Loaded for a week?

ZVP · September 26, 2011, 03:02 PM

Well I went and did it, I loaded my Piettia Police with 6 cylinderfulls and forgot to cap and shoot it. I had 3 other guns out and just skipped firing off the gun (it's NOT capped).
When I put the revolvers back in the Range Bag, I somehow over-looked that the revolver was still loaded! When I got home and went to secure the gun in the safe, I discovered the loads!
Now because of commitments I'll have to wait till next weekend to shoot the charges off... This'll answer if Pyrodex stayes good for a week!
ZVP

Hawg · September 26, 2011, 03:05 PM

It will stay good a lot longer than that.

Model-P · September 26, 2011, 03:29 PM

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I got home and went to secure the gun in the safe, I discovered the loads!

I can't forsee myself forgetting to fire a cap-and-ball revolver I had just loaded, but if I did I know I would have discovered it while cleaning before securing it in the safe

mykeal · September 26, 2011, 05:07 PM

If it hadn't been fired it didn't need to be cleaned.

And if it's not capped it's not loaded.

A chamber with powder and ball but no cap is charged, not loaded. Add the cap, and it's loaded.

kadima · September 26, 2011, 05:07 PM

BTDT, once I went to the firing range, loaded my Uberti made 1858 Remington to discover that I had no caps with me. And nobody else at the range on that day was muzzleloading.
So I had to go back home and on the next weekend I happily fired all the six shots without any problem.

K.

darkroommike · September 26, 2011, 05:40 PM

Just to be safe put the Pistol in a one gallon zipper bag with some dessicant. BP and Pyrodex will absorb water from the air.

I'm not a BP shooter but used to hang around with one.

Model-P · September 26, 2011, 05:55 PM

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If it hadn't been fired it didn't need to be cleaned.

And if it's not capped it's not loaded.

A chamber with powder and ball but no cap is charged, not loaded. Add the cap, and it's loaded.

He said he loaded six cylinderfulls, by which I understood he must have shot five. Now I see he must have meant six chamberfulls. O.K.

As for loaded vs. not loaded you're speaking legalese. I think we all would normally say we are "loading" a cap-and-ball revolver anywhere in the process of pouring in powder and seating balls, even if we don't get to capping the nipples.

Either way, understanding the gun didn't need cleaning, I rescind my previous post made in humor.

Hawg · September 26, 2011, 06:05 PM

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Just to be safe put the Pistol in a one gallon zipper bag with some dessicant. BP and Pyrodex will absorb water from the air.

Nah, not as long as no air gets to it. It will stay viable for centuries, even buried in the ground.

September 26, 2011, 03:02 PM	#1
ZVP Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2009 Posts: 1,102	Loaded for a week? Well I went and did it, I loaded my Piettia Police with 6 cylinderfulls and forgot to cap and shoot it. I had 3 other guns out and just skipped firing off the gun (it's NOT capped). When I put the revolvers back in the Range Bag, I somehow over-looked that the revolver was still loaded! When I got home and went to secure the gun in the safe, I discovered the loads! Now because of commitments I'll have to wait till next weekend to shoot the charges off... This'll answer if Pyrodex stayes good for a week! ZVP

September 26, 2011, 05:40 PM	#6
darkroommike Senior Member Join Date: August 27, 2011 Location: western Iowa Posts: 205	hygroscopic BP substiture Just to be safe put the Pistol in a one gallon zipper bag with some dessicant. BP and Pyrodex will absorb water from the air. I'm not a BP shooter but used to hang around with one. Last edited by darkroommike; September 26, 2011 at 05:41 PM. Reason: terribul speller

September 26, 2011, 03:05 PM	#2
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,189	It will stay good a lot longer than that.

September 26, 2011, 05:07 PM	#4
mykeal Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,772	If it hadn't been fired it didn't need to be cleaned. And if it's not capped it's not loaded. A chamber with powder and ball but no cap is charged, not loaded. Add the cap, and it's loaded.

September 26, 2011, 05:07 PM	#5
kadima Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2010 Posts: 190	BTDT, once I went to the firing range, loaded my Uberti made 1858 Remington to discover that I had no caps with me. And nobody else at the range on that day was muzzleloading. So I had to go back home and on the next weekend I happily fired all the six shots without any problem. K.