skychiefs shot load on hot days

[reloader4410]

all day hunting on hot days will it not leak into the powder? do you shoot the load out at the end of the day?

 

[3Setters]

What is considered a hot day?

Being new to this, I would have thought the gun was always unloaded at the end of the day; different for a percussion vs flintlock?

 

[reloader4410]

try 100 plus here in arkansas

 

[smo]

Just pull the wad, cards and dump the shot and powder out, it’s a lot simpler easier than pulling a ball...

 

[3Setters]

That is hot hunting. In my area if we hit 70 during hunting season its a hot day and we take a break. We rarely hit 90 in the middle of the summer.

 

[reloader4410]

tree rat season is may to feb

 

[Zonie]

all day hunting on hot days will it not leak into the powder? do you shoot the load out at the end of the day?

If your thinking of the oiled overshot wad's oil leaking into the powder, I don't think there would be much of a problem.
Most of the oil will stay quiet happily in the wad. A little might leak out and down the barrel but it will tend to get on the shot in the load that's right under it and stay there. What little manages to get past the shot will be soaked up by the overpowder wad. The very little that gets thru the overpowder wad might get to the powder but I don't think this would be any worse for the powder than the oil/grease/spit that gets on the powder when a patched roundball is loaded and the patch is resting directly on the powder charge.
In other words, there wouldn't be any more of a problem than there is with 99% of all muzzleloaders that are being shot today.

 

[Skychief]

Reloader, we hunt with the load in 90° temperature during early squirrel season. Never have any problems, even when shots are few and far between. Including when the fowlers are kept loaded overnight.

Good luck, Skychief.

 

[azmntman]

WARNING! Make dang darn damn sure when you pull the wads n powder n shot that the POWDER all comes out. I had a (now) humorous incident with my 12 GA when my gunsmith buddy was installing a rear site and we were gonna site in. Chit chat and I forgot if I loaded or what ever, walked to the trash can and dumped it, heard the tinkle tinkle of shot and OK we ready so I loaded 90 gr 2f powder, shot w/o talking. Right on top of 90 grains that was still in the barrel! His turn to shoot and he ended up on the ground in a fetal rocking position moaning something about he dont do recoil. He sill thinks I did that on purpose. VERY hard not to laugh cuz he a huge burly guy but he has had alot of back/neck injuries too, I was concerned. DO ASSURE THE POWDER COMES OUT TOO!

 

[reloader4410]

thanks for the reply eases my mind HAPPY TRAILS

 

[Art Caputo]

What Zonie said has been my experience using the Skychief load during the warmer weather. I have left my unprimed load in the barrel for as long as a couple of weeks with no issue(Turkey season) . The olive oil saturated fiber wad did not appear to seep much further then the top 1/4” of the shot column when examined after pulling. The “over shot” disk separating the fiber wad from the shot load did absorb the oil, but did a good job of keeping the residual oil contained. I do make it a point to drain excess oil from the fiber wads before use, and leave the gun in a horizontal position when not in use for extended periods. I agree with prior posts that it’s easier to pull the load with a screw jag. My powder has always been dry when doing so. On occasions when shot out, patterns appeared to be consistent with fresh loads.

 

[Brokennock]

all day hunting on hot days will it not leak into the powder? do you shoot the load out at the end of the day?

1st, there are a lot of layers, including a tight fitting thin card, then a bunch of shot, then a very tight fitting nitro card,,, before any leaching oil can reach powder.
However, I did think of this as well. I have been experimenting with melted coconut oil as my lube for the wads as it stays greasy to solid until over 70 degrees or so.
Also, I store my guns slightly muzzle down as they hang on my wall anyway, but, when loaded with the Skychief load last spring I put a thick folded rag on the floor and the muzzle on that, leaning the butt in the corner of the wall.
I noticed no oil on the rag. But continued to store that way anyway.

 

[NorthFork]

Never been a problem for me. Central Illinois summers and fall can remind one of the tropics with heat and humidity.