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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty38-55" data-source="post: 2618289" data-attributes="member: 95029"><p>Well, YES and NO. For example, 3 to 4 of us will hunt the late season BP Flintlock-only season in PA using our flintlocks with real black powdah. The season ended, 1st week of January, and none of us got a shot that week. <em>As a test </em>we all left them loaded, but uncharged, and stored in a cool/dry place (avoid warm storage!). </p><p></p><p>Come mid-February, we 3 met up again in VT this time, for a primitive Winter snowshoe muzzleloading biathlon race. We took those same MZLdrs, headed off to the practice range and one at a time we all charged them up with fresh prime and each hit a 6"gong offhand @ 50-yards. My shot was just 1/2" low of the exact center, right where I was aiming. I've done this myself many other times too - still shoots dead on!</p><p></p><p>So, no velocity test no, but we've never, ever had any issue with powder degredation ... <em>and wouldn't expect to</em> in my lifetime. Granted, this limited experience may not apply to some of <em>dem smokeless ones </em>youse guys use, but I'd opine that smokeless powdah would even be <u>less likely</u> to degrade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty38-55, post: 2618289, member: 95029"] Well, YES and NO. For example, 3 to 4 of us will hunt the late season BP Flintlock-only season in PA using our flintlocks with real black powdah. The season ended, 1st week of January, and none of us got a shot that week. [I]As a test [/I]we all left them loaded, but uncharged, and stored in a cool/dry place (avoid warm storage!). Come mid-February, we 3 met up again in VT this time, for a primitive Winter snowshoe muzzleloading biathlon race. We took those same MZLdrs, headed off to the practice range and one at a time we all charged them up with fresh prime and each hit a 6"gong offhand @ 50-yards. My shot was just 1/2" low of the exact center, right where I was aiming. I've done this myself many other times too - still shoots dead on! So, no velocity test no, but we've never, ever had any issue with powder degredation ... [I]and wouldn't expect to[/I] in my lifetime. Granted, this limited experience may not apply to some of [I]dem smokeless ones [/I]youse guys use, but I'd opine that smokeless powdah would even be [U]less likely[/U] to degrade. [/QUOTE]
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