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Old January 12, 2009, 12:04 AM   #1
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What is the best 'smelling' gunpowder?

I love the smell of gunpowder.....sometimes. I just bought some .223 bulk ammo and it the powder that they used in that ammo smells like dog doo when it's fired YUCK. Strange that gunpowder would vary that much in how it smells. I use Winchester 231 for my 45 ACP reloads and it's somewhere in the middle. Fatory winchester FMJ 45 ACP loads smell the best. Do you guys use any 'good smelling' powder?

Oh yea, my muzzle loader absolutely smells the WORST!
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Old January 12, 2009, 12:23 AM   #2
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I only notice the smell of powder when it stinks, Russian and Chinese powder come to mind, IMR Trail Boss smells weird it takes some getting used to.
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Old January 12, 2009, 12:39 AM   #3
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Do you suppose they use cow dung nitrates???????
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Old January 12, 2009, 02:35 AM   #4
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Do you suppose they use cow dung nitrates?
That would help explain all of the crap left in my barrel
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Old January 12, 2009, 07:47 AM   #5
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When I was avid Duck hunter(I still do it a little but not like I use to) I always loved the smell of Alcan #5. That was back when You could shoot lead at Ducks. The load was Alcan 5 with #5 shot and it was a Ducks worse nightmare.
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Old January 12, 2009, 08:51 AM   #6
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Smell

Right after I pull the trigger on my favorite firearm.
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Old January 12, 2009, 09:11 AM   #7
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powder

Call me weird but I love the smell of Goex black powder! Especially right after I down a big deer with it. There is just something about the smell that brings back child hood memories of hunting in the Pacific Northwest with my step dad and I was barely big enough to hold the rifle up. I love the big cloud of smoke it puts out and the load kawhoomp it makes when you shoot.
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Old January 12, 2009, 10:09 AM   #8
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I prefer those mixed with the scent of burning hides ,,,
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Old January 12, 2009, 11:22 AM   #9
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smells like dog doo when it's fired
And..just how would you know what fried dog doo smells like??

Seriously, I love the smell of fresh shot Federal 16 gauge shells, my daddy shot them when I was a kid dove hunting..now when I smell one it reminds me of when we used to go hunting..
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Old January 12, 2009, 01:09 PM   #10
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I like the smell the powder in SK Standard Plus .22LR ammo makes when fired. Much different than most standard 22LR ammo.
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Old January 12, 2009, 01:44 PM   #11
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The smell of BLC2 or 748 almost causes flashbacks to my USMC days for me. I like the smell of shotgun powder, too. Must be all those good times with a shotgun, a dog, and good friends.
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Old January 12, 2009, 05:21 PM   #12
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I love the smell of H110 or W296--smells kind of black peppery to me. Most fired rifle powder smells a little too ammonia-like for me to say it smells good.

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Old January 12, 2009, 05:58 PM   #13
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You guys really need a new hobby. Everybody knows that the smell of a fresh can of IMR powder is the next best thing to the smell of a steak on the grill!
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Old January 12, 2009, 06:20 PM   #14
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Old January 12, 2009, 06:32 PM   #15
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Red Dot in my shotguns, H-4895 in my rifles.
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Old January 12, 2009, 07:17 PM   #17
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Who really cares? Ely 22 ammo smells different...
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Old January 12, 2009, 10:23 PM   #19
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+1 on the 296. I love the smell of that stuff.
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Old January 12, 2009, 10:34 PM   #20
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Gotta love Cordite.

Wolf shotgun shells have a nice sulfur smell to them.:barf:
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Old January 12, 2009, 10:48 PM   #21
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I just bought some .223 bulk ammo and it the powder that they used in that ammo smells like dog doo when it's fired YUCK.
Funny, the bulk tuff I got smelled more like Cat "whiz".

In my .223 loads I use AA2230 and it doesn't smell too bad. For good smelling powder I prefer AA-7 in my 9mm loads.
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Old January 12, 2009, 11:50 PM   #22
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There's nothing more annoying in the gun world than a gun powder connoisseur
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Old January 13, 2009, 12:21 AM   #23
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I suppose the next thread

will be asking who wears their powder as a cologne.

Sadly, and very sadly I might add, images of a woman rubbing a Planter's peanut on her body come to mind.....
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Old January 13, 2009, 10:56 PM   #24
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It's whatever they were loading in Winchester paper shotgun shells 40 years ago. Hoppe's #9 (the original recipe), burning leaves and hot fresh spent paper Winchester's between the corn rows...ah that's where I want to be just once more. Regards, Rodfac
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Old January 13, 2009, 11:33 PM   #25
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Green Dot in 12 Gauge Federal paper hulls.

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