shaman
40 Cal
With a bolt-action centerfire rifle, if you have a cold chamber, the firearm is completely safe. The world will end before chance causes a round to go up the spout and the primer to fire.
With a caplock, you can remove the cap and have close to the same state.
Now I'm sitting with a Brown Bess musket, and it is nearing the eve of Early ML season here in the Kentuck. I don't have an answer. I'm guessing that if I put powder and ball down the barrel, and don't prime the pan and put a hammerstall over the frizzen, I have achieved the flinters' version of "safe." Howevever, it's better to ask the question than wind up dead.
What do you guys consider safe with a flintlock?
With a caplock, you can remove the cap and have close to the same state.
Now I'm sitting with a Brown Bess musket, and it is nearing the eve of Early ML season here in the Kentuck. I don't have an answer. I'm guessing that if I put powder and ball down the barrel, and don't prime the pan and put a hammerstall over the frizzen, I have achieved the flinters' version of "safe." Howevever, it's better to ask the question than wind up dead.
What do you guys consider safe with a flintlock?