Fouling
12-10-2019, 11:25 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Marriottsville, Maryland
Posts: 1,058
May I suggest that you should fire a least 3 caps to clear the flash tube of any oil or debris.
Do not first dry fire a capped, unloaded muzzleloader at any target that you don't want to destroy.
Do not first dry fire a capped, unloaded muzzleloader...that is aimed with the muzzle close to the ground, just in front of the firing line at a range --- in order to see if the cap fire has a clear channel to the bore, by seeing if the grass or dirt moves in front of the muzzle --- That (muzzle must be pointed at the backstop for the first dry fire cap) is a range rule at our range...so much that I found --- over the years --- 5 spent muzzleloader bullets, just in front of the firing line. The ice in the winter pushes the bullet to the surface, like a farmers field that has a constant problem of rocks being pushed up by the ice.
Do not first dry fire a capped, unloaded muzzleloader at any target that you don't want to destroy.
Do not first dry fire a capped, unloaded muzzleloader...that is aimed with the muzzle close to the ground, just in front of the firing line at a range --- in order to see if the cap fire has a clear channel to the bore, by seeing if the grass or dirt moves in front of the muzzle --- That (muzzle must be pointed at the backstop for the first dry fire cap) is a range rule at our range...so much that I found --- over the years --- 5 spent muzzleloader bullets, just in front of the firing line. The ice in the winter pushes the bullet to the surface, like a farmers field that has a constant problem of rocks being pushed up by the ice.
Last edited by Erno86; 12-10-2019 at 11:30 AM. Reason: added a sentence
12-11-2019, 09:25 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 141
If you just fire 2-3 caps to fowl your bore, you don't have to worry about the powder being corrosive to your bbl. Once you fire a full or partial load you will need to clean your bbl shortly after your days hunt. I would say the latest a couple of days before risking ruining your bbl.
12-11-2019, 02:12 PM
#14
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
Posts: 15,428
May I suggest that you should fire a least 3 caps to clear the flash tube of any oil or debris.
Do not first dry fire a capped, unloaded muzzleloader at any target that you don't want to destroy.
Do not first dry fire a capped, unloaded muzzleloader...that is aimed with the muzzle close to the ground, just in front of the firing line at a range --- in order to see if the cap fire has a clear channel to the bore, by seeing if the grass or dirt moves in front of the muzzle --- That (muzzle must be pointed at the backstop for the first dry fire cap) is a range rule at our range...so much that I found --- over the years --- 5 spent muzzleloader bullets, just in front of the firing line. The ice in the winter pushes the bullet to the surface, like a farmers field that has a constant problem of rocks being pushed up by the ice.
Do not first dry fire a capped, unloaded muzzleloader at any target that you don't want to destroy.
Do not first dry fire a capped, unloaded muzzleloader...that is aimed with the muzzle close to the ground, just in front of the firing line at a range --- in order to see if the cap fire has a clear channel to the bore, by seeing if the grass or dirt moves in front of the muzzle --- That (muzzle must be pointed at the backstop for the first dry fire cap) is a range rule at our range...so much that I found --- over the years --- 5 spent muzzleloader bullets, just in front of the firing line. The ice in the winter pushes the bullet to the surface, like a farmers field that has a constant problem of rocks being pushed up by the ice.
12-19-2019, 02:53 PM
#15
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,745
If you're going to fire a cap to dry your breech and nipple area put a patch on your ramrod and insert it into the bore. That will dry out the breech area and not foul the bore. My MLs shoot spot on with a clean barrel. I really don't care about shooting a group when I'm hunting. If the first shot hits where I'm aiming that's all I worry about.
