RE: weather conditions on rifles
SabotLoader,
That is interesting. I had asked my buddy about that early this Fall when I had told him that I was going to get started in muzzlloading. He said that he would unload every evening and give the gun a thorough cleaning. He would often pull the bullet during lunch and go back into the woods with a fresh charge if there was the slightest amount of dew in the air.
Then this year he left that Encore loaded for the entire season. I am not sure what caused him to change his mind if it was something he had read possibly. I do need to ask him if he ever fired it at the end of the 3 week season.
Does the un-fired powder cause any type of contamination in the barrel or is it just after the powder ignite that it can cause the problems?
Thanks,
Mike