I put a strip of electrical tape over the muzzle of any rifle I'm going to hunt with. At the first shot, it blows off from the air in the bore long before the bullet gets there. I usually make the strip of tape long enough so I can take the remainder and re-cover the bore after a shot.
The tape prevents anything entering the bore if I were to trip on a root and plant the muzzle in the dirt. Or, as my son noticed, a grandaughter sticking a muzzle in the ground to lean on the stock. If she'd fired the rifle after that, it wouldn't have been pretty.
The tape prevents anything entering the bore if I were to trip on a root and plant the muzzle in the dirt. Or, as my son noticed, a grandaughter sticking a muzzle in the ground to lean on the stock. If she'd fired the rifle after that, it wouldn't have been pretty.