fire hazard?

[flntlokr]

Pretty much anywhere in British Columbia, we are not allowed to shoot using greased patches at rendezvous'. I have seen 'smokers' in front of the shooting line many times, and they were invariably the result of greased patches. Some shoots, you would be invited to put your guns away (and perhaps to leave) if you didn't comply. On our range, we cannot use our bush trail at all, most summers, wet patches or not. The flash out the side of a flinter could easily drop an ember into dry moss or some such, and result in a fire hours later.

 

[ML48]

Pretty much anywhere in British Columbia, we are not allowed to shoot using greased patches at rendezvous'. I have seen 'smokers' in front of the shooting line many times, and they were invariably the result of greased patches. Some shoots, you would be invited to put your guns away (and perhaps to leave) if you didn't comply. On our range, we cannot use our bush trail at all, most summers, wet patches or not. The flash out the side of a flinter could easily drop an ember into dry moss or some such, and result in a fire hours later.

You know, with all those regulations and all, they could very well just ban muzzleloaders as dangerous fire starters and ban them....I wonder if those fools will try to ban lightening strikes

 

[david58]

I don’t think the risk is nearly as bad as people make out. I’ve shot muzzleloaders for years with conicals and never seen it happen or even heard of it happening locally. To be honest the gentlemen here on this site are the only ones I know that have seen it and it’s always been the result of a smoldering patch.

And I've stomped out fires from burning patches...

 

[Stykbow]

And I've stomped out fires from burning patches...

I don’t doubt it. I tried to be clear that I accepted that as a possibility with patches even though I hadn’t personally seen it. I still don’t think shooting conicals is much of a fire hazard.

 

[bang]

It is enough a possibility that the gun club I belong to bans bp during burn ban.
Saying it won't happen is paramount to hold my beer.

 

[david58]

I don’t doubt it. I tried to be clear that I accepted that as a possibility with patches even though I hadn’t personally seen it. I still don’t think shooting conicals is much of a fire hazard.

Conicals with no patch, that makes sense. But PRB requires one to pay attention - I have found little smokers on trailwalk that the group leaving them never saw. And if you want to see excitement, use the word "fire" at a rendezvous in dry California way back in the forest - I never saw so many bodies and buckets and shovels moving so fast in my life.

 

[SDSmlf]

Paper 0atching causing fire is a myth

Saw a small grass fire started years ago in New Mexico. It was very hot and dry with both patched roundball and paper patching/wading being used. No idea which started the excitement. Have seen both smolder while shooting since then, with no fires started, but I don’t shoot much in dry environments.

Have at it. If you live in a dry climate, make sure you plenty of insurance, unless you have no assets you worry about losing.

 

[Mad L]

Unmentionables can spark fires, muzzleloaders can spark fires. Sometimes simply "Chit happens".

Here we are required by law, when shooting on public land, to have:
A fire extinguisher
A shovel
At bucket of water

Treat every gun as if its loaded, treat every shot as a potential fire spark.

 

[ML48]

Unmentionables can spark fires, muzzleloaders can spark fires. Sometimes simply "Chit happens".

Here we are required by law, when shooting on public land, to have:
A fire extinguisher
A shovel
At bucket of water

Treat every gun as if its loaded, treat every shot as a potential fire spark.

That's kind of cumbersome when your hunting....

 

[Mad L]

That's kind of cumbersome when your hunting....

Should have mentioned: Target shooting on BLM land, we do that around here when not hunting