amenHunting in the rain isn't the challenge, reloading is
I will have to test that out! That would be a handy trick.Remove the nipple and place a layer of plumber's tape over the face ( powder side) and around the threads. This does an excellent job of keeping the wet out of the powder, from the breech end. The cap blast goes right through it, so no ignition issues there.
If you tape, or finger cot the muzzle, make sure to remove it and ( de prime!!!!) patch out the bore after it warms up. You will get condensation behind the tape/ cot.
Same here in Colorado... the only time I begin to sweat it is when we get one of our heavy snowfalls and these days I’m likely to just head for the barn when that happens..I guess at 67, I'm not as old as most of you. Of course here in NM, I went years without finding out if the ultralight raingear in my pack works. It didn't. Most rain or snow storms don't last more than an hour. Some of the best hunting I've ever encountered has been right after the rain stops.
I always have a base camp to dry off in. I have a wall tent with a wood stove, and a Kifaru teepee tent with a tiny woodstove for backpacking. Once I was sitting under a tree, completely dry and happy in the rain when I remembered that I had crossed an arroyo to get to where I was. I practically ran back to the arroyo to find it already running about a foot deep. I was the last one to get back to camp, completely soaked, and we fired up the wood stove, dried out, and were out hunting again when the rain stopped.
I've used #11 caps for years without ever a misfire. I have had some hang fires in really cold weather. Winchester Magnum caps seems to have cured that. They make little rubber circles to go over the cap to keep the rain and snow out. I use a Safari sling, so I don't bother with the barrel condoms. I use Saran wrap over the breech area. My buddy reloaded in a snowstorm once, and had seven misfires that day. He finally used my gun.
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