ORIGINAL: Flairball
I hunted today, and will be going out again in the morning. Should I pull the bullet, and remove the shot charge, or can I leave the gun as is tonight? My father always says to leave the gun in the car so the temperature change won't affect the shot charge, but I live in the city, and hunt a suburban wood lot 15 minutes away, so i don't feel comfortable leaving the gun in the car. Opinions please?
Do as your father recommends-just don't take it into a heated room where condensation can form in the barrel and wet the powder charge, but only if you have a safe, unheated place to leave it. If not, then draw the ball and dump the powder! Always remove the cap, regardless!
One week in the Adirondacks I left my rifle loaded all week, and left it in an unheated woodshed at night. At the end of the week (NO DEER!!) I fired it at 100 yards, and it was still dead-on (Clean Shot powder, Power-Belt bullet.)