Originally Posted by chetmarks

I always cover the bore and carry muzzle down also, but last year I found out that isn't always the answer. I have used the finger of a latex glove for years, so that is what I did. There was about a foot or so of snow on the ground and I was hiking in. carrying muzzle down worked against me as I slipped and when I went down so did the muzzle. Straight into the snow, needless to say the latex glove didn't hold up. the snow went into the barrel and I spent the rest of the morning hiking out to clean, dry and reload my gun. I think what would have helped would have been ice cleats instead of a bore cot and carrying muzzle down, or maybe, just maybe the bags semi is talking about. It make me buy some thick heavy duty bore cots instead of cheap latex glove fingers.