ORIGINAL: cayugad

Waterproofing rifles... Everyone seems so worried about water proofing rifles. I hunted last winter with my .62 caliber Smoothbore which sits on a T/C Renegade stock and ignites with a #11 cap. While sneaking through the cedar marsh on a hot big track I was crossing the creek and had a sudden urge to go swimming.. Strange things do happen. [:@] After getting up and checking myself over, I noticed the rifle had been submerged.I figured that this load was ruined, so I pulled up on a cedar knot and touched that big cannonoff and drove a roundball through it like it was a sunny Saturday afternoon on the range. It takes a lot more then a few rain drops to stop a 209 primer or even a #11 cap. Now a flintlock might be a different matter.