Storage of Lee Enfields / Milsurps

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Folks, I am slowly managing to build up a humble collection of LEs and a couple of other US milsurps (garand, 03-A3 and M1917 as I live here). Presently my rifles, due to children, have been consigned to the garage area in a locked room and in turn, in the safe. The garage is cold, and there is some moisture in the air - foggy area. Inside the safe I have one of those silicon dehumidifying bags which periodically (when the markers turn red) I put in the oven to dry out and then put back to continue taking the moisture out of the air in the safe. It generally lasts about 4 - 6 weeks before it needs to be recooked.

Question: Is it possible to have the stock dry out too much if in a constantly dehumidified atmosphere?? Would that affect accuracy and the integrity of the stocks so they split? And is the annual BLO / Turps 50/50 wipe down enough to counter that?

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