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#43
nchawkeye,
Just so you know, I didn't make this up. I read it somewhere in a periodical or something along those lines... just can't remember where. I'm not making something up for the sake of a post.
BPS
Last edited by Blackpowdersmoke; 04-22-2015 at 09:49 PM.
#44
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
Oh, I believe you, and you and I both know somewhere it might have happened, maybe as a practical joke...I just don't believe it was a common practice...
They cooked, they made fires, they had pots, seems to me they could have melted some snow, heated it and cleaned their guns with water...
There are many stories out there, like the one of putting a ball in your hand and covering it with powder to determine the charge...They had powder measurers and when you bought a gun the gunsmith knew what charge to recommend...Typical charges were about half the weight of a ball for that caliber, why pour powder in your hand to try to measure???
They cooked, they made fires, they had pots, seems to me they could have melted some snow, heated it and cleaned their guns with water...
There are many stories out there, like the one of putting a ball in your hand and covering it with powder to determine the charge...They had powder measurers and when you bought a gun the gunsmith knew what charge to recommend...Typical charges were about half the weight of a ball for that caliber, why pour powder in your hand to try to measure???
#45
Granted... it's not a good thing to do, but if you can't get any water because everything's frozen... what are your options?
nchawkeye,
Just so you know, I didn't make this up. I read it somewhere in a periodical or something along those lines... just can't remember where. I'm not making something up for the sake of a post.
BPS
nchawkeye,
Just so you know, I didn't make this up. I read it somewhere in a periodical or something along those lines... just can't remember where. I'm not making something up for the sake of a post.
BPS
#46
Muley...
We all know that many times these fellas were in the vicinity of hostiles and building a fire could cost them their scalp!
nc...
I also don't believe it was a common practice, but desperate times (survival) can call for desperate measures. Disgusting as it may seem, how many of us have watched Bear Grylls drink his own pee?
My apologies to the OP for causing this thread to jump track. I'll end my thoughts and comments here and now.
BPS
We all know that many times these fellas were in the vicinity of hostiles and building a fire could cost them their scalp!
nc...
I also don't believe it was a common practice, but desperate times (survival) can call for desperate measures. Disgusting as it may seem, how many of us have watched Bear Grylls drink his own pee?
My apologies to the OP for causing this thread to jump track. I'll end my thoughts and comments here and now.
BPS
Last edited by Blackpowdersmoke; 04-26-2015 at 11:30 AM.
#48
BP, I don't think the discussion went off track, te discussion simply expanded. Since the thread has reopened, I have read where urine was used in the browning process and was intended to cause the barrel to rust, thus browning the barrel, of course there was more to the process.
Last edited by Oldtimr; 04-26-2015 at 12:06 PM.
#49
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 6
Overnight
I am a noob also, and asking about leaving your rifle loaded in the car overnight in sub freezing temps. Advice, opinions?
I understand that the primer would have to be removed, but can you leave the rifle loaded / charged? How about for several days?
Another question is electrician's tape on the muzzle. I am convinced that this is ok on a center fire rifle, how about with black powder?
I understand that the primer would have to be removed, but can you leave the rifle loaded / charged? How about for several days?
Another question is electrician's tape on the muzzle. I am convinced that this is ok on a center fire rifle, how about with black powder?
#50
I am a noob also, and asking about leaving your rifle loaded in the car overnight in sub freezing temps. Advice, opinions?
I understand that the primer would have to be removed, but can you leave the rifle loaded / charged? How about for several days?
Another question is electrician's tape on the muzzle. I am convinced that this is ok on a center fire rifle, how about with black powder?
I understand that the primer would have to be removed, but can you leave the rifle loaded / charged? How about for several days?
Another question is electrician's tape on the muzzle. I am convinced that this is ok on a center fire rifle, how about with black powder?
I once forgot to pull the muzzle mit on a rifle I was storing in the garage over night, and the next morning there was very light discoloration. Not rust mind you but the start of the process.