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    Wheel weight lead question

    You notice the white residue when welding on galvanized but melting even pure lead without proper ventilation is a bad idea so I can't imagine a time when you could get enough zinc fumes to be a problem. Also if you are getting enough blow by from shooting to effect you... congratualations. I...
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    Wheel weight lead question

    Been using wheel weights for years. Free lead is the best lead.
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    Goex Sold

    Hmmm , I wonder. would a 1/2 A size engine (dia .51 inches) work like a gyrojet? The Gyrojet is a cartridge which at first blush looks looked much like a .45 caliber pistol round. A Gyrojet is one piece though – unlike the bullet/shell combination of a standard round. Looks are where the...
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    Smoky smell.

    79 - 2006 cwo4 F&S. 14 of 27 underway
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    Smoky smell.

    USCG, puddle pirates rule!
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    Smoky smell.

    In the days of old when people could smoke in the common spaces underway we had to repaint every other patrol and no matter where you kept your stuff it had a brown tinge and an odor forever. My seabag still smells and it hasn't been on board in over 40 years.
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    Smoky smell.

    Ozium used to work for wacky backy, or so I was told. I would shy away from soaking it in any fluids like alcohol. That will strip any natural oils too and then you could just have crispy pieces of used to be sheath. Whatever you use I would liberally apply neatsfoot or Dr Jackson's hide...
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    Legal powder amount

    I see BP availability drying up not because of big brother oversight but more because of the bottom line. Not a whole lot of demand means not a whole lot of sales. No sales=no need to be in that business. Just walk into an auto parts place and try to find gear oil for a manual transmission, Or...
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    Powder Identification

    Those are definitely vintage. I still have a metal Dupont can that I bought in '78. It hasn't degraded even though it was military moved (boxed before the movers came) 6 times. Look closely at the grains. If it wasn't tightly sealed and moisture got to it it will have a decidedly grey flush to...
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    Hello fm Fallon Kid

    I was there once to inspect a LORAN station. What I remember most is the number of spiders in the transmitter case.
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    Hanging rifle over the fireplace

    If you have a bunch of soot over your fireplace you have bigger problems than getting your ML dirty. Smoke , and more importantly carbon monoxide is supposed to go up and out the chimney! When I first moved into my house I noticed the ceiling was dark over the fireplace. The firebox and flue...
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    NMLRA, the Honorable Horners, and Others are Saving Dixon's Fair!

    Back to original post intent. Dixon's and the faire is the entire reason I got back into BP. I was looking into something father and son to do and heard about the faire. The two of us drove up from coastal VA. Watching barrel makers, seeing all the fittings and fixings... A few pounds of BP, two...
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    Safely Storing Black Powder

    BP and smokeless are two different animals. BP is more sensitive to more things .Just look at the store shelves. I can choose from several varieties of smokeless and even BP substitutes. But REAL BP has to be shipped, stored and sold much differently. Smokeless is much less susceptible to...
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    Making your own percussion caps?

    MSDS on Minwax brushing lacquer, Has cellulose nitrate AND isomers and epoxy polymers. Most of the spray and brushing lacquers follow suit. The one you looked at is a specialty coating for instruments. NC has less elasticity and is supposed to make a crisper sound board... or so the snooty...
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    Different black powders

    The polishing and graphite actually slow down the burn rate of a powder. "A" grade powder tend to have a more jagged shape with edges that catch fire faster and the graphite will "mask" the radiant energy that burning grains produce. When I make display balls and want the stars NOT to produce...
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