Now that we have given thoughts to the modern methods of keeping the perennial enemy rust off guns and maybe tools. Now for a couple of old school methods that work for keeping rust at bay, Dry Rice acts as a desiccant in days past a small cloth bad of Rice put in the guns case before storage. Having re purposed many gun cases I have found a few grains of rice in some, it was only asking an old timer did I find out what the Rice was for and I have used it on many occasions. An other method for keeping rust away from steel is Camphor as it breaks down the fumes prevent the rusting process. Camphor I have not used though there is a lot of articles on the net about its rust prevention abilities, the reason I have not used it is because the smell of Camphor brings back not so good childhood memories of earache coughs and colds some how Camphorated oil seemed to be used for all sorts of children's pains coughs and colds.
