Leaving it Loaded

[chuck-ia]

OK, sorry about the lazy comment, I'll change it to irresponsible,I have been guilty of leaving a muzzleloader loaded for a couple days, but allways with a tag on the trigger guard, LOADED. I think it would be safe to leave a muzzleloader loaded for years as long as everyone who sees it knows it is loaded, (tag) there is no guarantee we will wake up in the morning. I will rephrase my bad comment to, I think it is irrresponsible to keep a muzzleloader loaded after season for weeks with no tag. I allso work full time, 55 hrs a week, if I hurry I can completly clean my gun in under a half hour. Face it, most people have no idea if a muzzleloader is loaded, they just assume it is unloaded, that is where really bad things can happen. Think about this, you just got back from hunting, it's late, no time to unload the gun so you just put it away for the night, maybe even in the gun cabinet, no tag saying loaded, you die in your sleep that night, (it can happen) are you comftorable with that? Course we all know where ever the gun ends up they will know enough to check if it is loaded before dryfiring it, maybe even popping a cap (if percussion)to see how loud it is. And as for the stupid comment, I did not call anyone stupid. flinch

 

[RC]

flinch did say.....

What it boils down to is the person that leaves a muzzleloader loaded after season is over is just plain and simple LAZY

I'd agree leaving a gun loaded after the season probably not a good idea,,any type,,,jus sayin flinch did not seem to take exception to during...jus after,,,and like crockett an others said depends much on your situation...kids no kids alone w/ other gun smart people,,etc,,, jus sayin.. :wink:

 

[rabjr]

Some of us answer the question too and don't bother to mention the steps taken to let everyone know the guns loaded. Like in my case the piece of orange ribbon tied around the trigger guard reminds me a gun is loaded. This during the hunting season as I'm blessed to have a choice between 4 guns for that days hunt...at the end of the season all are unloaded and taken care of.

 

[chuck-ia]

sgtschutzen, maybe you should reread my first post before assuming I was calling you lazy, (about having a tag on a loaded gun) flinch

 

[tg]

I would think that anyone should have a better understanding of anothers complete situation before labling them lazy or irresponsible just because their safety methods do not fall upon an equall footing, this smacks of a complete lack of underestanding of all that is Mling, my guns go into a room and then into a closet, both locked with the only keys in my posession or locked in a desk, such labeling of others for something like this which is a simple difference in opinion and gun storage practive is deserving of a name but I will not go down to the level required to post one at this point, I would just suggest ignoring those who feel their star burns so much brighter than anyone elses IMHO and remind them that in their long search for accumulating more ML knowledge than anyone else that the light at the end of the tunnel is probably the train and if they run really fast they might catch it

 

[chuck-ia]

preservefreedom, Things can get carried away, huh. The bottom line is black powder will last for hundreds of years if kept dry, and go boom. So no surprize to me your gun went off. I have been using some probably 50 year old powder, (dupont) and seems to work fine. flinch

 

[chuck-ia]

tg, I guess I have a lot to learn. flinch :bow:

 

[rabjr]

No worrys Chuck...none of us can live up to TGs standards... :haha: :thumbsup:

 

[nmdd]

When I was a wee kid...my dad taught me to treat every gun I pick up as "loaded" I still do this to this day....I do not need a note telling me it is loaded....as far as I am concerned they are all loaded....

 

[necchi]

When I was a wee kid...my dad taught me to treat every gun I pick up as "loaded" I still do this to this day....I do not need a note telling me it is loaded....as far as I am concerned they are all loaded....

:hatsoff:
And if I should die before I wake,
I know my guns my son will take,,
An I taught him the same thing since he was a wee lad.
Besides, He knows me well enough he's gonna check,

 

[Rat Trapper]

It seem everytime someone makes a post, some liberal safety policeman will want to call him names and try to impress upon him that what he's doing is or might be wrong. Back in the old days people were way less concerned with the PC crap, and I think everyone was happier. I have left a rifle on my unheated porch for several weeks loaded and it fired with no problems.

 

[Maestro]

I will rephrase my bad comment to, I think it is irrresponsible to keep a muzzleloader loaded after season for weeks with no tag.

Thank you, flinch! :thumbsup: You're certainly entitled to your opinion and I think everyone would agree that it's a good idea to mark or tag a loaded muzzleloader. However, not doing so doesn't necessarily make one "lazy" or "irresponsible".