Sweatin'

[Rez 4,961]

Whats you lot doing after you've been out on a cold -0 day, get back home and the rifle starts sweating?

Are you re building or leaving to just come round to temperature? 

I was out with me 98 at the weekend, got back, the whole rifle is dripping with condensation for some time. It didn't bother me but thoughts of condensation occurring in the comp' chamber and such came to mind as on most, if not all rifles, the internals aren't technically fully enclosed. But then would that even matter, condensation can happen inside and out.

Its as it was now, same power, same on paper but wondered if any of you strip and re-build or just like me leave to dry.

[mark williams 7,557]

The first thing I do on arriving home from winter shooting is to put the completely unzipped gun bag over a warm radiator and the rifle goes into the hot airing cupboard.

                      No big deal, I just leave them, have a brew and later on go back, wipe my gun down with a freshly oiled cloth and put away.

                      Never had a spot of rust in nigh on 50 yrs, so it works or I`ve been very lucky.

 

                                                     Hope that helps any. 

                                                                      Tommy.

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Good point Rezey

...... I'd never thought about that.

 

I unzip the bag and lay it open for a while.

 

The rifle goes on a towel on the table until its warmed back up then, I take the stock off and wipe it all down with kitchen roll to make sure it's dry.

Then I oil it with Balistol.

 

I can't make the same claims as Mark because I wasn't born until '79

....... But, so far, so good.

[philpot 5,003]

6 minutes ago, Jonjon79 said:

Good point Rezey

...... I'd never thought about that.

 

I unzip the bag and lay it open for a while.

 

The rifle goes on a towel on the table until its warmed back up then, I take the stock off and wipe it all down with kitchen roll to make sure it's dry.

Then I oil it with Balistol.

 

I can't make the same claims as Mark because I wasn't born until '79

....... But, so far, so good.

I wish I wasn't born in 79 as well Jon but alas it is not the case.

 

I am the same as Mark, slip over the radiator but as I don't have an airing cupboard, I leave it next to the radiator for an hour or two after wiping any excess off before hand.

 

Phil

[Jonjon79 13,358]

10 minutes ago, philpot said:

I wish I wasn't born in 79 as well Jon but alas it is not the case.

 

I am the same as Mark, slip over the radiator but as I don't have an airing cupboard, I leave it next to the radiator for an hour or two after wiping any excess off before hand.

 

Phil

It wasn't all a bed of roses - I was an '80s kid - some of the clothes I'm wearing in old photos are shocking

 

And we had to put up with Timmy Mallet.

[mattwhite 1,993]

I usually unzip the slip and let it air next to the rad as others have said, then after an hour or so if the barrel feels a bit warmer it's off with the stock and everything metal gets a Napier oily wipe down then buffed off a little, stock wiped down with the tiniest amount of walnut oil and buffed dry then put it back together and zip her back up?

That's only if it's been proper cold. In the summer it's just an oily wipe off for salty fingermarks??

[The one 8,482]

Also a good rub down with a towel and a couple of the moisture packs in the gun cupboard  before you put it away ,

[The one 8,482]

I always give mine a good rub down with the towel whilst holding it with another towel so it doesnt go away with greasy finger marks on it , a mate was talking  about fitting a light bulb in the cupboard  which i thought was excessive  my gun cabinets in a cupboard that has the central heating pipes  running threw it  and  they seem fine 

Only problem i ever had was a farmers wife  moaned about  feral pigeons in her stable and as she had pure breed arab horses i gave her a loan of a gun for her husband to shoot them as they where  to flighty and i thought the shooting might cause them to harm themselves  they left it in the stable and it was starting to get surface rust on the barrel when i got her back , but you life and learn   

[PLEDGEY 496]

All my gun bags have Napier patches in them and I have 4 Napier patches in the cabinet. The only maintenance my guns get is a wipe down with Napier gun cleaner and lubricant spray that's got VP90 in it like the patches. This disperses water. Never had a problem.

[j j m 6,539]

i dry mine off and then leave it at room tempreture

[pianoman 3,587]

If it's really condensing wet, or indeed we've been out in the rain, then I take the stock off and dry the action with paper towels/kitchen roll  and let it rest at room temperature. Then a wipe over with gun-oily rag and back into the dry stock. Never had a smidgen of rust on any of my guns after a cold day out like this.