>want to go hunting>it’s raining>don’t want fun to rust>mfw
>>64458392Just wipe everything down with an oily rag when you get home.
>>64458392Just think - how many hunters have the same thought and end up staying home? Friday by me has rain in the forecast all day, but I'm still going pheasant hunting because it's fun and I may be the only one to show up.Also I'm using my Benelli Nova which will rust if you so much as look at it. Still love that shotgun though.
>>64458392Jim Corbett Hunted with this rifle for his entire man-eater slaying career, the reason it isn't a rusted out mess from all the times it was dropped in mud, rivers, pools of water, and endured countless rainstorms is because he oiled it like any responsible person would.
>>64458392Unironically frog lube.
>>64458510>coconut oil
most people don't want to do their outdoor hobby in the rain, OP
Wrap it in plastic. You ought to be able to maneuver it like that.
>>64458518Huh. Ain't that some shit.
>>64458496what a fuckin gorgeous rifleif I had to blow a cougars head smoove' the fuck off, I'd use that baby
>>64458392We really needed this rain
>>64458496Jim Corbett needed a special harness to carry around his titanium balls.
I suffered from the same, so I just got another gun that I don't mind using in all weather conditions.
>>64458609We did.>>64458510I’ll have to look into that. I use that Remington oil in a spray can.>>64458837>>64458403It’s an old Spanish Mauser m1916. Not worth a whole lot but I like it. Also I wouldn’t know where to begin with disassembly.>>64458412This is very true. Thank you for the encouragement, anon.
>>64458392just wipe it down with oil.I used to work an outdoor job in the summer with my lcp 2. Terrible finish on those guns. I'd have to wipe it down everyday when I got home because the slide started to rust. Takes 5 seconds
>>64458684What gets me is the way he writes about it, like he has no idea how completely insane he is>so anyway, the guy who I gave the skin of the bear I killed with an axe to was really stoked about it
>>64458412Nova 20 gauge was my first gun. My dad bought it for me for hunting. Later on I got a 12 gauge supernova, but the 20 has a shorter barrel so its great for upland bird.
>>64458568Personally id rather the cougar blew my head off
>>64458496Okay Anon, how do I know when I've used enough oil?
>>64459670>so I was hunting tigers with a massive abcess in my ear that could have killed me>I couldn't hear anything>I could barely see>There was every chance it would burst, flood my brain with infection, and kill me>or I might just pass out and get eaten>here's a detailed description about the lay of the land and what my plan wasIt's just surreal reading his stories.
>>64460412NTA but I've always been told it's when there's a light coat that gives a shine on the surface parts and when the action is smooth and relatively quiet. You don't want any places where you can see oil running or dripping, you don't want any gunk built up or the action to get stiff or clunky.
>>64458937Won't even need the spray, just put a couple small drops of CLP or a similar type of oil on a rag or paper towel
>>64458392I usually carry my 10/22 in the woods around September through February, rain or shine, most days of the week. CRC Lithium grease keeps my barrel from rusting under the stockline, etc.
>>64458392And now that I can actually continue typing not being on page 11, this stuff goes on the barrel, gets wiped off until there's just a film left. For heatshields and handguards that don't contact the barrel, I'll leave a thicker layer of this on the barrel under those that's still a little greasy to the touch; I don't do this under the stockline as to prevent oil soaking of the wood. No vintage scopes come out in the rain to prevent fucking them up from water intrusion (ebay prices for them are retarded, often averaging half what my good modern scope costs). I go out in rain, snow, you name it. Rifle comes immediately out of its case when home (this is really the most important part) and gets towel dried followed by hanging it up. If it's really wet under the handguard then throw it in front of a fan (not a heater). I usually only take my rifle out of its stock like 2-3 times during that part of the year as I try to shoot it less at the range fouling it up constantly. I'm also considering buying Lubeanon's oil to see how that works. His rust prevention additives are apparently pretty damn good according to his tests and I think it'd work good for lubricating a 22 without fouling it up.>>64458937>Also I wouldn’t know where to begin with disassembly.Find a Youtube tutorial, anon. Old guns under the stockline can either be super clean or super rusty. You'll never know until you look and disassembling and oiling will prevent it from being the latter.
>>64458392>>64458412>>64458937Update from the 2nd poster itt: I just got my first two pheasants this morning! It didn't end up raining, funnily enough.OP, I hope you managed to get out there and hunt!
>>64466028based, im so sad im not going to be able to go birding this year.
>>64458392Gun-poncho.
>>64465269I got an bottle of his early stuff, I don't think anything's gone more than a year without re-oiling but there's never been any rust when I get back to it. I have a few >100 year old guns too, it's not all new stuff with near perfect finishes.
>>64466324I think I'm going to buy some of his oil this Christmas for sure. I feel bad because I've been saying I'd buy some pretty much since his first posts.
>>64458392Just get out there OP. It's a Spanish Mauser meaning it's a military rifle, meaning it's literally designed to be slung through the rain and mud still be fine
