Electric Tape Wrapped around a Barrel?

EL34/6L6 said:
Buy your own. Your employer didn't purchase those so employees can use them personally outside of work.
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If my employer has an issue with me taking home a nitrile glove than I don't want to work for them.

I prefer tape. Sticky residue? It's smooth blued steel, the residue comes off with a quick wipe with a rag and a bit of solvent.
 
Been using rubber finger cots for years. Couple of my hunting rifles are military style rifles with vaned flash hiders, for which the finger cots work especially well. I often ensure they stay where I put them with a small piece of electrical tape.
Not too concerned about water getting in there versus pine needles, moss, twigs or dusty debris ect. Finger cots also work very well in all conditions whereas electric tape doesn't fair so well when it's pounding rain or "very" cold.
 
X-man said:
As several other posters have already mentioned, the cheapest and most effective way to protect your muzzle/bbl from rain, debris or becoming plugged with snow, mud or dirt in the case of a fall is with a "finger cot." They've also been called "finger condoms". They're available from any pharmacy in their first aid section. They typically only cost a couple of bucks for a blister pack of five. There's no need to remove them before shooting and they're generally tougher than condoms and won't leave sticky tape residue like electrical tape.
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The cheapest and most effective method to protect the muzzle from rain, snow or mud is proper muzzle control. Seems to have worked fine for the last 15 years?
 
I had very poor luck with finger cots- they just never stood up well.
Decent black electrical tape has worked great though (very, very wet conditions...)
I don't get wrapping it on the barrel for spare though...It comes on a roll...just sayin...
 
I know that if you tape the muzzle then hang your rifle from a tree branch for 2 weeks in the rain it should be muzzle up. Otherwise it'll fill completely with water.i suppose it would be possible to chamber a shell and trap a barrel full of water. That could be interesting.

I've had two occasions where I've plugged muzzles from falls. Once with dirt and once with snow. Another was went my muzzle went right through the end of the case when riding in a dog sled. My main concern is protecting the crown.
 
wasrupzuk said:
I had very poor luck with finger cots- they just never stood up well.
Decent black electrical tape has worked great though (very, very wet conditions...)
I don't get wrapping it on the barrel for spare though...It comes on a roll...just sayin...
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I know some mountain hunters that would flip at the idea of carrying a whole roll when they only need 6 inches. Then there's that useless cardboard center.......mind you they would tKe the wrapper off a chocolate bar or cut the labels off their under wear to save weight.;)
 
Dogleg said:
I know that if you tape the muzzle then hang your rifle from a tree branch for 2 weeks in the rain it should be muzzle up. Otherwise it'll fill completely with water.i suppose it would be possible to chamber a shell and trap a barrel full of water. That could be interesting.

I've had two occasions where I've plugged muzzles from falls. Once with dirt and once with snow. Another was went my muzzle went right through the end of the case when riding in a dog sled. My main concern is protecting the crown.
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I got back from an unsuccessful morning hunt and cleared my rifle to find a twig in the barrel about 1/8" thick by about 6" long. I assume it just fell off a tree in the right place at the wrong time while I had my rifle slung up over my shoulder. You'd think it would have fallen out the next time I pointed the barrel down. My guess on that is that it was damp and thawed by the morning sun, but when it went in the minus whatever barrel, it froze to the cold steel. Anyway, I don't know what would have happened if I'd taken a shot at something, but I suspect either the rifle or I would have regretted it.

Since then I use electrical tape to keep the barrel sterile. I prefer the tape to the cots simply so you don't have to put up with "Oh look! It's just your size! " comments from my buddies ;-)
 
Surprised no one has mentioned the C1 rubber muzzle cover we were issued... had a thick black rubber body for strength and a slightly thinner rubber top ... just in case you forgot it was on!
 
Ive seen guys in the field with tape over the barrel and rifles slung and it really is the best way to miss out on an unexpected animal. The first year i hunted I missed out on a nice 3x3 blacktail cause my rifle was slung on my shoulder. Never again, I walk with it in my hands! So no need for anything covering the barrel.
 
gwes2003 said:
Ive seen guys in the field with tape over the barrel and rifles slung and it really is the best way to miss out on an unexpected animal. The first year i hunted I missed out on a nice 3x3 blacktail cause my rifle was slung on my shoulder. Never again, I walk with it in my hands! So no need for anything covering the barrel.
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The you obviously don't hunt in the thick bush that I hunt in. Even carrying the rifle in ready position can get you a barrel full of snow and pine needles as you plow your way through thick evergreen cover trying to kick up bedded deer. And I just shoot through the tape. There's never a delay due to the tape.
 
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