I'm looking for the advice regarding my muzzleloader should I unload it every weekend during a six week muzzleloading season in which I use the gun only on the weekends it's a Thompson Center bone collector with hundred grains of pellets should I extract the bullet manually.

Or should I leave the pellets in the bullet and simply remove the primer then the next weekend reinstall the primer for hunting. For this weekend I removed the pellets and the bullet but had to throw the pellets away as they absorbed breach lube upon extraction if I do that every weekend for the next six weeks I'll end up wasting and discarding quite a few pellets

Sorry for the typos...

Unload.

Can I get a second on that?

I unload mine.... Why even take the chance? Unload and swab is better than having a misfire or replacing a pitted barrel.

Whats more important to you, a few wasted pellets or an accidental discharge while you are either putting it in or taking it out of the safe thinking that it will be OK just for that "Only" one time!!!!!! Clear it before entering the house and don't think twice about you or your family's safety.

"I removed the pellets and the bullet but had to throw the pellets away as they absorbed breach lube upon extraction"

Maybe skip the breech lube for hunting?? Not sure if this is a good idea (I have never done this -- maybe someone else will weigh in), but your hunting and only going to fire once (hopefully) or maybe twice -- how gunked up is it gonna get? Your not taking to the range and shooting it 20 times.

First off, you should make sure your gun is clean and dry (and has no residual lube) in it when you load it. If the gun was loaded on a clean barrel, you do not have to unload it. Once the season starts here, I usually leave mine loaded until I shoot something. Sometimes this can be weeks, or even months. Never had an issue ever on 25+yrs of ML hunting.

Now, if its loaded on a fouled bore...you'd certainly want to unload and clean.

Since you said your pellets absorbed lube...you probably need to run an alcohol patch down your barrel, then a dry patch before loading. Your pellets should come out dry if you do unload, not saturated.

You can leave it loaded. Just make sure you always remove the primer once your hunt is over. Then check it again. There is no danger if the primer is removed.

As mentioned, make sure your barrel is clean and dry BEFORE loading.

You don't have to use lube on the breech plug. Ever. Instead, wrap the threads in Teflon tape. Just one to two layers max.

First off, you might consider switching to powder. I found pellets to be very unreliable. They gave me inconsistent groupings, perhaps due to the fact that they may not pack down the same. But also, as the gun shop guy told me, pellets can go bad after a season, where as powder keeps for many years. Once when I fired with pellets I did not even hear a report - apparently the bullet moved that slow! With respect to unloading, I keep mine loaded for our short 1 week season except for the primer cap - it is legal to transport the gun this way in our state. As a precaution, always double check before reloading to make sure you are not double-loading - that is your big danger. As far as unloading goes, the only way I ever do this is to fire the gun. And if it does not fire, then I am pretty darned careful if I have to push the load out. But I guess if you did not fire off the primer cap it is not as hairy to unload without firing. I have a scope, so every time I fire I need to clean, and removing the barrel offers opportunity to mess up the scope.

Leaving it loaded just presents too many possible issues I think.

Leave mine loaded for the entire 2 week season here. Never had a problem with it.