Leave Muzzleloader Loaded?

[Mad Professor]

Bottle rockets and roman candles :grin:

 

[FishDFly]

"Knew a deputy that got a broken jaw and some teeth knocked out when he got hit in the face with a rifle stock."


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[azmntman]

He was saying he heard of a guy that was disabled from an unloaded rifle. :surrender:

 

[FishDFly]

Huh, would never figured that out from what he wrote, seems simple language would make more sense.

 

[azmntman]

Simple minds tend to mesh real good like. :idunno:

 

[Claude Mathis]

Huh, would never figured that out from what he wrote, seems simple language would make more sense.

I simply thought he meant the guy was hit with the butt of a rifle?

 

[FishDFly]

"Knew a deputy that got a broken jaw and some teeth knocked out when he got hit in the face with a rifle stock."

Not sure how the above fits in with the original post?

 

[azmntman]

Don't mater much....original posts sometimes last only 4-5 replies till they "evolve". Rabbit hole effect ya know :haha:

 

[FishDFly]

Kinda makes sense, sorta of.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Don't mater much....original posts sometimes last only 4-5 replies till they "evolve". Rabbit hole effect ya know :haha:

Evolution in a virtual world.... :hmm: Makes sense to me...but the "butterfly affect" might be more fitting...or something similar. :idunno:

 

[Mad Professor]

Will leaving a muzzleloading pistol loaded with just a powder charge harm the cylinder no ball loaded? I have elk and deer destroying my garden and fruit trees. By the time I get a powder charge loaded to scare them off they are gone ....

Leave it loaded and go with a stout charge in a rifle; elk get pretty big.

Check your game and crop damage laws.


P.S. Hope you have some onions and garlic in the garden, to go with the fresh venison

:grin: :grin:

 

[cynthialee]

Got a pistol that has been loaded for 3 years. Last time I loaded it I waited two years to fire. Every cylinder went off without a hitch. I suspect that when I do shoot it that it will shoot just fine. President Grant's pistol sat loaded for 50 years and it shot fine when they did shoot the thing.

 

[azmntman]

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Hi Cynthia, nice to see ya back!

 

[coloradoclyde]

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Hi Cynthia, nice to see ya back!

X2.... :thumbsup:

 

[cynthialee]

Time to dust off the shooting irons and get ready for this falls hunt. Figured I may stop by and see what is being talked about.

 

[Col. Batguano]

Will leaving a muzzleloading pistol loaded with just a powder charge harm the cylinder no ball loaded? I have elk and deer destroying my garden and fruit trees. By the time I get a powder charge loaded to scare them off they are gone ....

Just somehow leave yourself a note to remind you that it is loaded. If part of your "normal" regimen is to always check first before loading, then you're in good shape to start with. If not, then the written reminder placed conspicuously on the gun (like a note written on blue masking tape for instance and taped around the trigger guard) may help. My "night stand gun" has this sort of a conspicuous reminder on it, and that hasn't been shot in years, and hopefully never will be used for its' intended purpose. It's there partly to remind me, but also for my wife to know, and she is MUCH less familiar with firearms than I am.

 

[Grumpa]

We've missed you. :hatsoff:

Richard/Grumpa

 

[slumlord44]

I leave mine loaded throut deer season and always leave a tag hanging on the barrel with LOADED in red. Do that on any gun that I leave loaded for any reason. Had serious heart problem and surgery about 3 months ago. Could have easily died. Don't want my family to have an accident with a loaded gun after my untimely death. It also helps remind me in my old age should I somehow forget.

 

[1frozenhillbilly]

for a number of years the only guns i had were BP i always kept them loaded and the only issue i ever had was my first colt when i used the recommended bore butter and stored it, it oil fouled the powder. i never saw any sign of a problem from storing a well cleaned BP gun loaded i did have a rifle that developed a rough spot in the bore before i got it, it had been stored for five or more years with a charge in it but i have no idea if it had been properly cleaned before it was stored, after i replaced the nipple it did fire that charge on the first cap. but i had a cleaning jag get stuck the first time i cleaned it and had to shoot that out and do some lapping to get the roughness out, it stuck so bad i actually pulled the threads out of the ramrod. btw i recommend extreme caution if you try to shoot out something like a stuck jag i trickled powder in through the clean out then seated the stuck jag and patch down on a very light charge and used a string to discharge it!

 

[Critter Getter]

I had trouble with deer helping themselves to our garden and fruit trees as well. I hung some Irish Spring soap in some panty hose around the garden and on the apple trees. That stopped the deer. Greg