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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:02:36 PM EDT
Shortly after 9-11-2001 I purchased a new 870 and vacuum sealed it and buried it in sealed pvc. I figured it was time to bring it out 19 years later. Pictorial
I put it in a Gun bag (so no sharp edges would puncture the wrapping) double sealed it in vacuum wrap with a desiccant. Put it in a pvc pipe and sealed it. After 20 years. Only the outer vacuum bag lost its seal. It might’ve been better to have placed the whole sealed gun in another sock to protect the outer layer. It was stainless steel functions properly... the only oddity is that apparently the butt pad got impregnated with fiber from the Gun sock.... perhaps from the compression of the vacuum? Lessons learned: 1 do not use a fiber cloth. 2 protect outer vacuum seal with outer cloth to protect seal 3 Store with sealed ammunition. 4 vertical burial position is best 5 use VCI Paper 6 add knife 7 add desiccants and oxygen absorbers 8 Dry fire weapon so hammer spring is released.      |
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:04:16 PM EDT
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Did you bury it in PVC too?
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:06:25 PM EDT
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Cool.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:07:02 PM EDT
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That is pretty cool. Glad you didn’t get the Alz and forget you did that.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:07:25 PM EDT
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Pretty cool!
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:07:27 PM EDT
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ThT is awesome my buddy burried an SKS. I should check with him.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:07:46 PM EDT
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Neat
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:08:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:08:21 PM EDT
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Very cool! I appreciate the lessons learned. Have you shot it yet?
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:08:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:08:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:09:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:09:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:09:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:10:00 PM EDT
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Pics of pvc time capsule?...
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:10:03 PM EDT
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Marine Magnums are nickel plated, not stainless. Just FYI.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:10:21 PM EDT
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How long before it wasn’t an everyday thought that you had a shotgun stored away for emergencies?
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:10:23 PM EDT
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A time capsule of sorts.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:10:39 PM EDT
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I’ll give ya $40 for it
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:10:45 PM EDT
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Thanks for posting, OP!
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:10:46 PM EDT
[#20]
Cool.
I guess I'll be the one to ask though... But why? 
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:10:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:11:08 PM EDT
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Super cool. Fresh as a damn daisy except for the recoil pad and even that's not too bad at all.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:11:18 PM EDT
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Has anyone posted the “benderneat.jpg” yet?
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:11:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:11:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ThT is awesome my buddy burried an SKS. I should check with him. Must have been this one.   Attached File |
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:12:00 PM EDT
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Did the butt pad react with the silicone they put in the gun sock?
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:12:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cool. I guess I'll be the one to ask though... But why? Op explained himself in the op It was after 9/11. People were scared and didn’t know what was coming. |
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:12:04 PM EDT
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Cool
 Buy why? |
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:12:17 PM EDT
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let me go through my parts box, but i might have a brand new 870 pad somewhere....
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:12:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cool But why? |
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:12:40 PM EDT
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Finally a cool thread in GD this week. Thanks OP!
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:13:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Has anyone posted the “benderneat.jpg” yet? Nope...don't think so, doubt I could miss it.... 
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:13:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:13:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Op explained himself in the op It was after 9/11. People were scared and didn't know what was coming. |
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:13:42 PM EDT
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Awesome. The pad ig's puzzling. Reaction with the absorbers somehow?
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:13:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did you bury it in PVC too? Yes sealed it. Used a hack saw. I wish I had buried some ammo with it as well something for the next one |
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:13:53 PM EDT
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That's awesome. Thank you for this post. And for the record, I get why you did it
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:13:54 PM EDT
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That is pretty cool.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:14:11 PM EDT
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Phone pics when you buried it.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:14:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:14:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes sealed it. Used a hack saw. I wish I had buried some ammo with it as well something for the next one Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Did you bury it in PVC too? Yes sealed it. Used a hack saw. I wish I had buried some ammo with it as well something for the next one Did you bury it horizontal or vertically? |
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:15:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:15:25 PM EDT
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A lot of those gun socks are treated/impregnated with a silicone protectant that is supposed to prevent corrosion. I wonder if that seeped into/onto the rubber buttpad.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:15:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, all he said was that it was shortly after 9/11. I want to know his specific mindset for burying this shotgun, and why he didn't dig it up for 19 years for that matter. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Op explained himself in the op It was after 9/11. People were scared and didn't know what was coming. Fuck all that. My only question is why not wait till the 20 year mark?
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:15:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did you bury it horizontal or vertically? Why only those two options? |
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:16:08 PM EDT
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I have seen lots of those buttpads rot so that isn’t surprising. Otherwise it looks like new. From the days when Remington made decent stuff too.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:16:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, all he said was that it was shortly after 9/11. I want to know his specific mindset for burying this shotgun, and why he didn't dig it up for 19 years for that matter. Oh that’s easy. To sell to a panic buyer. You know the kind of markup he could get on that?
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:16:14 PM EDT
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looks great, a little loving with emory cloth or fine sand paper should take the fuzz off the pad, if you really want to brighten it up that is.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:16:18 PM EDT
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OP was surprised since it's usually his socks getting impregnated, not the other way around.
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Posted: 3/23/2020 3:16:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Very cool! I appreciate the lessons learned. Have you shot it yet? I did! Got wife pissed at me :) My only advice is I should’ve outer wrapped it with something soft sell the outer seal didn’t get damaged and I should’ve included ammunition. |
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