well for starters, this test was done on accident! Yesterday evening my brother and i went hunting on the state wildlife area about 10 miles from home. We had hiked up into the area and sat for a while and decided to go a different route and come back to the truck through a long "park" that had a water hole and big meadows. While we were up at the original spot, foul weather moved in, started just to sprinkle a snow flake here and there. Well, on the way to the new area, it was a full out snow storm with mild wind, blinding conditions.

Well as we worked our way down the mountain and into the meadows, the image of the old 4x4 road " no access by motor vehicle" we were walking on was kind of a confusing situation as there shouldnt have been a path in that Park.

After a couple miles of walking down this trail trying to figure out what the heck was going on, we started to get worried as it was pitch black out and the snow coming down on us hard.

After sitting down for a break and getting the print out map " good thing it was a lazer printer!" we were looking on the map and my brother was showing the direction that we took. He thought i was going to a different area than what i told him we should do! Lack of communication between two hunting partners will never be over looked again after this.

Turns out that during the storm, i had been taking a sharp right turn and then turned left when i thought that was the park that would lead us out. I know the area fairly well, but a distant mountain view i use to navigate was obviously blurred out with the heavy snow fall.

Our rifles, a CVA Optima and a new CVA Accura V2, both luckily had had Gun Shield Applied to the stainless steel barrels and other parts that could be coated. My Optima also had Ultra Coatings Bore coat applied but the V2 did not.

After hiking through the storm for over 3 hours, we finally got back on track and got to the truck. Our scopes lenses were filled with snow, rifles blasted/ covered in a thick carpet of snow. I was worried about them to be honest.

Once we got home, warmed up and had some dinner, i went out drying the rifles off with a towel and took them apart for inspection.

No rust on either of them, whatsoever! I was happy as heck to see that the products had worked.

Both rifles shoot the 300gr Thor conicals and 100gr Blackhorn209. Both barrels were wet inside and so i decided to just take the plugs out and push out the loads and dry them.

No rust in either barrels, including the one without the bore coat. I think we got lucky on that one. I now carry finger cots to put over the muzzles!

Once i got the loads pushed out, i had to use 4 dry patches to mop up the wetness from the snow. Good news was that the powder wasn't wet in either guns.

Once the rifles were dried and reloaded, i cleaned up the scopes and am taking the scope covers next time out! Neither scope fogs up on us during the hunt so i guess that's another test i can write off LOL.

A few days prior to this incident, we took some photos of the Optima up at 11,400" in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. I actually was checking to see if the scope would fog up while at that altitude. It worked out perfectly, got some great pictures but sadly, this season has only been full of fun, photos and only One deer. No elk to be seen in sight from 99% of the hunters/locals we've talked with.

After getting home we checked on the map and we figured we walked a good 7 miles out of our way while lost in that storm!