Weather & Elevation vs consistent load HELP

[memtb]

The barrel could have got damp only from snow on the ground getting into it. Or humidity- say from warm truck to 20* cold outside. There was no precipitation. My wife was packing the rifle so I dont know for sure. It does have a muzzelbrake so that makes it harder to plug up a barrel. And 2-3 shots had just been fired previously to that. (W/ stiff bolt)

Say she did get some moisture in the barrel. A small amount from snow. How many shots does it take to clear that? Is it reasonable to think that 3 shots would be hot? The last one being hottest?

The gun hadn't been cleaned for a while.

Thanks for all your input & help here

A constant concern for us! We always put electrical tape (the good stuff) on our muzzles! We even carry partial rolls in our day packs, replace it as quickly as is practical after making a shot!

I've seen and heard too many horror stories about mud or ice in a rifle barrel. Tape is a good, cheap, very effective safety precaution…..that doesn't affect your ballistics what so ever. Certainly far less than a good solidly plugged barrel! memtb

 

[Nevrsummr]

Could you have run into a "cold weld" situation?

Bullets have been loaded for about 9 months I am guessing. How long does cold weld take?

 

[Brathany]

A constant concern for us! We always put electrical tape (the good stuff) on our muzzles! We even carry partial rolls in our day packs, replace it as quickly as is practical after making a shot!

I've seen and heard too many horror stories about mud or ice in a rifle barrel. Tape is a good, cheap, very effective safety precaution…..that doesn't affect your ballistics what so ever. Certainly far less than a good solidly plugged barrel! memtb

There could be changes in back pressure from the usual seepage of gases that exit the barrel before the bullet. Whereas the seepage was able to go free, now it is hesitated by the tape. I would only zero with tape on the barrel before the hunt so there is no POI change between the two conditions. I also don't believe a word I typed. Just a poke at some of the frivolous and inconsequential mental static I see cropping up here...

 

[Nevrsummr]

A constant concern for us! We always put electrical tape (the good stuff) on our muzzles! We even carry partial rolls in our day packs, replace it as quickly as is practical after making a shot!

I've seen and heard too many horror stories about mud or ice in a rifle barrel. Tape is a good, cheap, very effective safety precaution…..that doesn't affect your ballistics what so ever. Certainly far less than a good solidly plugged barrel! memtb

Thanks for sharing! Unknown munitions sells some little barrel caps made out of neoprene that would work better than tape on muzzlebrakes, I might have to start using them.

 

[Brathany]

Bullets have been loaded for about 9 months I am guessing. How long does cold weld take?

Nobody knows that. Nobody knows if cold welding makes any marked difference.

 

[memtb]

Thanks for sharing! Unknown munitions sells some little barrel caps made out of neoprene that would work better than tape on muzzlebrakes, I might have to start using them.

Very true, buuuuut…….electrical tape can have a multitude of other purposes in the field from, temporary equipment repair to first aid. Your needs and imagination are about the only limits! memtb

 

[Brathany]

Very true, buuuuut…….electrical tape can have a multitude of other purposes in the field from, temporary equipment repair to first aid. your needs and imagination are about the only limits! memtb

Electrical tape has even found uses in the modeling industry. You should Google, "The Black Tape Project", and I advise researching alone...

 

[Critter Picker]

There's also the old condom on the muzzle trick. It works with brake or suppressed guns. Also has other uses.

 

[memtb]

There's also the old condom on the muzzle trick. It works with brake or suppressed guns. Also has other uses.

Also has other uses

I never thought of that……I usually get "screwed" during hunting season! memtb

 

[Brathany]

There's also the old condom on the muzzle trick. It works with brake or suppressed guns. Also has other uses.

I know you are holding that door open for me with my 13 responses to that, but I would still like to move a few items in the classifieds before I get banned!

 

[Nevrsummr]

Very true, buuuuut…….electrical tape can have a multitude of other purposes in the field from, temporary equipment repair to first aid. Your needs and imagination are about the only limits! memtb

I do Carry electrical tape. Lol. I'm a sparky by trade. But if I taped up a whole muzzlebrake it wouldn't come off.

 

[memtb]

I do Carry electrical tape. Lol. I'm a sparky by trade. But if I taped up a whole muzzlebrake it wouldn't come off.

There are some things that even good electrical tape can't fix/correct…..a muzzle brake is one!

Of course, plugging all those holes would be unlikely! So I guess that the pressure could be relieved……maybe the bullet, "not so much"!

In another thread, someone is trying to remove their muzzle brake……completely plugging it may be the answer! I had suggested a hacksaw……but a thoroughly plugged brake might just do it, very fast! memtb

 

[Dmagna]

Bullets have been loaded for about 9 months I am guessing. How long does cold weld take?

I had a fresh reloads at the range, opened the box got some snow flurries in there and the cases got damp. I think between the water on the case and maybe a weld situation I blew a primer as well

 

[Nevrsummr]

I had a fresh reloads at the range, opened the box got some snow flurries in there and the cases got damp. I think between the water on the case and maybe a weld situation I blew a primer as well

Interesting, thanks. I do recall one of the bullets being dropped in the snow. There was a stiff bolt before that though, but that could explain the hottest one