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What are your reasons? Just curious.
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How is the gun stored?
Is the revolver loaded?
I find only carrying the revolver when I am planning to be shooting more relaxing.
Is the revolver loaded?
I find only carrying the revolver when I am planning to be shooting more relaxing.
If legal where you live, why not? Likely the same liability risk if it were a modern gun that someone were to steal from your vehicle. If for whatever reason it doesn’t go boom in an impromptu shooting session, you know how to correct the problem.
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I don’t personally carry a C&B in my truck, modern only. But I see no problem with it it if one chooses. Certainly best to only load 5 and keep the hammer on the empty chamber. But it’s a personal choice.
I’m thinking more the static can set off a cap.
I haven't seen a "cheap" one in over a decade. So there's that.
There's really not a lot of confusion about that, never has been.
Abused and/or neglected guns in "various weather conditions" have the same results all over the country
And it's basically "No Guarantee". Period.
There' no sense to it, why beat-up an otherwise good gun.
If you don't care about a gun, don't expect the gun to care about functioning.
It's not complicated. If you abuse a tool, the tool won't function as it should.
I'd actually be embarrassed to even present to friends or a group,
"Hey Guy's! I got this old cheap gun I've been carrying around in the truck, let's shoot it"
"click", click,click, click,,,,
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Nah, that doesn't happen.
They are "percussion", meaning being hit with something. Have you ever heard a percussion drum corps make noise with sparks?
The whole static discharge and BP is and has been proven myth decades ago.
You go ahead and stay cautious, nothing wrong with that at all,
I have a pet peeve about leaving handguns in cars. Just isn't a good idea, unless you have a decent mechanism to secure it.
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Without it being capped the ride in the truck would likely shake the powder out of the primer hole (unless caked). My concern would be how to deal with law enforcement if necessary.
I can't and won't address issues of legality. I'm sure those vary by jurisdiction.
The powder and caps ought to stay viable if the chambers are sealed. We all know black powder will absorb atmospheric moisture if it is not in an airtight container, and if the revolver is not capped the flash holes in the nipples will eventually allow moisture in. I think somebody recently mentioned on this forum that Robert E. Lee's revolver chambers were sealed with wax, but the gun was seldom fired. However, if you leave it capped, you have a firearm ready to fire. @Campbell 's suggestion of leaving the hammer down on an empty chamber might be the best condition in which to leave the loaded revolver, but even that is not safe if somebody finds it and cocks it.
Overall, I don't think it's a good idea to leave a loaded gun in a vehicle. I wouldn't do it. They aren't all that hard to load when you are ready to shoot.
Just one guy's opinion, since the question was asked.
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I don't think the op was suggesting self defense use. Just a gun for rodents and the like he encounters while out in his truck, and maybe a shooting session if he takes the notion.
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Actually the only time there is a gun in a vehicle is if I'm in the vehicle with it. I'm not a fan of just leaving one in my truck or car un attended. Self defense is my primary reason for packing anyway and I always know when I'm going shooting for pleasure.
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Nothing wrong with having a loaded black powder revolver in the truck.
Do not leave any gun in a vehicle that's parked outside the garage, especially at night. Two of my neighbors had their carry handguns stolen from their vehicles. Those guns are not in the possession of good people.
Do not leave any gun in a vehicle that's parked outside the garage, especially at night. Two of my neighbors had their carry handguns stolen from their vehicles. Those guns are not in the possession of good people.
I doubt we are discussing an urban setting but some of these young hoodlums probably wouldn't have the "know- how" to operate a modern day revolver much less one of older design. They'd probably get laughed out of the hood for showing up with such an ancient gun.They surely couldn't reload it.
I had one under the back seat of my car all one winter--had it loaded and capped for hunting season, and forgot to shoot it out after the season was over--and took it out and shot it mid-summer; this in the wet side of Washington. It was loaded and capped through all weathers, just never exposed to direct wetness, and all five rounds went off when I finally got around to it. I'd be a little more careful if I was carrying it loaded on purpose, but it would still do the job intended, most likely.
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I prefer my 1860 glock as my truck gun. When I leave the truck it goes in my pocket. Much more reliable.
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^^^ This reflects my experience.
Unfortunately there seems to be a fair bit of "I think..." posts with little actual experience mentioned.
I had a brass frame 44 navy copy many years ago*. I basically lived out of my truck the majority of the time for several years. The guns were in locked tool boxes. the navy was left loaded. I shot it about once a year if I didnt happen to sooner, then cleaned it and reloaded it. It never had any problems firing when I tried it. LOTS of dirt road driving had no apparent effect on it, the powder or caps. I had no reservations loaning it to a lady friend that was living in a tipi with her small son and had troublesome dogs coming around, I knew it would work fine.
This was in Arizona, around Flagstaff. Theres real winter, gets down to below zero, 80s or so in the summer and typically up to 30 degrees difference between day and night temps. Its a dry climate. More humid areas may have different results.
I once went to shoot it for its yearly exercise, only to find I had shot it the year before and forgot to clean and reload it. I was of course quite concerned, but other than very minor finish glitches it was unhurt. I cleaned it, reloaded it and went on about life.
*Or to quote Charlie Russells story “Like all things that happen that's worth while, it's a long time ago”– Rawhide Rawlins
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I'm guessing because the OP used the word "cheap" he had it in mind about the possibility of it getting stolen. You surely don't want to leave a more expensive gun in you truck. At least I wouldn't.
In this day and age I would not keep ANY gun in a vehicle my guns are on me, locked in my safe or handy in my house when I’m home PERIOD. If the weapon in question is in a gun lock safe bolted to the vehicle then it’s still a maybe. If I can’t go into a building when I’m carrying I don’t go in and won’t leave it unattended in a locked glove box and/or locked vehicle.
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