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I usually keep electrical tape over my muzzle, regardless of the forecast. Hleps keep crud out of my barrels. They are predicting 6-12" of snow tomorrow, so I really want to tape up my barrel. BUT...the barrel has a muzzle brake. I have never had to deal with this situation before. Any suggestions? I thought about sticking, well, let's say a form of latex protection commonly used on a different, much more personal, kind of "gun."  Any ideas if that would work? ANy other ideas? | ||
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Condoms (un-lubed, your choice on if their ribbed or not), finger cots, toy balloons, fingers from latex gloves (ask you Dr for a pair) will all work Electrical tape will also work over a brake, just don't wrap the hell out of it. The roughly 8-10,000PSI of muzzle gas will blow through the tape with out a problem | |||
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Ya definitely wanna go with the "reservoir tip", but be careful- on some braked/small ring/large thread/single groove Moozers, the conundrum will actually inflate when the rifle is fired, then expend the gasses back through the barrel, down the mag well, into your shirtsleeve and then directly to your boxers... oddly, instead of a loud report as one is accustomed to when firing a rifle, the noise made is akin to a steam calliope playing the 60's rock classic, "Wild Thing". You'll find the bullet in the tip, BTW... if you're alive to look for it. Aside all that, maybe a test round or two with a cot or condom in place to see if inhibiting the brake distorts accuracy. | |||
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Condums were what we used in the Army in snow and rain...also on the old radio sets. It always felt a little odd talking into a condum on a hand set! Saran wrap also works but do not exceed one layer. You can secure with a rubber band on the barrel if necessary. Jim | |||
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There were some barrel "condoms" on the market several years ago, looked just like the full sized ones, but were black and barrel sized. Balloons are the next best thing. DRSS(We Band of Bubba's Div.) N.R.A (Life) T.S.R.A (Life) D.S.C. | |||
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Marc, I use these: http://www.grainger.com/Graing...ger-4T502?Pid=search But the plain colored ones are cheaper. http://www.grainger.com/Graing...Cot-5T102?Pid=search Don't let your friends catch you with any of these in your wallet. Rite Aid sells a small box of these. Only in white.Shoot with them on. The air trapped ahead of the bullet will remove them without any interference. Don't forget to remove these when going from the cold outdoors to the warm indoors or your bore will rust. _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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A fellow had a savage 110 in 7 mag with a fairly short ported barrel, I belive it was a factory job. He wrapped it with half a roll of black tape because it was so loud it hurt his ears. I asked later how well that worked ..... it didnt.  | |||
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I use finger cots, also called finger condoms. You can get a lifetime supply for not much money at your drug store. Hugh | |||
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If you're putting something over a barrel to keep the crud out be serious about it. Finger cots, balloons, condoms, saran wrap etc aren't worth the effort IMO. Scotch 88 electricians tape is all I use and if a brake got in the way of a good tape job I'd get rid of the brake.  | |||
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But Chuck, most guys don't live where they have to worry about the wind blowing the tape off! That's a nice photo. Regards, Bill. | |||
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When I was in the Marines, condoms were used to waterproof everything. One Marine went overboard and used them to wrap every individual round before a live fire field exercise. When he went back to the drug store where he had bought a gross the week before and asked for another gross, he volunteered the information that there were only 143 condoms in the last package. The druggest replied, "I hope it didn't spoil your weekend." | |||
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 The ballon or condom will be gone before the bullet leaves the barrel unless it is tightly tied down.  rogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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Bill, today it could blow the gun out of your hands. | |||
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Yeah Chuck, that sounds reall cool and all, but I would like to hear how your brakeless hunting season turned out when you had a broken back and were still recovering from broken ankle surgery. BTW-I HATE brakes too, but at times they are a necessary evil. OK, field report from this morning. Shot a nice 3 1/2 YO 10 pt in a pretty good snow. Had a rubber glove pulledover the muzzle, with the muzzle run up th emiddle finger. Also had aglove over each end of the scope, as I HATE getting snow on a scope when I am hunting and I realized last night that I did not have scope covers to fit this scope (Leupold 2.5-8). I pulled all 3 gloves off really quickwhen I saw the buck in the distance. Was eally thick where I was and wound up being over 10 minutes later before I could see him again. As I was standing out there, soaking wet, with both my broken back and broken ankle hurting I got to thinking about the middle finger on the glove. After coming home I scrubbed the bore and cleaned the scope lenses, and now I have the middle finger cut off and stretched over the muzzle brake, with electrical tape wrapped around the barrel over the end of the finger. So with this set up, when I shoot the air in front of the bullet should just split the rubber, righht? | |||
