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**44 AMP** · November 8, 2015, 07:12 PM

Putting a condom, balloon, baggie, OR tape over the muzzle is perfectly safe.

Unlike a SOLID obstruction (mud, sand, snow, water, ice, finger, etc.) the tape or condom is blown loose before the bullet gets to it most of the time, and if not, still does not offer enough of an obstruction to pose any risk.

The tape on British figherplane guns was twofold in purpose, first, to protect the bore, and second to give easy visual confirmation that the gun had been fired. IF a plane landed with some of the tape intact, it showed that gun needed to be checked out, because it didn't fire when it should have.

November 8, 2015, 07:12 PM	#4
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,804	Putting a condom, balloon, baggie, OR tape over the muzzle is perfectly safe. Unlike a SOLID obstruction (mud, sand, snow, water, ice, finger, etc.) the tape or condom is blown loose before the bullet gets to it most of the time, and if not, still does not offer enough of an obstruction to pose any risk. The tape on British figherplane guns was twofold in purpose, first, to protect the bore, and second to give easy visual confirmation that the gun had been fired. IF a plane landed with some of the tape intact, it showed that gun needed to be checked out, because it didn't fire when it should have. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.