No downside to taping, lots of downsides to not taping. That you don't at times suprises me none. As I've said before you ain't the brightest tool in the shed.
If you only knew a 1/10th of what you claim to know, you'd be a genius.
But you still don't get it. We have managed to kill hundreds of animals and not ruined our rifles. All this without the benefit of blue tape on sunny days...
If you feel the need to tape up the end of your rifle to keep from poking chit in it, be my guest. I don't have that problem.
