Gimp pins, Huglu's and Rare Breeds....with a title like that why wouldn't you watch?!

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My latest video is now on YouTube. Bartering venison for rare breed pork during lockdown, a review of the Huglu 410 and how to make bee frames for a hive with the lovely Gloria

 
Gimp pins...… natures way of helping you to hammer your fingers! Remember kids.. always put the pin in a bit of card or thick paper to hold them for that first tap!
 
Gimps...you got me all excited there for a moment.

But please don't advise people to store guns with snap caps in place nor to fire them off, as it were, when putting them in the gun.

First it isn't necessary. There are many shot guns that are now over one hundred years old that have never been "fired" off before being put away and they show no ill effect.

Second familiarity breeds contempt and it is an accident waiting to happen in that you may one day be on "auto-pilot" and put two live cartridges in the thing and fire it off.

Third it creates a metal to metal contact on the face of the breech in the chambers and a potential to aid the formation of rust.

A tip to prolong the time it takes for that nice colour hardening to wear off. Get a small tinlet of clear matt or semi-matt varnish and when first new and then at the end of every season if necessary paint the action with a very very thin coat of it.
 
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enfieldspares said:
Gimps...you got me all excited there for a moment.

But please don't advise people to store guns with snap caps in place nor to fire them off, as it were, when putting them in the gun.

First it isn't necessary. There are many shot guns that are now over one hundred years old that have never been "fired" off before being put away and they show no ill effect.

Second familiarity breeds contempt and it is an accident waiting to happen in that you may one day be on "auto-pilot" and put two live cartridges in the thing and fire it off.

Third it creates a metal to metal contact on the face of the breech in the chambers and a potential to aid the formation of rust.

A tip to prolong the time it takes for that nice colour hardening to wear off. Get a small tinlet of clear matt or semi-matt varnish and when first new and then at the end of every season if necessary paint the action with a very very thin coat of it.
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You're probably right - I should simply say its what I do rather than advising people to do it themselves. I'll bear that in mind in future. Whilst auto-pilot is a risk for all, I hope my military time taught me to always consider a weapon is loaded and ready regardless of how I've come onto it so always assume its loaded and dangerous. I agree with the metal on metal but couldn't find any plastic snap caps for the 410 (probably didn't look hard enough). I'll defo follow up on the varnish. Great idea. Thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it.
 
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