On this subject I think we're just going to have to "agree to disagree" I will continue to do what I do.. as you will as well.
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leaving my gun loaded?
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hanshi said:
I agree...nothing unsafe here....tag it and hunt another day!
I drop the rammer down the barrel to remind me I have left it loaded and plug the vent with a quill (bird or porcupine).
No kids around - they're not safe to allow in a home. ;-)
No kids around - they're not safe to allow in a home. ;-)
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Last fall I volunteered to do some work on my brothers flinter. His lock timing was a little off and needed a trigger job. When he dropped the gun off he said that it was still loaded from the previous winter season (about 8 months earlier) but loaded on a clean barrel. I kind of chuckled to myself as I took the gun outback that afternoon and primed the pan. To my surprise the gun went right off like it was loaded that morning. I cleaned the gun and inspected the bore and it was in fine shape. Is it a good practice? I wouldn't say so, but it won't rust the barrel if it hasn't been fired yet and kept away from moisture.
I inherited a flintlock pistol that was from the war from 1812 area. My dad kept in a case display until he gave it to me in the mid 2000’s. I put it in the safe for safe keeping and from time to time I look at it. The flint was long gone but the gun it looks it could fire. The ramrod is long gone. One day I used a T/C ramrod to see if it had a charge and guess what? It seems to have been charged in the past and it seems to have a ball in the barrel. I should get the ball and dump out of the powder and someday I will. The moral is always treat a firearm as it is loaded.
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No problem keeping a muzzle loader charged. Back in the day folks kept their shooters loaded 24/7. Never knew when you would meet a predatory critter or a hostile human. Firearms have been know to fire after being loaded over 100 years. All depends on storage conditions as has been posted on this subject. In B.C. Canada a muzzle loader is not considered loaded unless charged and has prime in the pan or a cap on the nipple. If no prime or nipple the firearm is deemed to be unloaded.
