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Posted: 11/13/2016 9:45:15 PM EDT
| I am new to hunting with a muzzleloader, I bought a CVA with a removable breach plug. Here's is my guestion. After a trip out hunting and I get back to the car with my gun loaded, can I simply remove the primer and leave the powder and sabot loaded? Is that safe? Or should I push it all out of the gun? Please let me know what you do. Thank you. |
| Hunting regs stipulate that the muzzleloader is not loaded when there is no primer if that means anything to you. I leave mine loaded with the same load for the 2 weeks of Blackpowder season here in VA unless it gets rained on. Fire it out end of season prior to a good cleaning for storage until next year. It's safe to travel with a load in just not long term storage. |
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Hunting regs stipulate that the muzzleloader is not loaded when there is no primer if that means anything to you. I leave mine loaded with the same load for the 2 weeks of Blackpowder season here in VA unless it gets rained on. Fire it out end of season prior to a good cleaning for storage until next year. It's safe to travel with a load in just not long term storage. This... I only remove the primer. I did try to fire it at the end of the day if there was rain though. Always leave rifle in cab of truck overnight to keep out moisture... I didn't have any problems with misfires, but many have with muzzleloaders. I used 777 with good results. |
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If it rains ill pull it out and reload with fresh powder next time I hunt. If its dry then ill leave it for the week but replace it for the second week. I wont shoot it to unload it just because I don't want any pressure in the woods. If the deer don't know i'm there, I don't want to make my presence known unless I shoot at one.
The way I look at it, I'd rather not find out I have a bad load when i try to shoot at a deer, I'd rather spend the extra money on an extra load on powder or pyrodex and not risk it. |
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