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<blockquote data-quote="emp1953" data-source="post: 2618281" data-attributes="member: 71817"><p>My muzzle loader season is 23 days long. I hunt with a Remington 700ML converted to 209 primers topped with a Leupold 3x9, I bought the rifle in the 1996-97 timeframe. I use pyrodex pellets two 50gr and one 30gr. Using 250gr Barnes MZ Expander mono bullets. This load was chronographed at 2010fps. I leave the gun charged the entire season removing the primer when I leave the woods. I always save a spent primer to put back in the primer hole to keep it covered. I've shot deer on the last day of the season after leaving the gun charged as I've described. Two seasons I have checked the velocity over a chrony after the season, after leaving the charge in the entire season and recorded velocities both times within 25fps which was my original ES for this load. In my case it doesn't seem to make a difference. I am lucky and can shoot in the back yard. One year before the season was over I had a heart attack and never got the chance to empty the rifle that year. On 4th of July the next year I shot at a target in the yard 50yds and was within 2 inches of my POI. It doesn't seem to make a difference one way or the other for my rifle under these conditions. After a days hunt I usually stand the gun in a corner of the barn for the next morning, I keep it oiled. At the end of the season I usually break the gun down completely and clean and oil it generously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emp1953, post: 2618281, member: 71817"] My muzzle loader season is 23 days long. I hunt with a Remington 700ML converted to 209 primers topped with a Leupold 3x9, I bought the rifle in the 1996-97 timeframe. I use pyrodex pellets two 50gr and one 30gr. Using 250gr Barnes MZ Expander mono bullets. This load was chronographed at 2010fps. I leave the gun charged the entire season removing the primer when I leave the woods. I always save a spent primer to put back in the primer hole to keep it covered. I've shot deer on the last day of the season after leaving the gun charged as I've described. Two seasons I have checked the velocity over a chrony after the season, after leaving the charge in the entire season and recorded velocities both times within 25fps which was my original ES for this load. In my case it doesn't seem to make a difference. I am lucky and can shoot in the back yard. One year before the season was over I had a heart attack and never got the chance to empty the rifle that year. On 4th of July the next year I shot at a target in the yard 50yds and was within 2 inches of my POI. It doesn't seem to make a difference one way or the other for my rifle under these conditions. After a days hunt I usually stand the gun in a corner of the barn for the next morning, I keep it oiled. At the end of the season I usually break the gun down completely and clean and oil it generously. [/QUOTE]
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