$$ you will be wanting to protect |
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Thanks for the tips. If I put a rifle in one I am sure to put a poly bag of some sort around it as well as some heavy lub/grease to protect against moisture and/or rust. I have checked Home Depot and they have little too nothing, may try Lowes today. If not it will be a Plumbing supply shop.
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You can also look for irrigation/drainage pipe. It black/corrugated and comes in larger diameters- like all the way up to 3', the 10" or 12" stuff works well. I would glue on end and then use a bead of silicon on the other end with a cap.
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You can also look for irrigation/drainage pipe. It black/corrugated and comes in larger diameters- like all the way up to 3', the 10" or 12" stuff works well. I would glue on end and then use a bead of silicon on the other end with a cap. http://www.plasticpipe.org/drainage/index.html[/URL] [URL=http://www.bdiky.com/Corrugated-Drain-Pipe/Corrugated-Pipe-Products.htm]http://www.bdiky.com/Corrugated-Drain-Pipe/Corrugated-Pipe-Products.htm You can't glue that pipe. The glue will not hold it together. If sch.40/CL.200 pipe is to expensive, look for SDR-35 solid drain pipe. it is cheaper than sch.4c/CL.200, and can be glued. When you glue it, make sure you put primer on before you glue, it helps the glue work better. |
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6" PVC pipe is readily available at plumbing supply stores. Its not typically available at Lowes or Home Depot simply because it is just not used in residential construction.
Your best bet is to solvent weld one end on. Get a PVC flange for the other end and a blind and gasket to close it off. that way you can get it on and off. It may still leak if you bury it, so put whatever is inside the thing in sealed bags. VCI paper is a good idea too. Personally, I am not feeling the need to be burying anything right now. |
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6" PVC pipe is readily available at plumbing supply stores. Its not typically available at Lowes or Home Depot simply because it is just not used in residential construction. Your best bet is to solvent weld one end on. Get a PVC flange for the other end and a blind and gasket to close it off. that way you can get it on and off. It may still leak if you bury it, so put whatever is inside the thing in sealed bags. VCI paper is a good idea too. Personally, I am not feeling the need to be burying anything right now. What's the old saying? If you feel it is time to bury your guns, that will be the time you need to use you guns. Or something like that. FB |
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the SDR 35 (green) and thin wall shc20 will do fine. both are lots cheaper than sch40 and will work very well for what you want to do. you can use a thread cap but for long term underground storage i say glue on caps. the only issue becomes that you need a way to free the items after you dig'em up that will not damage them. make the tube a bit longer than you need so you can *bust* one end open with a hammer or worst case, with a rock. be sure to bury them deeper than 24 inches as this will keep the temperature more consistant. i work for a plumbing supply place and we carry/sell 6" SDR 35 in 13' joints and sch120 in 10' joints. |
| If you are having trouble finding pipe, google "John Deere Landscapes". They are all over the county, and should have 6" pipe in cl.200, sch.40, and sdr-35. I agree that SDR-35 pipe will work fine. It is available in both a light green and white, depending on the manufacture. it is the same stuff. |
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2 is 1, 1 is none. if they come to take your guns, sure, give them one. but have one buried in the back yard.
if i was burying a weapon, i would not skimp on the quality of the storage device. i would buy schedule 40, glue on both end caps, just make sure you have a hacksaw blade taped to it or know where to get one. |
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Seal end caps with glue. Oil a hack saw blade and seal it in plastic. Tape it to the exterior of the tube.
I have heard that 2' under ground will be enough to protect from conventional metal detectors. Of course the feds have much better technology than that. It would probably be better to bury the pipe in a vertical position to reduce the metal's signature, but that would be an awfully difficult hole to dig. How to prevent rust? Dry ice would probably help. Brownells sells something like Cosmoline called Rust Veto. If you wanted something that would enable you to get the weapon operable quick, I think EEZOX is the best conventional gun oil as far as rust prevention. It forms a dry film, and is availalbe as both a spray and oil. |
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Seal end caps with glue. Oil a hack saw blade and seal it in plastic. Tape it to the exterior of the tube. I have heard that 2' under ground will be enough to protect from conventional metal detectors. Of course the feds have much better technology than that. It would probably be better to bury the pipe in a vertical position to reduce the metal's signature, but that would be an awfully difficult hole to dig. How to prevent rust? Dry ice would probably help. Brownells sells something like Cosmoline called Rust Veto. If you wanted something that would enable you to get the weapon operable quick, I think EEZOX is the best conventional gun oil as far as rust prevention. It forms a dry film, and is availalbe as both a spray and oil. Spread nails all over the area and other places you geocached so with a metal detector they will be digging for weeks :) |