Well gman, I carried it at the tail end of the hunting season and didn't get a shot. So it came home loaded at the end of the season. All of my post season range sessions have been with other guns, so it's still loaded. I'll be taking it along for a range session sooner or later. But until then, it's safe and secure in the locked closet. I wouldn't leave it like that if it were loaded on a fouled bore, or even one where I popped a cap to clear the nipple. But that was not the case. It was loaded on a perfectly clean dry bore.