I’m considering taking advantage of the Kibler “free shipping sale. I really don’t have the time to dedicate to the build right now so If I buy a kit, can I store it for a few months before I start the build? Any harm to the wood, etc? Thx, E..
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Thomas.bill92
40 Cal
I cant imagine any harm would come to the wood, just don't leave it in a garage or something. Just stick it behind your bedroom door or some other conditioned space.
Sean E Bug
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I would not leave the kit untouched. I would get the barrel inlet into the stock. there was another member here a while back that left the kit untouched for a few months and the forearm warped due to changes in humidity. once the barrel is in it can sit.
I left my SMR in the box for 2-3 months before I started on it. I did have the box in stored in the spare bedroom.
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I would put the barrel in. You don’t have to pin it. You could put the trigger plate in, the tang bolt and use a plastic tie or two.
I bought a second hand Kibler kit in the box, the previous owner had taken it out of the box put the barrel in the channel and later removed the barrel the wrong way and cracked the stock which was easy to repair.
The kit had been set up for a long time, I had no way of knowing what kind of environment it had been in. When I ran a patch down the barrel it had a rust line on one side like moisture had accumulated in narrow spot the full length of the barrel. The rust was superficial, I scrubbed it out with a scotch bright patch. My thinking is the barrel should have had a coat of RIG in the barrel, it was a Rice barrel, perhaps it did and the first owner ran patch with some unknown substance on it down the barrel and removed it.
I ordered a Kibler lock that developed a rusty spot rather quickly on the back of the frizzen while I had it stored in my shop. Probably a spot that was missed when the exterior of the lock was lubed, the rest of the lock looked like a finely made Swiss lock, no rust or corrosion.
My point is; to be on the safe side go over all your gun parts and put some oil on them before you store your kit, run an oily patch down the bore, I use 30W motor oil. Don't take it for granted that all of the parts were perfectly protected prior to shipping, sometimes stuff gets missed.
The kit had been set up for a long time, I had no way of knowing what kind of environment it had been in. When I ran a patch down the barrel it had a rust line on one side like moisture had accumulated in narrow spot the full length of the barrel. The rust was superficial, I scrubbed it out with a scotch bright patch. My thinking is the barrel should have had a coat of RIG in the barrel, it was a Rice barrel, perhaps it did and the first owner ran patch with some unknown substance on it down the barrel and removed it.
I ordered a Kibler lock that developed a rusty spot rather quickly on the back of the frizzen while I had it stored in my shop. Probably a spot that was missed when the exterior of the lock was lubed, the rest of the lock looked like a finely made Swiss lock, no rust or corrosion.
My point is; to be on the safe side go over all your gun parts and put some oil on them before you store your kit, run an oily patch down the bore, I use 30W motor oil. Don't take it for granted that all of the parts were perfectly protected prior to shipping, sometimes stuff gets missed.
