Lubed shells

[Griz]

We shot a 3 gun match in the rain today. Last night I did my usual lazy-man's way of lubing my shotgun which was to hose the action down with gunoil, then wipe up what dripped out.

The soaking rain washed some the lube out of the action onto the grip, and when I tried to do a strong hand Load-2, it was like trying to grab eels off of my belt. The first 2, I ripped off my belt and gripped hard which resulted in one of them shooting out of my hand like when you pinch a watermelon seed between your fingers. The next few tries, I had to loosely hold them and bobble them as they squirmed around while I tried to shove them into the loading port one at a time.

I spent 15-20 seconds trying to load 8 shells into my gun and I'm pretty sure it cost me the match.. But at least I learned something!

I also had a dud. The primer had what looked like a decent hit to me, so not sure what that was about. I guess all shotgun shells are not waterproof? (Walmart Federal 100 pack)

[Panic Flinch]

Thats funny...I will have to remember not to do the lube thing in the rain or to excess!