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Post by Purebred Redneck on Dec 6, 2007 18:14:52 GMT -5
I've got a load in the muzzleloader right now from a couple weeks ago. It rained that day and I kept it loaded because I didn't feel like cleaning it - ran a bore butter patch down to the bullet though. I was going to shoot it last friday night, load it up again, and hunt last saturday and sunday but the weather was horrible and I didn't go. What would you guys do  Shoot it off and clean it or keep the load in till the summer when I go shooting Basically, does pyrodex (unshot) corrode the bottom of that barrel??? |
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Post by deputydon on Dec 6, 2007 20:11:03 GMT -5
If your done hunting then shoot it and Clean it. Don't do the lazy thing.. I know you'll feel better about it. You never said if you shot it during season w/o cleaning it.
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Post by klsm54 on Dec 6, 2007 23:22:50 GMT -5
You already know my answer. I would shoot it and clean it. Even if I had not shot the gun and hunted on a bluebird day, I wouldn't let it sit loaded for 6 months.
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Post by Jack on Dec 7, 2007 0:06:47 GMT -5
Shoot it and clean it.
I believe Pyrodex is less hygroscopic than real BP, but it still is somewhat. So, I think you'll get rust where the load is if you leave it in there.
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Post by bounce on Dec 7, 2007 0:28:29 GMT -5
Clean it if you keep it. How ever if your going to trade it to two Moon's next year? Just let him shoot it out!!! Thats what I just did when I got his TAURUS Colt Pump. I did tell him but still got a call after he shot it asking how much powder I had put in it?....smiles....
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Post by twomoons on Dec 7, 2007 9:16:24 GMT -5
Yea and make sure it's a load that will kill and elephant in a 6 pound carbine!
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Dec 7, 2007 9:22:25 GMT -5
I guess I'll go ahead and shoot it out
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Post by jimiowa on Dec 7, 2007 18:31:52 GMT -5
Yea and make sure it's a load that will kill and elephant in a 6 pound carbine! ROFLMAO! ;D ;D Heck I thought Bookie was going to shoot me his self when I told him I shot 85 grains in my CVA. Have yet to figure out the breaking point where one has all the powder the barrel will burn? |
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Dec 7, 2007 18:50:17 GMT -5
Should be more than 85 grains
How long is the barrel?
I know when people shoot those piece of junk pellets with 150gr that one of the pellets can fly out unfired.
I'd say somewhere in the 125 range for the 30" barrels would be my guess.
I think for a shorter barrel, I wouldn't waste my time over 100. There's no need for it anyway.
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Post by jimiowa on Dec 7, 2007 19:28:13 GMT -5
It seemed to shoot best with 45 grn and 80 grns the barrel is 28".
75- 80 grns is plenty to kill anything I'm likely to shoot.
I would hate to have to throw a deer back over the fence.
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Post by jimiowa on Dec 7, 2007 19:34:19 GMT -5
It seemed to shoot best with 45 grn and 80 grns the barrel is 28".
75- 80 grns is plenty to kill anything I'm likely to shoot.
I would hate to have to throw a deer back over the fence.
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Post by Jack on Dec 7, 2007 22:55:18 GMT -5
The powder charge will depend on the bullet, too, to some degree.
For my cheap ass CVA traditional type .50 ML, I use 90 grains of Pyrodex Select behind a 360 grain Minie ball. If I hunt with a roundball, the best charge for my gun is 105 grains of the same.
For target shooting, a much lower charge, of course.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Dec 9, 2007 13:14:20 GMT -5
For some reason with a 50 cal, 90 grains of loose powder seems to be the most popular accross the board.
That's what I use for bullets and sabots.
Round balls are suprisingly 75 grains for me.
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