Me Too. I even fire a dang prb with 1/2 a charge into a tree and reload before hunting!
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Griz44Mag
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Before leaving camp and heading out to hunt.
I use a basting syringe with a short piece of plastic tubing.
Draw up an ounce or so of alcohol, push it with force down the nipple into the gun. (barrel pointed down)
Instant super clean, oil free firing channel.
Follow with a good swabbing of the bore with a dry patch. The swabbing also pushes air in and out of the nipple.
The alcohol dries really fast.
Load up and go hunt. Fast, simple, 100% first shot ignition (as long as the cap pops...)
I use a basting syringe with a short piece of plastic tubing.
Draw up an ounce or so of alcohol, push it with force down the nipple into the gun. (barrel pointed down)
Instant super clean, oil free firing channel.
Follow with a good swabbing of the bore with a dry patch. The swabbing also pushes air in and out of the nipple.
The alcohol dries really fast.
Load up and go hunt. Fast, simple, 100% first shot ignition (as long as the cap pops...)
Wisconsin Relic
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I found this site just a few days ago, even though I’ve been building and shooting traditional muzzle loaders for over 40 years. I have to profess ignorance of a lot of the rituals mentioned here. I just clean my Rifle/s after every shoot. I use hot water and a good black powder bore cleaner. I pull out the nipple, clean that, and get the hot water squirting thru the bolster & out. I oil the barrel and other metal bits after cleaning. I store my guns muzzle down.
When loading, I hold the gun on an angle, down and toward the hammer side. I hold the gun over, with lock down and give it a few good taps, settling powder into the bolster. (I always snap a cap or two before loading). Then I seat the ball.
Over these 43 years I’ve been doing it this way, I’ve had a few bad caps, but never a misfire. (I probably will now!). Maybe it’s just fools luck.
When loading, I hold the gun on an angle, down and toward the hammer side. I hold the gun over, with lock down and give it a few good taps, settling powder into the bolster. (I always snap a cap or two before loading). Then I seat the ball.
Over these 43 years I’ve been doing it this way, I’ve had a few bad caps, but never a misfire. (I probably will now!). Maybe it’s just fools luck.
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Great video Idaholewis!
As mentioned tapping on the side near the lock brings powder to the nipple.
But remember ALWAYS do the tap at practice, when sighting, every time the gun is to be fired.
Why? Because if you don't your point of impact will change.
So if you do it as a practice, your shooting will be constant.
Also works well with flintlock.
When hunting, I always fire a blank charge in camp. ( does not need to be a full charge just enough to make sure barrel is dry and clean from junk and critters.
Whether hunting or target shooting loading practices must be constant to guarantee a good shot.
Fred
As mentioned tapping on the side near the lock brings powder to the nipple.
But remember ALWAYS do the tap at practice, when sighting, every time the gun is to be fired.
Why? Because if you don't your point of impact will change.
So if you do it as a practice, your shooting will be constant.
Also works well with flintlock.
When hunting, I always fire a blank charge in camp. ( does not need to be a full charge just enough to make sure barrel is dry and clean from junk and critters.
Whether hunting or target shooting loading practices must be constant to guarantee a good shot.
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My rifles put the first round from a clean bore on target. Prior to loading; the bore is swabbed with a patch moist with alcohol, followed by a dry patch. My rifles always go bang when they're supposed to, sometimes months after being loaded.
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I just use a drop tube.
No banging, pounding, shaking
The powder is always where its
Supposed to be
No banging, pounding, shaking
The powder is always where its
Supposed to be
I may leave my deer rifle loaded for 3 months If I don't get a shot, lots of us folk do the same. My flintlock always goes off like it was just loaded, even after being loaded 3 months or more. The powder is sealed by the patched ball in the barrel and a toothpick in the touch hole.
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Glad it works for you
I tap the side of the stock if I remember to do it, but don't do it about half the time, so far I haven't had a F2F or hangfire issue. I leave mine loaded too, tape the end of the barrel and set a foam earplug over the nipple. I've never had a fail to fire for any reason except for at the range when swabbing and pushing fouling down...going to turn my jag down to avoid that issue.
I think it comes down to the type of climate folks live in. If it is a low humidity area we can get away with leaving it loaded. Folks in a high humidity area can't get away with it, and have the tales to tell about it.
Same as the bore rusting during storage. As long as I get the bore clean and dry, almost anything works to keep it from rusting...even bore butter. I think that's why so many folks can say they've used a product for years with no issues and others say their bore rusted with the same product. That and I think some of them just don't get the bore dry after cleaning before applying their preventative.
I think it comes down to the type of climate folks live in. If it is a low humidity area we can get away with leaving it loaded. Folks in a high humidity area can't get away with it, and have the tales to tell about it.
Same as the bore rusting during storage. As long as I get the bore clean and dry, almost anything works to keep it from rusting...even bore butter. I think that's why so many folks can say they've used a product for years with no issues and others say their bore rusted with the same product. That and I think some of them just don't get the bore dry after cleaning before applying their preventative.
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I think you are 100 percent correct.
And Humidity can go thru solid metal.
Ha! Ha!
And Humidity can go thru solid metal.
Ha! Ha!
Technically no it cant go through solid metal, rather it's a form of oxidation from the redox reaction of obviously one, iron and two the presence of water or moisture which gives us lovely iron oxide and holes in metal as time progresses.
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I said HA HA
DOESN'T THAT MEAN ANYTHING
TO YOU
DOESN'T THAT MEAN ANYTHING
TO YOU
Not really no, I could care less. Just stating the facts humidity can't go through metal that's all.
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Perhaps, you should strive for greater clarity in your posts.
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It's OK 8 bore, I got it!!!!
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Glad some body did
