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How long can i leave muzzleloader loaded?
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<blockquote data-quote="PillsburyDoughboy" data-source="post: 5780814" data-attributes="member: 14197"><p>I can only state my experince with 3 powders. Pyrodex, Smokeless and BH209.</p><p></p><p>With Pyrodex all bets are off. You need to probably baby those loads. Keep the ML in the truck over night. Do a fouling shot before the hunt , snap a primer. Keep some tape over the muzzle during the hunt and then shoot at the end of the hunt and then clean. </p><p></p><p>As for Smokeless you can treat those pretty much like any cartridge rifle. Put a piece of tape over the muzzle and you are pretty much good to go for years. I highly suggest on really rain pours to discharge or pull and run your favorite cleaning solution though. I generally suggest cleaning once during and at the end of the season. </p><p></p><p>As far as BH209 you can pretty much do the same with it as you do Smokeless. However with one Caveat. If you fire your ML during the season I generall reccomend discharging/pulling the load at the end of the hunt and dry patching then wet patching. You can usually get through a normal ML season which is a couple of weeks without cleaning without any harmful effects. Once intentionally left a older ML left with a shot load of BH209 for up to 6 weeks to see what it would do and did not see any signs of rust so I cleaned it up and put it away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PillsburyDoughboy, post: 5780814, member: 14197"] I can only state my experince with 3 powders. Pyrodex, Smokeless and BH209. With Pyrodex all bets are off. You need to probably baby those loads. Keep the ML in the truck over night. Do a fouling shot before the hunt , snap a primer. Keep some tape over the muzzle during the hunt and then shoot at the end of the hunt and then clean. As for Smokeless you can treat those pretty much like any cartridge rifle. Put a piece of tape over the muzzle and you are pretty much good to go for years. I highly suggest on really rain pours to discharge or pull and run your favorite cleaning solution though. I generally suggest cleaning once during and at the end of the season. As far as BH209 you can pretty much do the same with it as you do Smokeless. However with one Caveat. If you fire your ML during the season I generall reccomend discharging/pulling the load at the end of the hunt and dry patching then wet patching. You can usually get through a normal ML season which is a couple of weeks without cleaning without any harmful effects. Once intentionally left a older ML left with a shot load of BH209 for up to 6 weeks to see what it would do and did not see any signs of rust so I cleaned it up and put it away. [/QUOTE]
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