MY CANOE FLIPPED AND MY RIFLE WENT TO THE BOTTOM
#11
RE: MY CANOE FLIPPED AND MY RIFLE WENT TO THE BOTTOM
Carefully disassemble EVERYTHING and dehumidify by placing in a very warm area for atleast 24 hours. Then 1. Reassemble with gun oil. 2. Place in case. 3. Package up with ATLEAST 300 rounds. 4. Ship to me. I will be glad to run it thru it's paces and rezero the scope if necessary.
P.S. Please don't forget to include a postage paid return container.
P.S. Please don't forget to include a postage paid return container.
#12
RE: MY CANOE FLIPPED AND MY RIFLE WENT TO THE BOTTOM
Personally, I would avoid the WD-40 altogether. Clean the gun as you would a muzzleloader - hot soapy water, very hot rinse - then blow it out with a high pressure air hose. Lightly oil with break free. Give thanks for the recovery. There is a Winchester Model 12 at the bottom of John Martin Reservoir that got there the same way as your rifle did - after eleven years, there probably isn't much to "recover" even if someone did find it - and return it.
#13
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: freeport fl
Posts: 179
RE: MY CANOE FLIPPED AND MY RIFLE WENT TO THE BOTTOM
Thanks for the help,I totally disassembled the gun and cleaned all parts including the trigger assembly. However, I did not take the scope off or the scope mounts. What would be the difference with what happend to me and hunting in the rain, The rings will still get a little watter under them?
Borty
Borty
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RE: MY CANOE FLIPPED AND MY RIFLE WENT TO THE BOTTOM
I feel the pain. I flipped a cones and although I didn't have a rifle, I lost a very good camera and a tackle box full of tackle and a good fishing rod and reel. It went down in 70 feet of very cold water. I spent the night on shore under the canoe it one of the worst thunderstorms I have ever seen. Lucky to be alive though so it could have been worse.