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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: kerrdog on May 15, 2011, 08:04:58 PM

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Title: CVA Double Barrel Muzzleloader
Post by: kerrdog on May 15, 2011, 08:04:58 PM

I saw a double barrel muzzleloader for sale.  I read the muzzleloader rules, and they are a little ambiguous (I pasted them below).  Can I hunt with both barrels loaded, but with only one cap?  Then I could cap the other side real fast for a second shot?  Or does one cap still mean that both sides are loaded? Opinions?  Experience?

A muzzleloading firearm shall be considered loaded if a powder charge and a projectile, either shot or single projectile are in the barrel and the barrel or breech is capped or primed.
2.   It is unlawful to hunt wildlife using a muzzleloading firearm that does not meet the following specifications.
a. b.
A muzzleloading shotgun or rifle must have a single or double barrel, rifled or smooth-bored.

Title: Re: CVA Double Barrel Muzzleloader
Post by: bobcat on May 15, 2011, 08:40:46 PM

That's a very interesting question. I think in your copying and pasting, you missed one of the pertinent rules:   

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d. Those persons lawfully hunting big game with a double barrel muzzleloader may only keep one barrel loaded

But in reading that, and the rule that specifies what is considered a loaded muzzleloader, I don't think it's ambiguous at all. I think you can do exactly what you're saying. If the second barrel is loaded with powder and bullet, but no cap, then by law, it IS NOT loaded.