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Well, if you leave that glove on the muzzle, it'll' be rust particles that will split the rubber. Anyway you look at it, that piece of glove won't stand a chance. _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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Well done Marc, well done! I like the rubber glove idea! I carry surgical gloves to wear when I gut deer! Jim | |||
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I always used a balloon. Always had a fear of the condom breaking.  Like Westpac said take it off when you take the rifle inside. My buddy didn't and ended up with rust. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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Out of curiosity, what cartridge are you breaking and what does a broken ankle have to do with it? | |||
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Marc, I simply place about a two inch piece of electrical or even duct tape over the muzzle and firm the ends down along the brake and then wrap the brake with a layer of tape. When you fire it is interesting to see how the tape over the muzzle and holes are gone but the rest is still intact. Anyone who claims the 30-06 is ineffective has either not tried one, or is unwittingly commenting on their own marksmanship Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master guide FAA Master pilot NRA Benefactor www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com | |||
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Gorgeous picture man! are you a photographer? it looks like you reversed it though, bolts on the wrong side of the gun.  Red | |||
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If you ever get hit by anything when shooting with a muzzle brake you will be lucky if you are not injured. I would never put anything around a muzzle brake. | |||
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I was just elk hunting last Tuesday with my muzzle braked .300 Wby. In the past, I have always just put a piece of Scotch tape over the muzzle of my rifle and it worked fine, but my other rifles didn't have muzzle brakes. To tape my braked .300 Wby, I put one strip of black electrical tape over the end of the muzzle, then put a single wrap of electrical tape spiraling around the brake. When I shot my bull, all of the electrical tape disappeared. I didn't even see any pieces of it on the snow around where I was when I shot. NRA Endowment Life Member | |||
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yesterday when I came home, scrubbed the bore, and taped the finger over the brake, I left the rifle in my garage (never turn on heat) and planned on goinng back hunting within about 3 hours at th emost. Well, i was exhausted an dhurting too bad and decided to not hunt yesterday afternoon. When I made this decision I went out and pulled the finger off the muzzle and put the rifle in my shop. I never made a fire out there yesterday, so it was warmer than outside temp (stayed between 28°-33° outside) but cooler than in my house. I pushed a couple of piled patches down the bore and left it in the shop overnight. This morning I went out and scrubbed all of the oil out of the bore and taped another finger over the brake. After hunting this morning, i do what I normally do when hunting in the cold-I left the rifle outside so it would not get any condensation in the bore or action from warming up in a humid house. I will hunt this afternoon and then this evening I was planning on removing th efinger, scrubbing and oiling the bore, and leaving it in the shop over night. Tomorrow I would wash, rinse, repeat. Does this sound good to yall? Is it the safest way to keep ice from forming in the bore before letting loose a round? I have always been a fraid of flower pedalling a barrel. Have seen friends bulge barrels from shooting them with some amount of mud in the bore. | |||
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-nothing beats a positive visual inspection, if I'm reading your post correctly. Take with this grain of salt: I'm sure you've noticed I'm no smarter than anyone else around here.  | |||
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Chuck: That is a nice paint job on your rifle. May I ask who did it? Thanks, Jordan | |||
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Hi Marc, well, I would suggest to take Tesa Krepp for covering your muzzle brake as well as your muzzle: http://www.tesa.com/industry/p...ts/tesa(r)_4341.html this is very good, but will tear easily. Is used for bodywark of cars as well - I use it only on my barrels to cover the muzzle from dirt... Best regards Klaus | |||
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