puddle in the pan

Went out to the range yesterday,being a real nice day,except for it being quite humid,which caused the pan to get wet after a few shots,had to keep wiping it dry,as well as the frizzen and the flint.Finally got a little tired of it and went home.On the way home I couldn't help thinking that if I was in a battle fighting off a horde of hostils what would I have said then,"Hey Sarge,this is getting to be a pain in the neck,I'm going home."?I dought it.I wonder what they really did?

 

Got kilt or fixed dem bayonets ::

 

[Stumpkiller]

I think I'd sacrifice a shirttail to the cause before I just gave up and let a herd of hostiles over run me. I usually keep a length of tic tucked into the edge of my hunting bag for just that purpose. I wipe the pan as a habit before I prime.

 

ahhhhhhhhhhh stumpy your no fun, what

 

[robinghewitt]

It seems to me that the moisture appears as you ram the next load. The moist air in the barrel condensing as it blasts out through the touch hole, expands and cools.

If that is true, you may be able to find a work around. OTOH it is perfectly possible that I am imagining things ::

 

No, not imagining things, at all. With the forced air, you are passing much more moist air over the pan than would be presented to it in still conditions. All the extra air helps increase the amount of moisture retained in the fouling.
: Here, typically, the blast turns black or grey fouling into white fouling due to the dryness robbing what moisture is in the fouing from the burning. (what little there is, that is)

 

[No Powder]

I had a post on here about the product "Rain Coat" you mix it with your pan powder anyway I have been using it all year and was going to post a results thread sometime after we get done rendezvouing this year. Any way it really cuts down on the black ink puddle you are talking about. I like the stuff.
No Powder