RE: Tape on the end of the barrel?
Finger Cots can be purchased in any Pharmacy department. They are a plastic/latex cover for finger when you cut the finger and need to keep the wound clean. You just roll that over the end of the finger, the same as you do your barrel. Get the extra Large. They do stretch a little but the Extra Large finger cots just seem to work better.
I get mine at Wal Mart.