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December 31, 2011, 04:31 PM | #1 |
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New shooter has a question.
How long can an unfired rifle be kept loaded with Triple 7 pelets or any black powder or black powder substitute before it starts to rust ?
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December 31, 2011, 04:33 PM | #2 |
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Depends upon humidity..... and whether it was clean before you loaded it.
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December 31, 2011, 04:44 PM | #3 |
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What jimbob said. As long as you don't take it in and out of a warm house during hunting season it will be fine.
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December 31, 2011, 08:02 PM | #4 |
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It's the ignition that starts the problem.
A friend of mine, asked me to pull a load, using a screw jag, on the rifle that was loaded with Pyrodex, for five years. After pulling the sabot projectile and breaking up the caked powder, I dumped the powder on a concrete slab and ignited it. It ignited just fine. Cleaned the barrel and found no signs of rust.
There is a complicated chemical reaction when you ignite BP of Pyrodex. Have been told that chemists have a hard time explaining it. What is well know, is the that when ignited, various "Salts" are produced and that is what starts eating your barrel. .... Once saw a poster in a dentists that had a picture of a slice of cherry pie. The caption read; "Fve minutes after eating me; I start eating your teeth" .. The same can be said of BP and Pyrodex. .... Be Safe !!!
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December 31, 2011, 09:11 PM | #5 |
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I am not rightly sure of Pyrodex and other BP substitutes, but the real Black Powder residue is hygroscopic- it attracts water ..... even out of the air.
Water will rust steel, especially when combined with the BP fouling..... |
December 31, 2011, 10:24 PM | #6 |
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Who cares about guns and powder? Now I'm scared of cherry pie! Dammit.
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January 1, 2012, 05:39 AM | #7 | |
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January 1, 2012, 09:27 AM | #8 |
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I've just adopted a policy of not letting any charge sit in a BP gun of any kind, pistol, rifle or shotgun. (or when it is past the hunting season) I will shoot it and clean the gun. That way, I have no worries whatsoever.
The Doc is out now.
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January 1, 2012, 01:43 PM | #9 |
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Thanks for the info. Another question I have is "Can I safely unscrew the breech plug from the rifle and unload it, or do I have to shoot it?" I got the gun this fall and had a day to sight the scope in before the BP season started. I cleaned it out and reloaded it and haven't fired it sense. In the spring I would like to try some different powders and loads. Just not sure if I should unload now or wait and shoot it in the spring.
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What do you have ??
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January 1, 2012, 02:35 PM | #11 |
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Season over?
Go target shooting. Milk jugs full of water are fun. Then clean it and put it away. |
January 1, 2012, 04:09 PM | #12 |
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Clean it and put it away? Wouldn't the milk jug be destoyed presuming he hits it!?
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January 1, 2012, 04:22 PM | #13 |
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You. Funny. Guy....
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