General discussion > Black Powder Shooting
Prevention
flinchrocket:
If you’ve noticed a lot of older guns are usually cracked under the buttplate. I think that’s a good reason to seal it good underneath.
Top Jaw:
Agree with sealing under buttplate. And also in patchbox cavity (and lid) if you have a sliding wooden box and lid, or a metal patch box lid that extends to the butt. Same principle for moisture when loading in these cases.
Bill in Md:
During the hunting season you can avoid moisture simply by running a minute bead of beeswax along each side of the barrel flats where they touch the forestock....Same with around the lock and you can use it to seal a butt plate.........Beeswax is God's caulk if you ask me..... :)
RVAH-7:
speaking of moisture prevention, just my two cents worth; because I hunt with my rifle in sometimes ugly weather, when I'm done cleaning my rifle, after wiping things down with that lightly oiled patch or rag, I push that patch through the thimbles or oil on a q-tip swab. Then wipe down the ramrod or a light coat of beeswax. And THEN while hunting I check from time to time to be sure the ramrod hasn't taken on too much moisture to swell tight in the thimbles.
axelp:
good advice. I have had my ramrod swell and stick in the thimbles during a wet hunt.
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