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Hey guys,

I ran into an issue this weekend. I took my muzzle loader to the range to get ready for an upcoming hunt in TN. The problem that I ran into is that I stuffed two 777 down the barrel and fired it and it didn't go off. Not even after 3 primers. I disassembled the muzzle loader and found that the breech plug was totally clear. The pellets were covered in black stuff but didn't burn. This happend a couple of times. I then opened a new pack of pellets and the gun fired.

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Tell us everywhere that first box of pellets have been.

Alot of folks mistakenly take the whole box to the range & keep them open/exposed for a few hoursonhumid days. Some other folks succumb the pellets to all kinds of temperature changes ... ie... in & out of a heated car to the cold outside -- then a couple of days in a camper where the heat gets turned off before hunting -- pellets go from warm to cold -then turn warm again uponturning on the heater after hunting that evening.

Some other folks keep their ML accessories in a damp basement or garage. Some swab the bore with solvent - then forget to dry-patch before loading the pellets. There are even times when the freight company that brings the pellets to retail stores has engine failure & the contents are kept in the trailer for too long -- exposed to varying weather conditions.

There are around 10 more excuses for having damp powder. But I'm stopping this reply right here.