Post by: rudedawg1085 on February 05, 2009, 10:41:27 AM
Oh hey did anybody have any luck down in Randle? we hunted up in petterman hill. anyone els up there?
Post by: rudedawg1085 on February 05, 2009, 10:44:10 AM
Post by: Slenk on February 05, 2009, 10:49:11 AM
Slenk
Post by: bobcat on February 05, 2009, 08:14:33 PM
Now that I think about it, I better go check and make sure mine isn't still loaded from the late elk season! Thanks for the reminder, rudedawg!
Post by: rasbo on February 05, 2009, 08:27:09 PM
Post by: robodad on February 05, 2009, 08:56:03 PM
Post by: OneHorn on February 05, 2009, 08:59:41 PM
Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on February 05, 2009, 09:53:57 PM
Post by: bobcat on February 05, 2009, 10:06:47 PM
Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on February 05, 2009, 10:19:15 PM
Hey guys, don't stress him out too much. Like I said, I left mine loaded for an entire year. It didn't hurt it. The powder is not corrosive until it has been fired! Dry black powder in the barrel will not cause it to corrode.
:tup: True, if he hadn't shot it but was only loaded it won't be bad. Maybe just a little scale rust down the barrel that will clean easy and not pit much, if at all.
Post by: robodad on February 05, 2009, 10:23:37 PM
Hey guys, don't stress him out too much. Like I said, I left mine loaded for an entire year. It didn't hurt it. The powder is not corrosive until it has been fired! Dry black powder in the barrel will not cause it to corrode.
:tup: True, if he hadn't shot it but was only loaded it won't be bad. Maybe just a little scale rust down the barrel that will clean easy and not pit much, if at all.
Yeah nevermind what I said too, I don't know what I was thinking !! Sorry
Post by: bobcat on February 05, 2009, 10:33:13 PM
Post by: robodad on February 05, 2009, 10:46:33 PM
Of course I am only saying to not worry about it if the powder is dry. It could be that he hunted in the rain for three days. If so, I'd be thinking pretty hard about getting it unloaded and cleaned up ASAP. If there's any chance the powder could have picked up any moisture, then it could already have begun rusting. So rudedawg, maybe you SHOULD be stressed out about it. :chuckle:
I would think that as soon as that powder leaves the confines of the dry environment it was packaged in it begins to draw moisture, the air is humid especially in the PNW and even the steel of the barrel will sweat a certain amount given the different temperature changes and humidity levels over the course of a year.
I think I would error on the side of caution if it were me and unload before I leave the field each time (or maybe every other time) just to be safe and clean it when I got home for the next hunt !!
Post by: ICEMAN on February 06, 2009, 04:44:29 AM
.... Shot it off on New Years and forgot about it until early summer. :bash:
You are kidding I hope.
Or what I should say is, I hope you shot it on new years day out in the woods....and not at midnight from your front porch in city limits.... :dunno:
Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on February 06, 2009, 10:09:02 AM
.... Shot it off on New Years and forgot about it until early summer. :bash:
You are kidding I hope.
Or what I should say is, I hope you shot it on new years day out in the woods....and not at midnight from your front porch in city limits.... :dunno:
It was in the country and without a bullet, only a patch packed tightly.
Post by: ICEMAN on February 06, 2009, 06:22:16 PM
I am always worried about how hunters are viewed in public.... My bad'
Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on February 06, 2009, 06:57:13 PM
Sorry, my big ass nose sticking in where it dont belong.....again....
I am always worried about how hunters are viewed in public.... My bad'
No problem at all. We have to police our own. It is good to remind other hunters that everyone is watching what we do. Living in a liberal state as we do we need to be especially careful not to piss off the libs in the Puget Sound area. Don't want them to try to restrict our hunting any more than they already do.
Oops I guess we :jacked: