i discharge at the end of every day almost every day....i think once i brought it home with a charge..only because it was a sunny day...and i was hunting bright n early the next morning....but still i usually always fire it.....who knows what could happend to your powder....sweat or dew could fell into it.....anything.....i dont want to risk it.........and i agree.......the 10 mins it takes to clean my rifle became part of the hunt.....sitting there in the bathtub...smell of burnt blackpowder all through the house...mom yelling at me....sitting there reflecting on the days hunt....planning the hunt of tomarow......somethin else i enjoy about BP hunting.....rather be safe then sorry.....who knows....maybe something happens and you cant hunt for a while......you forget its charged....next time out you double load it......or worst.....something happens to you.....noone knows your rifle is loaded....thats an accident waiting to happen with someone that doesnt know any better and is just trying to move your guns around or sell them off or something........