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L Ross
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Ballistol is excellent. Last time I bought a gallon can it was 47 bucks. We did F&I reenacting and of course shot flinters. When we shot cowboy we shot black. When I hunted buffalo I shot black. Ballistol has never let me down. I keep an old cotton athletic sock soaked in Ballistol on the gun cabinet. Anything that gets handled gets wiped. Never any rust.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
As hard to believe as it might be, there are actual advantages to living in desertish places like southern Kalifornistan. Low humidities and less rainfall means a kinder and gentler environment for cars, firearms, and other stuff prone to corrosion. It's not a complete hall pass to ignore cleaning and maintenance, but the corrosion moves far more slowly and a lot less pervasively. Knocking on wood loudly here, my three sidelock ML rifles have never rusted in their ignition galleries so far, but I do tend to their cleaning within an hour or two after burning The Holy Black in them.
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Never used a stick on anyone and by the time we got the Asps I was pretty much off patrol work and under the trucks.
Had to try out my NOS LaCrosse Iceman boots yesterday. The Dry Shods just weren't cutting it. Old tech felt liners still work! Found these for cheap on Ebay, got the USA made NOS as the new foreign made jobs don't fit right at all, way small and tight. Also glomed onto a pair of Sorel Glaciers. Those weren't cheap but they have a very heavy wool felt liner for real cold weather. The good old Mickey Mouse boots are still likely the warmest boots for Mr Cold Feet here, but they are so heavy they tear my knees up just shuffling around in them.
Supposed to be getting some stone today and I located a set of rims for her Explorer's studded snows. Gonna be a busy week.
Had to try out my NOS LaCrosse Iceman boots yesterday. The Dry Shods just weren't cutting it. Old tech felt liners still work! Found these for cheap on Ebay, got the USA made NOS as the new foreign made jobs don't fit right at all, way small and tight. Also glomed onto a pair of Sorel Glaciers. Those weren't cheap but they have a very heavy wool felt liner for real cold weather. The good old Mickey Mouse boots are still likely the warmest boots for Mr Cold Feet here, but they are so heavy they tear my knees up just shuffling around in them.
Supposed to be getting some stone today and I located a set of rims for her Explorer's studded snows. Gonna be a busy week.
Joshua
Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
Pyrodex is actually much more corrosive than holy black. Here is a test that confirms it.
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With my revolver I had always done the soapy water and warm oven drying.
Until one summer I didn’t, I just did a quick brush, oil, and wipe. I was going out the next weekend, I thought it would be fine. I was horrified by the amount of rust I had in my nipples and cylinders by the next week.
My understanding is that triple seven is an improvement of the original Pyrodex formula minus the nasty chemical that produces the horrible corrosion.
Once I burn up this pound and a half of Pyrodex I don’t think I will ever buy it again.
Corrosion test
Good test and now it's time to sand it off.... I didn't miss anything. That was abrasive, as you intended it to be. Having done this forum thing for many years, I've found that folks are much more inclined to behave in ways they'd never do in real life, and say things that they wouldn't...
www.muzzleloadingforum.com
With my revolver I had always done the soapy water and warm oven drying.
Until one summer I didn’t, I just did a quick brush, oil, and wipe. I was going out the next weekend, I thought it would be fine. I was horrified by the amount of rust I had in my nipples and cylinders by the next week.
My understanding is that triple seven is an improvement of the original Pyrodex formula minus the nasty chemical that produces the horrible corrosion.
Once I burn up this pound and a half of Pyrodex I don’t think I will ever buy it again.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Pyrodex "P" is all I use, in both side locks and the ROA. Never a corrosion issue, here or in Michigan. Although, I clean immediately after use. Soapy hot water, followed by couple of rinses, with hot tap water. Gets barrel so hot that it's unable to be held bare handed. I swab the bore with a patched soaked in bore butter.
I have Ballistol and use it on all firearms. I will dilute it to moose milk to swab a muzzleloader if I don't have time to clean, immediately.
I have left my unfired Renegade loaded for more than a year, multiple times, with Pyrodex. Never fails to fire. The ROA, took a buck, early in the season. Cleaned only the barrel and the one fired cylinder, with Ballistol moose milk. Left it that way till the next spring, without issue.
I have Ballistol and use it on all firearms. I will dilute it to moose milk to swab a muzzleloader if I don't have time to clean, immediately.
