Well when I was in Alaska hunting brown bear it rained all day every day I was there except the day after I got my brown bear (of course) when the float plane came in to pick us up. I had a Rem XCR II in 375 Weatherby with the muzzle taped with electrical tape the entire time. I still picked up spots of rust on the trigger and bolt cocking piece. I would've preferred one of my blued walnut rifles, but it did the job just fine and at 7 1/4 lbs with scope it's kinda nice to carry. I did replace those ugly nickel plated scope rings with CeraKoted Talley QRs before I gave it to my son.