Do those camo tapes or wraps promote rust on blued firearms? I know it is supposed to be removed, some are washable and reuseable. I would not be concerned on a stainless steel rifle which is what I bought a roll of it for but what about a blued rifle? I get real paranoid with blued guns but it would be nice to have the protective wrap on them when hunting in rough/tough conditions as protection against knocks and bumps but not if they promote rapid rusting of the steel?
Camo wraps?
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Skylerbone
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First hand experience, fall turkey hunting Northern Iowa I wrapped my blued 1986 Remington 1100 and headed out. After a light rain during the morning I returned to the RV to unwrap and clean only to find my entire barrel was orange. Never a bit of rust in that shotgun in the rest of my 34 years of owning it.
I figured as much, a rust promotor for a blued gun. I plan to use the stuff only on stainless steel rifles and then only for the length of the hunt before removal?
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Yeah, I wrapped a SS muzzleloader for 4 days, including inclement weather and had no problems. This was the vet wrap style stretchy variety.
There have been a few threads about ice, mud, snow, broken tree branches stuck in the barrel whilst attempting to remove ice, mud, snow and so on. Would putting the wrap over the muzzle and then continuing the wrap over the barrel be dangerous? I would not think it any more than using the electrical tape trick, any thoughts?
I use party balloons to cover the muzzle of my muzzle loaders and CF rifles when hunting to prevent rain, snow, mud and debris from getting in the barrel. It does not affect accuracy as it gets blown off before the bullet even gets to the muzzle.
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