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A wet rag from the drink cooler works prety well.

Its just not something Id subject my rifles too. Maybe its all in my head.

So, what do you do when it rains? Grab the umbrella to protect the rifle?

No sir, I understand the oddity of my logic but it makes sense to me.

Is this where cryogenics originated?

When it rains, 2 liters of water doesn't go down my barrel...

That is also true, I make an attempt to cover my rifle, besides rain is not intentional.

I think I would use all water on the outside of the barrel....

dump water down the barrel.....spray out the remainder with compressed air and than immediately shoot it some more.....moisture doesnt stay in the barrel long enough to do anything.....wouldnt recommend doing it right before storage but if your gonna run more rounds through it right away it will not stay in there long enough to hurt anything.....

The wet towel kept in a cooler works well.

I run the water down the barrel, run a dry patch and keep shooting. Carbon build-up is minimal, and the continued heat from shooting dries everything out. I've never had a rusty chamber and doubt I ever will. Trust me, it's all in your head. I'm much more leary of putting water on the outside of my barrel where it runs down in between the stock, potentially causing rust there, not to mention the possibility of swelling a wood stock if it's not sealed well enough.

Anytime one of my guns gets wet I completely dissasemble it and dry/ rem oil everything.

I do the same, moisture can get into enclosed trigger mechanisms and cause problems down the road.

If you can keep it out of there it may be ok. I just don't want to get tiny specs of rust going in my bore. I don't have a bore scope to check for this and by the time I can see it it's too late.

Water in itself won't immediately cause rust, but mix it with powder residue and I think it probably would accelerate the process.

JM

....only Brownings rust.

JM I guess I might not shoot high enough volume to do this anyway, it would take alot to override my brains natural training of how to treat a rifle.

If all their rifles did it wouldnt hurt my feelings..

I've got 7 Brownings that don't have any rust on them. one is 45 yrs old and has been used plenty. Of course, I don't bath my guns in water either.

I'm sorry!

JM whyd you have to confess that? I was just starting to think you were a fellow with good sense... LOL

You may graduate to them yet. There is still hope for you, even if you do live in a state that is scared to let you hunt with a rifle.