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If a mouse decides to do that to my stock, I'll punch it in the jimmy.
If a mouse decides to do that to my stock, I'll punch it in the jimmy.
Grease Holes?
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Got to thinking, my grandfather could hunt all day with his Ohio 36 cal flintlock and never get debris in the grease hole, which he used. How careless must one be to get trash in it? I for one never lay my rifles down when in the woods.
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It's a non-issue... only people that don't use a grease hole think it will get dirty...Zonie said:
I suppose it could happen if I put my gun hole side down into the dirt....But I can't blame that on the hole....
It hasn't happened to me yet and if it did get dirty ....just scrape it out with a finger nail....
There's no need to make this complicated....A grease hole is about as simple as it gets...
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bpd303 said:
Another important question, how tough is the country you're hunting. Flat and fair, your grease will be fine. Steep and brushy, fuggedaboudit.
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If you can't master it or it's not appropriate for your terrain or style of hunting then don't use it....BrownBear said:
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For a different perspective - come hunt the forests in Montana. The mixed-density conifer forests with varied undergrowth can be a challenge. After a weekend trip in the forest, you'll find fir needles in places you'd never think to find them.bpd303 said:
Bet your Grandpappy's grease-hole would have been full of forest debris if he had hunted here.... :wink: :grin:
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The grease hole is more for squirrel hunting.....
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We have squirrels here, though they are not hunted as they are back East and aren't very large either. On the other hand, they are challenging and tasty. As their preferred habitat is hidden somewhere in the top of a 40-70 ft tall fir tree, a 20 gauge is my choice...colorado clyde said:
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It's more of an eastern thing....
Called them a "tallow hole" around NE GA. I thought about putting one in my caplock .32 but never got around to it. I don't really need a "taller hole" but I like the way they look...just not enough to take a drill to it.
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:hmm: All the POOR BOYS that I have seen have a grease hole
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Gene L said:
Took me some time to work up the courage to put a hole in a stock....I don't regret it...I like it.
The gun I decided to put brass tack on is another matter....I'll never do that again..
Thanks guys! Now what to use as a lube in the grease hole for warmer weather...?
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I use lube with beeswax in it...The wax raises the melting/freezing point of the fat or oil.Smokey Plainsman said:
I dont have no guns with grease holes but may someday. As for getting stuff in the lube I read above a neat solution, KEEP A PATCH ON IT!
As for how that stuff gets there I too am in an area where w/o a patch on it it would get full of Stuff pretty quick. I do climb, crawl, roll and stuff too much though when hunting. And don't forget WIND we here in N AZ have stuff in our wind! Heck I have seen alot of red clouds that are plum FULL OF RESERVATION SAND. And that get Everywhere :grin:
As for how that stuff gets there I too am in an area where w/o a patch on it it would get full of Stuff pretty quick. I do climb, crawl, roll and stuff too much though when hunting. And don't forget WIND we here in N AZ have stuff in our wind! Heck I have seen alot of red clouds that are plum FULL OF RESERVATION SAND. And that get Everywhere :grin:
Yep! I'll patch my "taller hole" for sure when hunting in the forests.
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Unless your in a sandy environment like the middleast, or one of the few deserts in America....Where sand might be an issue....Debris is easily removed by the process of smoothing out the lube with your thumb, in a circular motion........
They (DPS)have shut down I-40 between Flagstaff and Winslow many days in spring due to sand blowing creating ZERO visiblity. Of course I was never in it with a muzzleloader. Had I been my hole would been full of sand :shocked2:
Thankfully we don't have this problem in Kansas! 
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Then in your case, a grease hole is probably not a good idea....Each shooter has to make their own decisions based on their own environments.azmntman said:
