Full stock/barrel coating ?

[Bill Bounds]

The chips are flying, half way to inletting the barrel, i had a thought. I have a half stock hawkins and the barrel gets wet while hunting, it's a snap to dismantle etc. What do you all coat your barrel with in a full stock when the barrel is pinned to the stock to keep it from rusting more than it should? How often do you pop out the pins to take it apart. I'd think that pulling the pins would eventually wear at the pin holes.

 

[Birddog6]

I grease mine with just plain lithium grease, put it in & leave it in. Every now & then I will run a bead of patch lube grease down the barrel channel at the metal/wood fit to keep any water out should I get caught in the rain with it, but that is it. There is no reason to take the barrel out again. I know some say they take them out once a year & clean under them but I don't. After doing that for several years I found it to be a waste of time, as they were just as clean under there as when I put them in & all I was doing was taking a chance of messing upthe wood at the pins. I have rifles that are 150 years old that were not greased under the barrel & they had very little rust under them, so I feel with just a light coat of grease they will last fine. I have several that I took apart that were 30-50 years old & they had no rust problems under the barrels.

As far as the pin holes wearing, the holes will not wear as you are not supposed to remove the barel on a longrifle unless it is wedge pin retained. However, wear is not an issue on the holes, chipping out the wood or missing the pin is an issue that is a worry.. So grease the barrel, put it in & leave it. IMHO
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[Stumpkiller]

I used a very heavy coat of paste wax over a buffed layer of wax on the underside of my pinned in-th-white Bess. In 15 years I believe I had it apart twice. I hate the risks of pushing out pins. Seemed to maintain it very well.

 

[canyonman]

I had a hunting partner once that did alot of hunting on the Ore. coast. On his 30-06 he used clear silicone to seal that area. He left the bead and it looked like hell, however the idea has merit and a guy could do a much cleaner job then he did. He didn't care, because this was the ultimate "Service Rifle" :shocking:

Larry

 

[rich pierce]

Beeswax is good. Coat the barrel with it, rub it in good. Then lay a "bead" along the barrel/stock junction with the barrel installed, rub that in well, and this will keep water out.

 

[BLAHMAN]

I use beeswax myself (Make sure there are NO bees in it....OUCH!) I slather it in the channel and also use it under the buttplate, trigger guard and under the tang. I have found that toilet wax rings are really gooey and they work great.