How long can i leave muzzleloader loaded?

[Wooden Arrow]

i always pushed a patch on my cleaning rod all the way in and then popped a cap. if you don't see a burn mark on the patch when you pull the rod out, trouble ahead.

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

i always pushed a patch on my cleaning rod all the way in and then popped a cap. if you don't see a burn mark on the patch when you pull the rod out, trouble ahead.

Tony Knight may not have been the first to invent this idea but he was the first person to show me this back with the original MK-85 Muzzleloader I purchased from him. To this day after I clean I MZ and get ready to head to the field this is the first thing I do before I load it.

 

[Iglow]

I read somewhere several years after R.E.Lee died they fired his service revolver Colt Navy and all 5 chambers fired. It had probably been loaded at least 8 years.

 

[camoman270]

I unload and clean my muzzleloader when season is over.

Best practice for sure!!!!