How many of you guys use candle wax to keep moister out of the nipple and cap? How do you apply it? Do you just heat the candle with a lighter for a few seconds then rub it on the nipple?

I don't use candle wax anymore, but when we used it we just pulled the candle around the botton of the cap and attempted to get a good coating down there that keeps the water out... I don't remember every lighting it.

Why dont you use it anymore? How doese the valve stem cap work for you?

ChapStick would be handier, eh?

I took a chunk of nylon thread and my leather needle and ran a string from the trigger guard through the top of the valve stem. When I am ready to shoot, as I cock the hammer I flick the stem off with a finger, and it just hangs from the bottom of the rifle out of the way until I need it again.

So far it has worked great and acts as a secondary safety. Also it is easy to get and if I loose it I have a bag with about 60 more caps in it.... I am not going to mess with wax when I have that.

Chapstick is a clever idea. Learn sumthin' new every now & then.

Tweren't my idea, prolly been around since about one day after ChapStick was put on the market.