I'm fairly new to muzzleloading but I have a 3 year old box of triple 7. I'm told this stuff is super sensitive to oils on your hand so I'm thinking any moisture and age might effect them. Thoughts? Use or bite the pellet and buy new?
How long does 777 last?
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Buy new if you can find it. I’ve had some for 3-4 years with no issues. Maybe I’ve just been lucky...
Buckmaster
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how about loading your gun and finding out by pulling the trigger a few times?
Its hygroscopic, it's up to you if you want to chance it
https://www.chuckhawks.com/leave_muzzleloader_loaded.htm
https://www.chuckhawks.com/leave_muzzleloader_loaded.htm
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Big_Holla
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JMHO you will be fine this season, just try to make sure in the future you fire it off a couple times to make sure there are no powder issues. We have had cans of Pyrodex for many many years and they still go off as if it were new. Stored in a well sealed ammo can is probably the best way to help that too.
You plan to hunt with a gun you haven't shot? And you are worried about the powder? I'd be more worried about it shooting off. I couldn't imagine going out without shooting it first. 
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I shot 777 that was about 5 years old last week... Shot fine... All about where and how you store it...
Put down that crack pipe....I've used this gun for three seasons man!You plan to hunt with a gun you haven't shot? And you are worried about the powder? I'd be more worried about it shooting off. I couldn't imagine going out without shooting it first.
And you don't check zero? Or do you and I'm missing something here? Zero chance I would trust a gun from year to year.
Maybe I am completely weird. Hell. I won't even take my crossbow out without shooting it first. Lol
Archertl
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I would take a lighter to it. I couldnt find any fffg pydrodex this year so i used some out of a can i probably bought five years ago. I touched it off with a match and it lit right off. That is what i am using this year.
Nah your playing it smart Dave; which is rare for your dumbass Lol. confirm zero confirm zero confirm zero.
Nah your playing it smart Dave; which is rare for your dumbass Lol. confirm zero confirm zero confirm zero.
Yeah, I'll zero my bow each year 1. Cause i don't have to clean it afterwards, 2. i don't have a hard case for it and it can get bumped around In my house. My rifles go right back in my safe from my back seat. I don't bang um around like a blind mans cane.
I have pellets and loose that are at least seven years old with no problems
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My guns zero is checked maybe every 2 years... Number 1 I baby my firearms and bows... Nobody touches them... If your under me when I lower my bow or gun... Don't touch it, leave it hang ( I never have rope long where it touches ground )... Gun goes directly in a padded case in vehicle where it won't slide around... When I get home it goes directly in a safe and secure place... I would bet a ton of money that it's dead on every year... Now if I bump it... That's a different story... Off to the range I go... I haven't had my 870 out of the vault in 5 years... Checked it this year as I was going to use it... First 3 shots at 100 yds... I'd say it was good enough...
