Zerodefect
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Electrical tape. We just shoot through it.
Will Kleenex Trap Moisture in a Barrel?
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Tape will surely trap the moisture. No good.
In rethinking all the replies, I believe the best one is about the small piece of window screen. My thinking is to place it over the muzzle and secure it with a rubber band. Wasps can't get in, moisture can get out, and shooting through it is not going to damage anything.(On the gun anyway)
oneounceload
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.....(If you don't have any, an old piece of your wife's hosiery will work as well)
Sav .250
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I`ll go another route. I would not put anything over the barrel end. If your place is being invaded by Mud-Wasps and you never intend to look at or even clean it every now and again, that`s different story. By all means take some sort of corrective action.
Try a piece of panty hose.
Try a piece of panty hose.
OK, I'm confused. Are you saying to take action against the mud wasps? If so, that's pretty funny.
Snarlingiron
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You say that you intend to keep it in your shop. You don't say where you are located, but i am assuming that you have some sort of climate control in your shop? It's not built over a swamp is it? Unless you are located next to a lake or are on the beach somewhere with no climate control, I'm not sure where all this moisture accumulation is going to come from. So, it is a marine shotgun. Unless you have a more humid climate that you might encounter on a boat that is permanently on the water I would put a balloon on it and call it good. Pop the balloon off once a year, run a swab down the bore (should be doing this anyway), put the balloon back on and call 'er good.
bangswitch
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A simple tapered cork will work. Tack a piece of red ribbon to it, as a visual reminder to remove it before shooting, like a "remove before flight" tag that aircraft owners use.
I'd wonder how tight the action end of the barrel is, though. In a moist environment, temperature changes could allow condensation in a barrel that wasn't allowed to circulate air through it. Seems like a simple piece of an old tee-shirt, rubber banded around the muzzle, would keep out the critters and allow air to circulate.
I'd wonder how tight the action end of the barrel is, though. In a moist environment, temperature changes could allow condensation in a barrel that wasn't allowed to circulate air through it. Seems like a simple piece of an old tee-shirt, rubber banded around the muzzle, would keep out the critters and allow air to circulate.
SW TN
Non insulated, non heated, non cooled, 2300 sq ft Steel walled shop
Concrete slab
PLENTY of humidity in the summer
Plenty of cold in the winter
15ft ceilings to keep all that moisture in
I don't get any hot/cold/moisture swings.
JWH321
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I save those little desiccant packs that come in the top of aspirin bottles. I can fit a couple of them in an empty hull. I stick a very loose plastic plug into the muzzle end. I keep everything in a closet that has a couple of damp-rid packs in it. I always wipe everything down with a silicone cloth before I put the gun up. I've never had anything rust or be damaged in any way. I've got rifles in there that are from WWII -- mint condition.
Sunray
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Will those wee bugs not be repelled by the oil? Or the single moth ball you put in the barrel? Said moth ball will roll out of you drop the muzzle.
Nope. Mud Daubers could care less about anything foul smelling. All they care about is finding a small hole or corner to build their nest in. I've found them in SEALED boxes that happened to have a tiny gap in a corner for them to crawl into.
The good thing is that they rarely sting, they just make a hard as a rock nest.
dprice3844444
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will one of those ar-15 plastic flash hider covers work?
http://www.optactical.com/m1arshoffmuc.html
http://www.optactical.com/m1arshoffmuc.html
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