Will keeping a muzzleloader loaded cause any problems?
10-16-2008 | 06:12 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Will keeping a muzzleloader loaded cause any problems?
No not retricted ...I bought the gun used from a friend a couple of years ago ..he had two just alike ..he had zeroed it in using 46 grains ofIMR 4227 smokeless powder ...I shot it and at 175 yards it was pretty much dead on so I was sold on it ...as I have said I have not hunted with a M/L much so this is all a little new for me ...the guy I got the gun from was a veteran M/L hunter and I just assumed he knew these guns pretty well.
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10-16-2008 | 07:59 PM
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RE: Will keeping a muzzleloader loaded cause any problems?
ORIGINAL: DoctorDeath
No not retricted ...I bought the gun used from a friend a couple of years ago ..he had two just alike ..he had zeroed it in using 46 grains ofIMR 4227 smokeless powder ...I shot it and at 175 yards it was pretty much dead on so I was sold on it ...as I have said I have not hunted with a M/L much so this is all a little new for me ...the guy I got the gun from was a veteran M/L hunter and I just assumed he knew these guns pretty well.
dd
No not retricted ...I bought the gun used from a friend a couple of years ago ..he had two just alike ..he had zeroed it in using 46 grains ofIMR 4227 smokeless powder ...I shot it and at 175 yards it was pretty much dead on so I was sold on it ...as I have said I have not hunted with a M/L much so this is all a little new for me ...the guy I got the gun from was a veteran M/L hunter and I just assumed he knew these guns pretty well.
dd
Rory, smokeless powder is measured by weight, not volume like BP and substitutes. I only use 40 gr of IMR 4759. 2000fps with a 250gr SW and that is a reduced load , i can easily get 2400fps & 2200fps w/ a 300 gr. and still less recoil than a conventional muzzleloader. The Savage is awsome!
10-16-2008 | 08:24 PM
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RE: Will keeping a muzzleloader loaded cause any problems?
ORIGINAL: DeerandbearhoG
Sorry to be pain but Im confused when you shot it at 175 yds were you using 4227 or BP?
Rory, smokeless powder is measured by weight, not volume like BP and substitutes. I only use 40 gr of IMR 4759. 2000fps with a 250gr SW and that is a reduced load , i can easily get 2400fps & 2200fps w/ a 300 gr. and still less recoil than a conventional muzzleloader. The Savage is awsome!
ORIGINAL: DoctorDeath
No not retricted ...I bought the gun used from a friend a couple of years ago ..he had two just alike ..he had zeroed it in using 46 grains ofIMR 4227 smokeless powder ...I shot it and at 175 yards it was pretty much dead on so I was sold on it ...as I have said I have not hunted with a M/L much so this is all a little new for me ...the guy I got the gun from was a veteran M/L hunter and I just assumed he knew these guns pretty well.
dd
No not retricted ...I bought the gun used from a friend a couple of years ago ..he had two just alike ..he had zeroed it in using 46 grains ofIMR 4227 smokeless powder ...I shot it and at 175 yards it was pretty much dead on so I was sold on it ...as I have said I have not hunted with a M/L much so this is all a little new for me ...the guy I got the gun from was a veteran M/L hunter and I just assumed he knew these guns pretty well.
dd
Rory, smokeless powder is measured by weight, not volume like BP and substitutes. I only use 40 gr of IMR 4759. 2000fps with a 250gr SW and that is a reduced load , i can easily get 2400fps & 2200fps w/ a 300 gr. and still less recoil than a conventional muzzleloader. The Savage is awsome!
dd
10-17-2008 | 01:36 PM
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From: Orange county, NY
RE: Will keeping a muzzleloader loaded cause any problems?
ORIGINAL: DoctorDeath
Yes 4227 is what he laoded it with and he even gave me a can of the powder that I am STILL using ...
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ORIGINAL: DeerandbearhoG
Sorry to be pain but Im confused when you shot it at 175 yds were you using 4227 or BP?
Rory, smokeless powder is measured by weight, not volume like BP and substitutes. I only use 40 gr of IMR 4759. 2000fps with a 250gr SW and that is a reduced load , i can easily get 2400fps & 2200fps w/ a 300 gr. and still less recoil than a conventional muzzleloader. The Savage is awsome!
ORIGINAL: DoctorDeath
No not retricted ...I bought the gun used from a friend a couple of years ago ..he had two just alike ..he had zeroed it in using 46 grains ofIMR 4227 smokeless powder ...I shot it and at 175 yards it was pretty much dead on so I was sold on it ...as I have said I have not hunted with a M/L much so this is all a little new for me ...the guy I got the gun from was a veteran M/L hunter and I just assumed he knew these guns pretty well.
dd
No not retricted ...I bought the gun used from a friend a couple of years ago ..he had two just alike ..he had zeroed it in using 46 grains ofIMR 4227 smokeless powder ...I shot it and at 175 yards it was pretty much dead on so I was sold on it ...as I have said I have not hunted with a M/L much so this is all a little new for me ...the guy I got the gun from was a veteran M/L hunter and I just assumed he knew these guns pretty well.
dd
Rory, smokeless powder is measured by weight, not volume like BP and substitutes. I only use 40 gr of IMR 4759. 2000fps with a 250gr SW and that is a reduced load , i can easily get 2400fps & 2200fps w/ a 300 gr. and still less recoil than a conventional muzzleloader. The Savage is awsome!
dd
10-27-2008 | 01:18 PM
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RE: Will keeping a muzzleloader loaded cause any problems?
Shouldn't hurt it at all. I've been elk hunting for a week and had no problem when on the last day I finally got a shot and the elk. But, don't do like my partner did. He kept his charge in for a year. Yup, missed his first shot this year and it sounded flat when it went off.Go figure. But he ended up with a very large 5 X 5 blacktail that same day. We hunt in Eastern Washington state.
10-27-2008 | 03:05 PM
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RE: Will keeping a muzzleloader loaded cause any problems?
i use an old cap fire muzzleloader and use straight powder. it doesnt hurt it but you have to keep it dry and dont leave it sit in a moist, cold place for a long period of time
10-27-2008 | 03:47 PM
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RE: Will keeping a muzzleloader loaded cause any problems?
ORIGINAL: A11en
What are the regulations on transporting a loaded muzzleloader? This must be regulated?
What are the regulations on transporting a loaded muzzleloader? This must be regulated?