The winter season provides a great opportunity to clean and maintain deer rifles and muzzleloaders for storage until next deer season. Taking preventative measures now prevent damage and performance problems next fall.
By Kevin Kelly
From Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The modern gun deer season in Kentucky ended weeks ago and the late muzzleloader season closes this weekend.
The holidays are a good time to check one item off your to-do list: ensuring your rifle is clean and in tip-top shape for the next hunting season.
“If you want your rifle to last longer, the best way to do that is to keep it from getting rusty,” said Bill Balda, an expert marksman and the Hunter Education Supervisor for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “The best way to keep it from...