ORIGINAL: NJheadhunter71
I recently (today) decided to get an inline muzzle loader since I got tired of
not being able to hunt in light drizzle with my TC percussionHawken so i got me a Remmington genesis which I liked the feel and features for the money (269.00) Its not the cheapest but not the most expensive either. Well I getit home and install the Nikon scope and noticesome type of pitting on the reciever. It kind of looks like bad casting. Aghain it wasn't a 500 dollar gun but would you take it back or am I just expectining to much from a $270 rifle?
First, take that inline back, and get your money back. Then buy a roll of electrician's tape and a roll of kitchen-type plastic wrap.
Put a strip of the electrician's tape, (or a condom!!) OVER, NOT IN!! the muzzle, and wrap a couple of thicknesses of plastic wrap around the lock and nipple section from about 2" in front of the lock to 2" down the tangof that Hawken, after you load it,cap it, and place the hammer at half-cock. Then you can hunt in that drizzle!
I hunted in the rain for a week in the Adirondacks a couple of years ago with my Hawken taped and wrapped like this, left it out in the woodshed at night loaded (removed the cap,of course, re-wrapped lock, recapped in the woodshed next morning) and after five days, it fired perfectly. Right on target, too!