Bleeding Barrel

[Teach]

My mum told me I could ask one dumb question a day.
Well guess what here is todays ?
What does it mean when you see little red droplets in the muzzle of your barrel right after you shoot?
I asked this a few years ago and the answer I got was :
"that means you got a good load"
Whaddya think ?

 

[750k2]

when conditions are just right % Humidity and temp
and such some residue of the sulfer and stuff in powder leave little red scabby pieces...

I get them here all the time in the fall....

Doon't blame me I read it in here... :m2c:

 

[roundball]

when conditions are just right % Humidity and temp
and such some residue of the sulfer and stuff in powder leave little red scabby pieces...

I get them here all the time in the fall....

Doon't blame me I read it in here... :m2c:

:agree:

IMO..."you got a good load"...is an old wives tale.
I get the red flecks during the dry low humidity of fall & winter here too.

AND, not just at the muzzle...I get it in the pan as well, so that alone busts the "you got a good load" tale.
:thumbsup:

 

Yeah - I get them on occasion with no particular set of conditions - just seems to happen sometimes and doesn't have much to do with the load or where Venus is in relation to Mars.

 

[roundball]

Yeah - I get them on occasion with no particular set of conditions - just seems to happen sometimes and doesn't have much to do with the load or where Venus is in relation to Mars.

Yeah, it might actually happen all the time...but in really high humidity, everything turns to soup so fast we might not be able to see the red flecks then anyway.

And in fact, I never witnessed it during all the years of shooting Pyrodex in percussions, only since switching to flintlocks using Goex BP.

But regardless, starting this coming weekend I'll be back doing my Saturday morning range trips and if the past years are any testimony, I'll see red flecks every Saturday until we get on out into the spring with warmer temps and a little higher humidity...can't wait...seeing red flecks means I'm shooting !!

 

[musketman]

Here are a few old post covering this topic...

Cleaning question

Dry reddish color film residue

 

[shadyrest]

i get them no matter what with elephant powder never with goex