Re: Tape on a gun, good or bad?
I don't think that tape really has a place on a rifle either, but if you can't do anything else, then I guess you can't do anything else. If you're gonna leave tape on long term, you need to realize something, tape has acid in it. They make tape for pictures that is "acid free" so that it does not ruin and eat away at photos. If you were gonna leave some tape on for any kind of semi extended period of time, I would at least make sure that it's acid free tape. I think anything else over time will pit the finish or the bluing, and just be a rust magnet. I agree with others, it probably wouldn't be an expensive fix at the smith, but if you can't do it, you can't. Have you looked at how it was originally attached so that it didn't come off, and how you might could fix it?
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