Thirty Minutes of PANIC!!!

[Semisane]

My usual practice after a range session at the hunting lease is to fully clean, dry and oil the gun before I leave for home. I do that sitting on the little deck of my hooch, sipping a cold brew or Scotch on the rocks.



After the gun is clean, I put it in the 5-gun carrier behind the seat of my little Ford Ranger.



It usually stays in there until my next range session or I swap it out for a different gun.

My last range session was back on the Saturday morning of July 2nd. I shot two guns over the course of a few hours, my Savage Model 40 .22 Hornet (to try some new handloads) and about a dozen shots with the .32 Pedersoli Frontier flintlock (to try out patches lubed with Liquid Wrench). Naturally, I used FFFg GOEX in the Pedersoli.

It was so dang HOT by the end of that session (around Noon) I decided to not stay at the camp for the weekend. Packed up and headed home without cleaning the Pedersoli - just sprayed the pan and frizzen with a shot of Blaster PB-50 lubricant.

When I arrived home the woman with the gold ring who lives in my house announced that she hadn't expected me back and hadn't prepared a meal. Therefore, we would go out for dinner.

Being an obedient slave, I showered, shaved, dressed, and took her to the restaurant of her choice.

Forgot all about that dirty Pedersoli sitting in back of the truck. Forgot about it the next day too, and the next, and the next. Then this afternoon for no reason I can explain, the thought struck me - "the .32 has been sitting in the truck dirty for over two weeks".

PANIC ATTACK!

When I retrieved it from the truck it didn't look bad at all. No visible rust. Gave it a good soap and water cleaning and inspected the bore. No rust. No pits.

Here's what it looks like.



Either I'm one lucky son-of-a-gun, or somehow the fact I was using Liquid Wrench as a patch lube protected the bore from damage.

[cayugad]

That liquid wrench might very well have saved you. Glad to hear you did not hurt that little beauty.

[onetohunt]

I would rather be lucky than good any day!!

[bronko22000]

Whew - Thank goodness you didn't have a problem. I too think the Liquid Wrench saved your rifle. I guess the fact that it is a penetrator is the reason you got lucky. But then again it wasn't your fault. Those gold ring wearing slave drivers seem to give a lot of us slaves grief when it comes to taking care of our equipment.

[flounder33]

I'm glad the rifle is not damaged Semi. It could happen to anybody. But TWO WEEKS !!!!

[deer655]

Concerning your little hooch; is that where you sleep during hunting season? I can imagine how nice it would be when it cools off to sit in that chair and kick back after a day of hunting. Is your place heated and air conditioned?

[Semisane]

You bet deer655. That's my home away from home just about every Friday and Saturday night from November through January.

It's nothing more than an 8' x 8' plywood tent. But it does have electricity and running water (courtesy of that blue barrel). Yes, it does have AC and an electric heater. It also has a regular twin bed along one sidewall and an eight foot counter top (with sink) along the other sidewall, with a two foot aisle down the center. A little apartment fridge is under the counter with a microwave oven and propane stove on the counter, one at each end.

It's hard to tell by looking at it, but it's a PALACE.

[HEAD0001]

Below is a picture of my little cabin in the woods. Not nearly as nice as yours, but like you said. It is a palace. Tom.

[Semisane]

That's nice HEAD, especially tucked in the woods like that. Mine is in our club's campground with eight other guy's hooches scattered around the perimeter of a half acre clearing.

[50calty]

Wish I had a cabin like that.