Keeping an 1858 loaded indefinitely

[Flintlock Whiskey]

how to you avoid rust if you don't oil your guns? a dry gun with no oil will rust in my climate..

I am "blessed" with an exceptionally dry environment. But even so, I keep my gun well oiled and carefully clean out the chambers and load it. The only points that don't have rust inhibitor are the chambers and with the hydrophilic nature of BP, there won't be any corrosion going on.

 

[nick_1]

I find the safest way to really know its going to go bang every time is shoot it dry once a week and re load fresh .

 

[Smokerr]

While I get it, also keep in mind, the dry fire only proves the last set of Caps worked!

I only use mine for shooting at the range so no big deal one way or the other for me, I load up a few days before I go down, sometimes I miss a window and its a week or so.

On the 47 Walker I never know if a cap is going to wind up on the inside of the hammer. I only know if I look or more common, the next chamber does not go boom. Two of those and I know I have part of a cap stuck to the hammer curve or the frame curve.

We all dance to different tunes depending on how we think and what we are doing.

 

[Colonial Boy]

As it is now illegal for me to keep any firearm loaded it is a moot point, however the advice that I got from the gentleman who gave me my first Navy Colt was to drip a little candle wax on the ball and the cap thus sealing them or to use shellac; a modern quick dry product would be clear fingernail varnish.