Will leaving a muzzleloading pistol loaded with just a powder charge harm the cylinder no ball loaded? I have elk and deer destroying my garden and fruit trees. By the time I get a powder charge loaded to scare them off they are gone ....
BP is hygroscopic
Izzak5th said:Will leaving a muzzleloading pistol loaded with just a powder charge harm the cylinder no ball loaded? I have elk and deer destroying my garden and fruit trees. By the time I get a powder charge loaded to scare them off they are gone ....
hanshi said:Back when I was a sprout, the only handgun I had was a Remmy 1858 c&b. So I kept it loaded and on the bedside table. It even got sprinkled once when I didn't close the window quick enough. Nearly a year later I fired all the charges, without any problems, cleaned it and it was still fine.
Errm, It seems like pointing out the obvious, but they are already scared off.Izzak5th said:By the time I get a powder charge loaded to scare them off they are gone ....
wulf said:An unloaded gun is like a flat tire...you still
have a tire.....but it is useless.
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