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24 hours and all fourteen samples look the same as yesterday...

The unburned wet powder can be done today. It will just be a day behind, but I will start that right now.

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cayugadThank you this should be interesting. Do you think that results will very much in different parts of the country? Lee

RE: let them all rust
 

Well that is a problem... being in northern wisconsin where it is damp and cold this time of year could very much effect the rusting rate. It is an interesting point without doubt. I was also thinking of light off a charge of Goex and then wiping the area with my swabbing solution and see if that stops the rust. What do you think of that idea?

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They wanted to know what would happen if just powder was put on the blade, and then a few drops of water added to it. So I made sure the area was clean, dry and free of oil. I then added some Goex 2f to the blade and three drops of tap water. It is labeled #15. This might simulate how a rifle would fare if loaded but moisture contaminated the powder charge.

After 24 hours, none of the samples show any real sign of rusting....

I was also going to do a flashed area and then swab it clean of burned fowling with my swab solution, but ran out of blade. I wanted to be fair with all the size of the samples placed.. so I will have to leave it as it.

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The idea of burning it off and wiping with the swabing solution is a good one it might give us a idea of how soon we have to clean after field cleaning during hunting. Lee

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48 hours.. I was surprised that none of the sample really show any rust. Perhaps it is the metal of the blade VS an actual rifle barrel. So far, I am sure I could clean the burn marks off and not have any rust or damage in the areas....

The Pyrodex has been a real suprise to me... I really expected to see the start of rust.

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I cut upan old douglas 54cal muzzle loader barrel that I replaced for a fellow; it was 4 days till the first visable rust and I lived in the missippi river valley at the time. I think that when the powder burns under pressure it forces it in to the pores of the metal which might cause it to progress faster once it starts. Lee

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Well its the third day of this experiment. I have not really saw anything in any of the samples that would worry me yet. Although it does look like the Pyrodex is starting to change color and the Goex grains are turning white underneath them. This might be the start of something. I wish I had made a second sample of all this and brought it in the house where the heat could effect it...

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The pressure is something I didn't think but I bet Lemoyne is right. I wonder how you could replicate the pressure in an experiment like yours. Interesting!

Tom

RE: let them all rust
 

well there is really no change in any of the samples from yesterday. Still a very slight coloration in the Pyrodex and the Goex is kind of white under the grains, but nothing that would concern me...