My muzzleloaders are loaded on a squeaky clean barrel and sometimes remain loaded for months. They always go bang when they're supposed to.

I load mine at the start of the first muzzleloader season (first of Nov) and leave it loaded until the end of the last muzzleloader seaseon (first Sat. in Jan). Unless I shoot something. Then I clean and reload it. Haven't had any problems so far.

You're right. but then again neither have any of the deer I shot after having a charge in my flinter for 2 weeks. I don't think our ancestors refreshed their loads every day. And they didn't have the corrosion protection we had, nor were their powders as efficient.

I always load on a clean dry barrel then leave the charge in until it's either fired or the season ends. The exception to this is if it's really cold. Then when I bring it in the house I let the gun warm up then push the charge through and run a dry patch and light coat of oil to leave in until I go out again.

The also complained about wet powder too.

Loaded My Remington with T 7 Nov 14th 2010 every evening for the next month I parked in the dryest corner of our screen porch every evening then one morning it was raining so I placed some cling wrap over the muzzle with a rubber band. With Christmas barking at my heels at the end of ML season I didn't get around to fire it till Jan 3d 2011. It was Minus 15F and the thing fired just fine shattering the frozen milk jug of water I had sat in front of the back stop.
this year when I have time I will remove the CCI 209 primer, then the breach plug and push the load out to save the bullet and sabot at least.
The flag on the trigger guard is a great idea, Never know when some thing may happen to you and no body knows that rifle on the porch is loaded.

:D Al

You keep your ML primed?

That is what I do but I NEVER take the gun in the house durning the season, it stays in the truck, in Mn. it gets pretty cool & bringing the cold gun into the warm house is going to cause condensation. never a problem leaving it in the cold. Doc

I think you worry too much, I have Hunted with my MLer in the Rain for days, in the extreme cold -0 and then bring my MLer into my warm truck, home where it's warm and then back into the cold truck untill it warms up, then back out into the -0 temps and back to the cold truck and warmed up then to the warm house back to the cold then warm truck out into the -0 cold again. I never had a problem with condensation, rust or the MLer not firing. I have said this a hundred times, I cover the end of my Barrel with a piece of Masking Tape, this keeps out moisture, rain and snow. If you dont get any of this in your barrel then you wont have any of these problems. I have done this for years, if you keep your barrel uncovered then it's your fault, try what I do and you'll thank me.
(BP)