For many hunters who only go out in certain seasons or in certain conditions, weatherproofing your equipment may not be the first thing on your mind when it comes to the state of your hunting gear. Unfortunately, much of the gear on the market today is either not made with the proper materials to help it hold up to all of the conditions you might face on the hunt or are poorly weatherproofed from things like heat exposure, dampness and rain, and the extreme cold.
Thankfully, most hunters have the ability to do their own basic weatherproofing with equipment found at their local hardware store, or even around the house. Of the easiest weatherproofing projects you can undertake, protecting your firearms is the one most hunters should take notice of. Many hunters find their firearms to be slow to react when fired at the start of a hunt or may find that their firearms slowly become gunked up. In this case, the best weatherproofing for your equipment is a can of lubricant that can work to keep your fine parts of the instrument operational (like the trigger mechanism or the barrel) from becoming poorly conditioned.
