Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Do you put tape over the end of your barrel?

It is well-known that deer are scared of blue sky. Case closed.

As for the tape, I have used it in all sorts of hunting conditions, for all sorts of reasons, for keeping snow and dust out of the bore, for protecting the muzzle while in a saddle scabbard or when it is resting on the floor of a pickup, and for keeping the bore from rusting when hunting in really wet weather. It works for all those purposes, and beats balloons for some.

I have also tested it at the range and it has zero effect on accuracy, velocity or anything else. The only negative I have ever witnessed was when a piece of blown-off tape hit an African tracker standing maybe 5 feet to my right after I fired a .375 at a wildebeest. It stung, but since it didn't break the skin, the tracker survived.

Many of my rifles have a few inches of tape still wrapped around the barrel right behind the muzzle right now, where it rests patiently, awaiting hunting season.