Will Kleenex Trap Moisture in a Barrel?

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Getting a marine duty shotgun to keep in the shop.

Need to block the muzzle with something so that mud wasps don't make a home in the barrel.

Thinking about taking a tissue and lightly stuffing it in the tube, but concerned that the moisture from hot to cold, humidity, etc, will form in the barrel, but not be able to escape, therby messing with the corrosive resistance of the barrel's marine coating/hard chrome/whatever.

Thoughts?
 
Even if trapped, moisture would be minimal. It likely wouldn't hurt a marine finish, especially one swabbed with oil. Secondly, tissue is breathable.
 
Take an empty 20 ga hull, oil it, and put it in the muzzle.

Mud-Dauber proof and won't hold moisture.

Just remember to shake it out before you shoot it.

Should be a loose slip fit in a Cyl. Choke.
Should fall out when the muzzle is pointed down.

rc
 
No. The only thing Ive read is ok is get some Dacron filler. Thats the light fluffy white stuff in your winter jacket or pillow. Its used to take up space in reduced loads so it doesn't increase pressure. Pluse it doesn't compress or hold moisture. A piece of clear scotch tape over the muzzle would work and not hurt anything. You don't want to trap moisture.
 
Electrical tape is what my grand-dad was advised to use on his Alaskan hunts. It should be able to withstand the weather in your shop.
 
Been here before...

Used nylon 12 Ga bore brush eased into the muzzle. Clean it well beforehand and spin it on insertion.

Comes to it, you forget it's in there... no catastrophic damage but there will be a wildly unpredictable expulsion.
 
OK, you say marine duty,..........

......so are you saying a nickel-plated name brand? Or are you trying to protect a blued or parkerised firearm? If nickeled, a light coat of gun oil that you prefer will do the trick. Will work for even a blued arm as long as you're diligent with with it. I live in the north east part of the country, where humidity is bad( not as bad as salt air, but still bad with moisture), and Ballistol became my best friend. Give it a try. And if that firearm is nickel on the outside, it's not on the inside. Keep that in mind. And nickel and hard chrome will rust if not maintained.

Our knowledge is limited, you didn't tell us what you're planning to buy, own or use. And we don't need to know. Just the finish on that particular firearm.

Reread your OP, ever thought about storing the firearm barrel down? I store all of my firearms down. At least the ones with wooden stocks. Gun oil seeping down into wooden stocked firearms ruins the stocks. My father-in-law had a shotgun repaired for that reason. I inherited a shotgun with a buttstock that crumbled at the wrist from gun oil seepage. Fortunately, Boyds had a replacement. I store everything barrel down now. And if you're storing it down, NOTHING is gonna build anything in your barrel.
 
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I think he said in the first post he wanted to keep mud dauber wasps from building a nest in the barrel and plugging the bore.

Which they will do quite gleefully, given a hole like that to build a nest in.

rc
 
A small/quarter piece of toilet paper laid over (not stuffed into) the muzzle
and lightly scotch-taped on two sides to the barrel.
Absolutely minimal.
 
I'm not a fan of stuffing anything, and I mean ANYTHING, into a barrel and storing it for any reason. Bad, bad habit to get into.

Kleenex won't really adequately address your concerns with mud daubers, anyway. If they thing the barrel will make a nice next, then Kleenex won't stop them.

Now, putting a protective cover OVER the barrel is another matter. A ballon, finger cot, condom, or a more commercial product like Pro-Tex will work just fine.

Of course...there's also the option of simply putting the shotgun in a case/cabinet in the shop, too.

:)
 
I've seen a shotgun barrel split from a piece of grass that got into the barrel so don't put anything into the barrel. You can cover the muzzle with anything over it that will blow off from the pressure of the air being forced out ahead of the shot. Use a balloon, condom, tin foil, plastic wrap or anything else you can think of that's light weight, that can be placed over the muzzle but not extend inside the bore to keep out the insects yet allows a round to be fired without obstruction of the bore.
 
Depending on the shotgun, they may also like the receiver cavity as a nest spot. A friend of mine keeps a shotgun in his shop, on the wall, and he has it in an old pillowcase with a rubber band around it. Covers everything but part of the stock, doesn't trap moisture, and protects the whole gun. He started keeping it there after he saw a coyote in his yard, so of course he hasn't seen one since.
 
I've seen a shotgun barrel split from a piece of grass that got into the barrel


Of course it also had 6 inches of mud attached to the grass, typical of someone stumbling and falling and pushing the muzzle into the dirt. There's no shotgun you've ever seen that split a barrel from a "piece of grass". A wad of turf... yes. A piece of grass? Uhh... no.


The muzzle-blanking "whatever" you use can take many forms. A finger-cot works well. These are what you put over your finger after cutting it when you need to work as, for example, a butcher. They look like heavy-duty scaled down condoms. Any drugstore will have them.


Willie

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Thanks for all the replies, both sound and not so sound.

I like the balloon over the muzzle idea, and that is likely what I will go with.

As to the shotgun itself, it will be one of the Winchester Super X which is hard chromed.
 
Balloon will trap moisture - use a small piece of plastic window screen to allow air to circulate and prevent the wasps from getting in - if it works for your windows in your home, it will do the same for your gun
 
I've had my garage double barrel clogged with miller moths. Very glad I checked it before using it. Now I have a cheap vinyl glove over the muzzles. It's very obvious so I'm unlikely to leave it on there when I load up. I still check the barrels.
 
Those orange plastic bottles that you get scripts in will sit on top of the muzzle with no problem. Can be remove with no problem ( fast movement and they fall off), or shot off if needed.

If you are worried about air circulation, drill holes in the end of it smaller than the dobber.
 
Of course it also had 6 inches of mud attached to the grass, typical of someone stumbling and falling and pushing the muzzle into the dirt. There's no shotgun you've ever seen that split a barrel from a "piece of grass". A wad of turf... yes. A piece of grass?
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You would think but no. The barrel was bulged and split about 1/2 way between the muzzle and the chamber, not pealed back like you see when someone gets mud in the muzzle or fires one off with the muzzle in the water. The piece of the grass was still in the barrel Was a young shooter that had walked through some marsh grass on the way to a duck blind. We hung the barrel on the wall of the clubhouse as a hunter safety course visual aid and safety reminder for members and visitors at the trap range.
 
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