[65mustang]

Originally Posted by Helter

Gah, I feel dumb.

Last weekend I held the line at the Langhorne Rod and Gun Club, keeping the last vestiges of civilization safe from the zombie hordes.
It was a great time, and I had a ton of fun. I got home tired, and wound up going out again right away. I just put my cases down, and decided that I'd clean my gear the next day. It felt bad, but it had been a low round count event, and I figured there wouldn't be any harm to it.
The next day I went to the Renn Faire with friends, and then had work to do in the evening. No gun cleaning.
The rest of the week I was working late, and had commitments. I knew I really needed to tend to my gear, but again it was a low round count event. So I wasn't worried about it.
Last night I finally opened up the cases to get started. Want to guess what I saw when I opened my rifle bag? What horrific scene greeted me?

Water. I had completely forgotten that it was pouring rain during the rifle stage, and I had cased the rifle wet. It was still wet. Still soaking actually, there was practically a puddle.
On the upside, I found out that my Stag can sit in a puddle of water for 5 days with no apparent ill effects. That's reassuring. there was some discoloration on the barrel, but a quick wipe of hoppes #9 cleared it off.

Gah! I guess I'm just glad that stupidity isn't painful.

You are luckier than I am. I did that with my Ruger Mark II and had to get it reblued.