Originally Posted by
pluckit
Just keep the muzzle pointing down and your hand or the front/bottom of your coat over the breech or nipple and you should be fine. Most of the time I will avoid going hunting in the rain because it can be a miserable experience and I like to have a good time when I hunt . But I have been known to go in the rain and the above methods for keeping your powder dry have always worked for me.
I used to say that too. Then one day I slipped and stuffed the muzzle in the snow.