Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles What do you tape your barrels with on rainy days?

Blue electrical tape. I have used it for a few years (black tape before that). I have observed no change in point of impact--either at the range or in the field. In response to John Moses' comments, rain falls almost continuously for days at a time here during hunting season. Some days it doesn't rain a drop--but the mud is always there. Very few days when the ground is dry. Rather than add and remove tape, I just tape up for the season and call it good. Here's a few pics:

Yesterday:


October 30th:


2009's antelope:


2009's Mule deer:


2008 deer:



My 35 Whelen:
[img]http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn21/WadeSamuelson/IMG_1870.jpg[/img]

Same rifle, wearing it's original stock:
[img]http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn21/WadeSamuelson/IMG_0918.jpg[/img]

Anyway, I was skeptical about how tape might affect accuracy, but as mentioned, both on the range and in the field, I haven't noticed any changes in POI when using tape.