I just purchased a 50 cal. muzzleloading barrel for my T/C Sys. 1. Is it best to store a barrel standing vertical, laying horizontal, or it dosen' t matter. Sorry for the strange question. Thanks in advance.

put a clean dry sock over the barrel (to keep dust out) and store it vertically.....

There' s very little difference actually if any at all.

I agree...

The only difference is that storing one horizontal or even barrel down helps keep excess oils from soaking into the stocks on some guns. Of course you shouldn' t have a ton of oil in your barrel, but we' ve all seen older guns with darker wood around the back of the action/tang area from years of oil flowing into the wood. I have a couple of mint Winchester Model 12' s that I store barrel down for just this reason. The rest of my guns are stored barrel up. For long term storage I' ll use grease instead of oil.