PARKERS IN THE RAIN

[gman]

Ballistol and G96 seem to be real nice on the wood as well as the metal. I feel like I'm giving my guns a treat when I use them. Yet after almost 50 years I still by habit tend to go to the RIG for my shooters on the rainy snowy days.

[High Brass]

I'm not a big fan of hunting in a hard rain anymore. If it is raining and I'm carrying a nice gun, I just give it a coat of Johnson ' Paste Wax. I work it into the areas between the wood and metal and it seems to protect the gun quite well. I of course the gun gets attention when I get home and checked again for the next few days.

[Phil Yearout]

I'm one of those rainy day gun guys; on the rare occasion that I'm hunting in the rain I'll be carrying my old Stevens 5100. Funny, 'cause my "good" guns are probably some guys' rainy day guns !

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Phil Yearout

Funny, 'cause my "good" guns are probably some guys' rainy day guns !

Right Phil - Mine too!







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[Dean Romig]

My grandson and I waited all morning for the rain to stop so we could go hunting. It finally stopped raining and we went on a short two-hour hunt. After an hour of hunting the wet covers the sky opened up and it took us an hour to get back to camp.
We were soaked through but we took care of our Parkers and fed and watered Grace before we tended to our own comfort.
The Parkers are dry and wiped down with Ballistol and snug in the gun rack.
Now to get these wet clothes off.

Had seven grouse flushes - I missed my only shot - and one woodcock that Grace bumped accidentally.





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[Richard Flanders]

Wax the metal with IBIZ, a wax consisting of pure carnuba and containing no abrasives. It works incredibly well. I wax all my damascus bbls and any gun I use for ducks. Google it for a source in Florida if I remember correctly.

[King Brown]

Guns were made to shoot in any weather, not to look at, preserve in comfy places. Like Chris, I live in a neighbouring province where weather is not a determinant of which gun, where, when or how I hunt. Chris is on an island surrounded by salt water and I on a geographic raft jutting out into the same wild and wooly North Atlantic. Surf, fog and rain are constant companions. The only reason for rust is negligence.

[Phil Yearout]

True King. That's why I'd choose my old Stevens if the weather's inclement. It's easy to break down for a thorough deep cleaning if required; my Foxes or my Parker not so much, plus I don't believe in disassembling them any more than necessary. It's not about "preserve in comfy places"; all my guns get equal respect or I wouldn't own them. The Stevens has been a good gun and I shoot it as well as I shoot any of 'em.