Leaving Muzzleloader Loaded for a week?
11-14-2015, 02:58 PM
#31
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 32
WV, higher humidity areas succumb to "sweating" problems with temperature variations. I've brought rifles in after being out in the cold (and around here it gets freaking COLD!) and could sit there and watch the water bead up on my barrel. It's also a problem if you are running a humidifier in the house.
I am currently purchasing some very nicely figured MINT stocks that came off of a 760. The gun was purchased and stored in the cab of a truck for an entire season. Although the donor rifle was barely used the barrel is completely rust pitted.
I would not discount the effects of condensation on a firearm.
Last edited by Exophysical; 11-14-2015 at 03:07 PM.
11-15-2015, 07:12 AM
#33
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,922
post not intended for Pyrodex users....
I'm with you Johnny. But every shot only costs me less than a dollar. Some folks buy expensive bullets and use expensive pellet powder. Costs them 3X more per shot than me. That's a reason why they prefer to stay loaded day-to-day.
Other folks feel they must do a complete cleaning after shooting at the end of the day. If we use the less corrosive powders and proper wet patch-spray that contains a small amount of rust inhibitor in it, you can do it in two patches....... one wet and one dry. No need to do a complete cleaning.
I shoot my MLs everyday, sometime for an entire week without a tear-down, having used 777, American Pioneer, real black and now currently Blackhorn 209. Plus I hunt in the humid Midwest. The only time I go beyond one wet patch per day is if it's snowing or raining.
I'm with you Johnny. But every shot only costs me less than a dollar. Some folks buy expensive bullets and use expensive pellet powder. Costs them 3X more per shot than me. That's a reason why they prefer to stay loaded day-to-day.
Other folks feel they must do a complete cleaning after shooting at the end of the day. If we use the less corrosive powders and proper wet patch-spray that contains a small amount of rust inhibitor in it, you can do it in two patches....... one wet and one dry. No need to do a complete cleaning.
I shoot my MLs everyday, sometime for an entire week without a tear-down, having used 777, American Pioneer, real black and now currently Blackhorn 209. Plus I hunt in the humid Midwest. The only time I go beyond one wet patch per day is if it's snowing or raining.
Last edited by Triple Se7en; 11-15-2015 at 07:16 AM.
11-15-2015, 02:11 PM
#34
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: gilbert az
Posts: 1,168
all the answers to this may or not be correct it just depends on each circumstance. usually you can get away with not cleaning and i try it more often out here in the west but not as much in the north east !! i have no problem taking the time to clean my guns and they are all spotless the only bad part is i shoot whites and we all know about the squib load issue and i hate having to shoot a couple of primers off and then the squib load at 4am that's the only thing that prevents me from cleaning every night !!
11-15-2015, 02:42 PM
#35
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: VA.
Posts: 1,415
I hunt from dark to dark and don't clean my inlines bore unless I have shot the load at game. If I'm not hunting again the following morning, I pull the breach plug and retrieve the bullet/sabot for later use.
Last edited by Game Stalker; 11-15-2015 at 02:46 PM.
11-16-2015, 07:14 PM
#36
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 188
i generally hunt first light and i'm too picky so there's plenty of time for me to work on shooting paper later in the day lol.
