How long can you leave a revolver loaded with powder, wad, and ball?
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KingOfKindling
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If it's dry, probably several hundred years.
Even with a lubed wad?
It depends on your climate, your loading technique and your capping. I have had much better luck for some reason with conicals than RB. Some folks have tricks to seal the caps on the nipples that seems to help. Personally I shoot my 1858 fresh once a week and sometimes every two weeks. very occasionally three weeks.
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So un capped it should be good for a couple of days in Idaho
No problem.
ThanxNo problem.
un capped in Vermont in the summer with real BP and it would missfire and hang fire after one day. Capped with waxed conicals and T7 I have had great luck and reliability after several weeks. longest about 3 weeks. Usually cant go much longer than that without getting the itch to shoot it.
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Depends on the lube. A waxed wad probably won’t affect the charge much and in that case the blackpowder will remain viable virtually forever assuming it remains dry.
Trev
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I left mine loaded (black powder & capped & wonderwad) just about a year once and when I shot it empty, everything about it looked like it had been loaded that day. Left it loaded for a week or two many times.
