What do you do to your rifle when you get home from a downpour like we had here on Saturday?

My friend was shocked to hear I did not dismantle and dry out the inside of the bolt, preferring to wipe it off with toilet paper and perhaps leave on a heater for an hour or so.

What do you do?

Just dry it of with paper or cloth and put the rifle at a warm place. I keep the bolt separate. Then after a week of hunting i make a normal guncare with oil and pathes.

I think lots of folks have different criteria on the attention to detail of their equipment - whatever floats your Boat.

Yeah, we've been down-poured on a whole bunch this season and I'm one of those who falls in the "complete strip down of all componet Bits & Pieces" camp.

O.K. - I use my synthetic Blaser R93 for such work and it doesn't take long but a coupla weeks ago there was two teaspoons of water in the forearm cut-out after such an afternoon. Also I've noted that if a dry Bore Snake is used to swab the barrel after a down-pour it doesn't change the POI after use.

I remember being totally soaked on one hunt.I had my M98 which as a military rifle was quickly taken apart and dried and lubed .My friend had a Savage 99, a very different matter.
I now have a rifle that is SS/synthetic which would solve a lot of problems !

Boggy

I was introduced to GT80 by a keen cyclist

Dam good stuff and half the price of ballistol

Goggle it

You can buy it in halfords for peanuts

Since its not from a gun shop its half the price and works like a treat

I just take out the bolt and put the bolt and the gun a warm place to dry.

But I thought we are talking about what to do after it has been dried ?

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Originally posted by londonhunter:
Boggy

I was introduced to GT80 by a keen cyclist

Dam good stuff and half the price of ballistol

Goggle it

You can buy it in halfords for peanuts

Since its not from a gun shop its half the price and works like a treat

I tried to google it and all I get is software sh.. er stuff??

GT 85

Ta mate.

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Originally posted by londonhunter:
But I thought we are talking about what to do after it has been dried ?

Go hunting again

Yeah my friend

Always shoot your rifle clean

And hunt your rifle dry

Fantastic