Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
Oldbob, take a piece of pipe, put pipe caps on it if you like, put it in the freezer for a day, then take it out and let it sit in a heated room for a couple of hours, take off the caps and look inside the pipe, you will see moisture. Moisture is in the air, there is air inside your barrel unless you live in a vacum. when warm temp hits cold steel, moisture is the result.
Smokeless in a savagel MLII you can go as long as you can go with any center fire without cleaning.
with BH209 a couple of weeks of Hunting season is not going to have any ill effects from condensation or moisture.
I would NOT try that with any other propellant on the market, NONE!