Survival Bag Tip

If you pack a firearm in your Bug Out Bag or Get Home Back, don't forget a small bottle of oil, rag and string for cleaning.

I use a small Tabasco bottle like what is included in military MREs. An old bandana and string for making a pull patch for the barrel, and oily cotton sock. I keep all in a quart size zip lock freezer bag. Gun oil is good but chain saw oil or 2 cycle engine oil is great.

WD-40 is good to wipe down the blued steel parts but not for the action. WD-40 stands for Water Displacement formula 40. It a as invented to prevent rust on the Titan ICBMs. It will evaporate leaving a very thin coat of paraffin wax. WD-40 will over time gum up your firearm action.