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To prevent condensation issues, I would recommend leaving your ML outside in an unheated area, maybe locked in your garage or barn. Lots of hot/cold cycling is asking for problems. I leave mine out in my unheated pole barn and transport it in the unheated bed of my truck under the fiberglass cap. I can lock it up in both of those spots. I loaded on the first day of the earlier ML season, and I am confident it will fire on New Year’s Day. That process worked perfect for me on our first Holiday season two years ago. New Year’s Day hunt, 2022: As far as the finger condom goes, don’t take it off until you shoot it off. I learned that lesson the hard way last year. It works for snow also. I hunted the Christmas blizzard of 22 without it, and snow got into my muzzle. That melted inside the barrel and dampened my powder charge, saving the life of a big doe on December 26.

Well if this sonofabitch would show up in my backyard during the daytime he would end up in my Freezer !

Well the late Canada Goose season started the day after Christmas and we got out for the first 2 days. There were 4 of us and we got 7 birds the first day and 4 on the second day. As usual the labs had the most fun. We took my son's black lab Gunner the first day and my yellow lab Waylon the second day. Here's some pics of some retrieves.

Years back, wet pellets taught me a real lesson on a keeper in a freezing rain event. That's the breaks one takes muzzle loading hunting. It's not as fun telling the story, with the story not hanging on the wall.

Looks like you had a great day Charlie. you are making me jealous. Al

I figured as much, and its up to the purchaser to clear their name and correct the record, right? The govt would rather that everyones disqualified from buying!!

See prior post

My inline smoke poles have breech plugs, so I remove the pellets when not in use or as Wolc said, leave them out in the environment so the metal has less of a chance to condensate. Gave up using flintlocks and cap smoke poles for the FTF issues. SJC

That's the other reason for these checks to get govt approval. They will add as many reasons as they can to deny your purchase.

I agree and the thing is, this legislation can (and will) be abused ; probably already has been. Example: Say youre neighbor gets pissed at you and calls CSS , claiming you abused your kids (this actually happened to a friend of mine about 10-12 yrs ago). Now, the allegations were determined to be unfounded and everything was dropped, but would the report disqualify him from purchasing ammo under the new law?

Gonna hustle to the blind around 315 this evening for the last 2 hours, never shot a deer with a muzzleloader so anything is is in danger the next few days.

I you use a cap lock ML like a Hawken, you need to keep the primer dry as well. Same goes for a flint lock, which is even harder to do.

And if you have any powder for reloading and any bullets in the caliber those commemorative pistols are bored for, you can bet the state will assume you are guilty until you go to court and prove your innocence at your expense. BTW, if you are charged, the state will confiscate EVERYTHING firearm related you own. The idea is to intimidate people and make them fear doing anything the state doesn't like, even if it's legal.

The problem is when you do a NICS check for the first time, they have no info in the database on you, so they have to check more sources for the first time. This is why they delay your sale. Once you are approved the first time, future sales refer them to the prior approval and it becomes faster. Personally, I am not ever going to buy any ammo in NY, because they are using the info to set up an unconstitutional registration data base of everyone that ever buys ammo in NY. They may already have an unconstitutional registration data base on everyone who ever did a NICS check for a gun in NY, but that is illegal by law and they don't know about guns that were transferred in the past without any FFL involved or a NICS check being done. They want everyone on their radar. That can only be for one reason. Future confiscation.

Happy Birthday Belated!

Killing deer, catching fish and telling the story on his own terms. I hope you had a Happy Birthday.

Two cannibals are walking along and find a dead clown. Couple minutes later one cannibal say's "Hey. Does this taste funny to you"?

That's all I do. So far, so good.

Difficult keeping the powder dry today.

OK. Today I went to a gun shop and asked this question. He said that no permit is required as long as you don't have the components to make it go BANG! The black powder pistol is not considered to actually be a firearm until all the components are together to make it fire (as in hunting or target shooting). The guns that I am talking about are commemorative pistols that are in a locked in a fancy wood box with a glass window in the cover for viewing, and have never been fired, and likely will never be fired. So there should be no permitting requirements. While trying to find out about this, I went through a lot of NYS gun laws. I now understand what you pistol owners are complaining about. They have pistol ownership tied up in knots that make it likely that anyone who owns a pistol is likely breaking one law or another.

Happy belated birthday Rambo.

Was the knife a birthday present? Nice!! Happy birthday!!

You can field dress a Dinosaur with that knife, I have two of those Woolrich coats and they are my all time favorite pieces of clothing for cold weather. Spent many a day from sun up until sun down in my PA Tux suits hunting snowshoe Hare with Beagles on snow and temps in the teens and always stayed warm and dry. Good luck on your hunt. Al