elknut1
As i look at mine in here, I am thinking it has been loaded for about 3 weeks now... I only have two concerns when it comes to leaving the loaded (de-capped mind you) - SAFETY & CONTAMINATION... The most important thing is SAFETY is it safe -will somebody forget or pick it up - what ever be safe...
2nd - Contamination - there are a lot of ways to contaminate a load. If any of those ways are possible dump the load and start fresh. If I have been hunting in bad weather I will probably dump the load. If it is stored in really humid or damp weather I will dump the load. If I were using a breech plug greese that over a period of time could contaminate the load I would dump the load. If I were loading a conical or a patch with Bore Butter or any moisture I would dump the load. REMEMBER all substitutes are very prone to collecting moisture.
Your too....
Too, it was recommended I use two 50grn pellets and a 348grn slug, how adjustable is this combo? I'm looking to be effective to 125yds or so.
If you are just starting out, the pellet/powerbelt combination may well be the bet... But you will find a whole lot of better combinations as time goes - depending on how addicted you get to your ML. In my case I am way overboard - pellets and powerbelts went by the way side along time ago. Ask Cayugad about some of his good rules when using powerbelts and or even pellets, he is far more diplomatic than I can be.
Just the thoughts of an old guy...