gun cleaning

[Adam Helmer]

skeeter,

As for wax, I'd say "yes" and 'No." For a wood stock, applying wax will prevent boiled linseed oil from EVER again penetrating into the wood. Applying wax to the metal may "make it easier to wipe down after a day out," but what about the water that got into the action under the stock? If I get a gun soaked, I detail strip it, dry the metal and reoil and set the stock near the woodstove for a day or two to dry out inside. All my stocks have a coat or two of boiled linseed oil inside and out.

Applying wax will not preclude detail stripping a drenched gun, so I never use wax.

Adam