I have left my unfired Renegade loaded for more than a year, multiple times, with Pyrodex. Never fails to fire. The ROA, took a buck, early in the season. Cleaned only the barrel and the one fired cylinder, with Ballistol moose milk. Left it that way till the next spring, without issue.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
This is the third and final week of Modern Gun. I've been out sitting for three hours almost every day, except for Thanksgiving, and only seen the rear end of one deer. That was yesterday. Couldn't tell if it was a buck or doe. Nothing again, this morning.
Pulled the trail camera SD cards, this afternoon. The deer went nocturnal.
Five different bucks, in just one night. BTW, that's the licking tree, I'm religiously watching.
Pulled the trail camera SD cards, this afternoon. The deer went nocturnal.
Five different bucks, in just one night. BTW, that's the licking tree, I'm religiously watching.
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JWFilips
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Yes, Pyrodex is nasty to steel.
On the Ballistol note: I did Rev war reenacting for 20 some years & the last thing you wanted to do in the evenings after a whole day on the hot field was scrub down a flintlock! If you did a quick wash ...the next morning you had massive rust ( Especially since the rifle was in your tent all night.
5 years before I gave reenacting up
I had my unit switch to ballistol & water 50/50 Use 2 patches and Wipe down the locks with the same! Next day no rust! Just push a dry patch down the bore and whip the frizzen & flint with a dry patch! Which I found that out years earlier.
Ballistol has some unique properties: When I rust Brown or Rust blue a barrel ( Or even quick blue or brown) it neutralizes the acids instantly and there is never any "after rusting"...nothing I have used has ever done that!
On the Ballistol note: I did Rev war reenacting for 20 some years & the last thing you wanted to do in the evenings after a whole day on the hot field was scrub down a flintlock! If you did a quick wash ...the next morning you had massive rust ( Especially since the rifle was in your tent all night.
5 years before I gave reenacting up
I had my unit switch to ballistol & water 50/50 Use 2 patches and Wipe down the locks with the same! Next day no rust! Just push a dry patch down the bore and whip the frizzen & flint with a dry patch! Which I found that out years earlier.
Ballistol has some unique properties: When I rust Brown or Rust blue a barrel ( Or even quick blue or brown) it neutralizes the acids instantly and there is never any "after rusting"...nothing I have used has ever done that!
CWLONGSHOT
Well-Known Member
Thats the crap they pull on us... ALL NIGHT LONG!! NONE all day!
Mitty38
Well-Known Member
Went siting in the woods this morning, no luck.
So took a range trip this afternoon. My moms, mine, and now my sons. He got it for his 16th a couple weeks ago. This old girl has put a lot of meat in the table. Had her trigger pulled for the first time in 25 years.
I was able to hit the 3 inch steel spinner at 25 yards every time standing with this old girl.
My son did well too.
Any body guess the make for a dollar.?
2 buck if you can tell me the model of this 22.This one Is all stock including the scope.
So took a range trip this afternoon. My moms, mine, and now my sons. He got it for his 16th a couple weeks ago. This old girl has put a lot of meat in the table. Had her trigger pulled for the first time in 25 years.
I was able to hit the 3 inch steel spinner at 25 yards every time standing with this old girl.
My son did well too.
Any body guess the make for a dollar.?
2 buck if you can tell me the model of this 22.This one Is all stock including the scope.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
What'd I do? I didn't go to the range, as I'd planed. I had some .45-70 test rounds loaded with powders that nothing else likes, hoping one of them would give acceptable accuracy so I could use up at least one of the five powders. Looks like Friday, now.
Took a dozen-plus reloading manuals and gun related books to the used book store, looking to sell them. Nope, the guy wasn't interested. Silly me for thinking that reloading manuals are selling at an all-time high.
Took a dozen-plus reloading manuals and gun related books to the used book store, looking to sell them. Nope, the guy wasn't interested. Silly me for thinking that reloading manuals are selling at an all-time high.
CWLONGSHOT
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Looks like a ol JC Higgins to me.
CWLONGSHOT
Well-Known Member
Second ta last Bullseye match to ight.
Fudged up my Rapid... scored a 278 15x
But better then last week!! Knee wasnt achin as bad!!
Fudged up my Rapid... scored a 278 15x
But better then last week!! Knee wasnt achin as bad!!