Inhale blackpowder smoke

[ldykeman]

you can include nitrogen also....we breathe more of that from our air than we do oxygen!

 

[Runner]

Airguns in the house with a good trap. Muzzleloaders outside.

 

[DCF]

I think I'd worry about the unburnt powder accumulating on the floor....if you blow up your hoover your wife will not be impressed at all - but as luck has it she still won't be speaking to you because of the smell

 

[roundball]

How bad is it, to inhale blackpowder smoke? I am going to shoot some, in my rather big basement when the weather is bad. I am shooting Swiss powder, and patched round ball with wad. Or should i use my facemask that i use when i spray painting cars? Or should i just wait for the god weather.

If I had a big enough basement to be able to shoot inside, I'd see if I could install one of those "whole house fans"..maybe a 36" size...mount it just off to the side of where you'd be standing, and about 5-10 feet out in front of the muzzle, so it would immediately vent everything outside.

 

[sr500]

No Hoover there. The basement is all concrete.Just a place for my waterpump, and watertank. And you could have the harvest of potatos there. It looks like a bombshelter.Maybe i have use the wrong word. Basement could be wrong, cellar maybe better.

 

[sr500]

Good idea. I have a little window placed in groundlevel. Maybe i could place a fan in the window.

 

[bigbore442001]

Anything that a person inhales is potentially toxic. It depends on the concentration and the amount. Myself, I would be leery of shootinig black powder in such a confined space.

Another factor to consider is whether anyone in the house has any breathing ailments like emphesema, allergies or asthma.

 

[sr500]

Its just me, and my son in the house. As i said, i might have used the wrong word. Cellar might be a better word than basement. No conection with the rest of the house. You have to go out of the house, to get to the cellar. But that fan thing, was a great idea.

 

[roundball]

But that fan thing, was a great idea

And don't go cheap...don't use words like "little fan"...you literally need to get what is called a whole house fan, or a gable mount attic exhaust fan, or a fan like firemen use to evacuate smoke from a house that's had a fire inside, etc...something that moves huge volumes of air very quickly...a simple 22inch window fan won't get it done.

IMO, if you don't evaculate it "immediatey" upon firing...ie: the muzzle blast occurs then the smoke turns left and disappears out through the high volume/high speed fan...some of it will linger around and after a few shots it'll keep building up and you'll still be filled with smoke.

 

[GreyWhiskers]

Dnepr 750,

Not trying to spoil your fun but beware of unburned powder building up in your cellar range. I shot monthly pistol matches (centerfire)in an indoor range and it was suprising how much powder we swept up. Occassionaly small fires would start when trash was swept into a pile and not picked up. :grin: GW

 

[sr500]

I am going to check with my local company that sells eletricity equipment for restaurant about that fan.I realy like shooting, so this will be a investment for the future.

 

[Many Klatch]

If you shoot into piles of newspaper or old magazines you will probably be OK. The problem with lead comes from shooting into a steel backstop. The lead hits the steel and turns into dust that is fine enough to be breathed. This is not a good thing. :shake:

If you shoot into piles of cardboard, newspaper, or old phonebooks the lead will hold together. You can even salvage them and melt them down for reuse. It is kind of fun to see how far a ball will go into old phonebooks.

Many Klatch

 

[3 stinky dogs]

Ahhhem, having recently quit smoking cigarette's I can say with authority that any smoke is not good for your lungs :blah: Seriously, smoke is a by product of burning stuff, Or waist so common sense says it is bad for you. But it sure smells good!

 

[noworries]

Dang...EJ has a gravel pit, you have a basement/cellar big enough to use as a range. All we have here in Southern Calif. is millions of illegal aliens...anyone wanna trade?

 

[sr500]

You said aliens, do you mean immigrants?. If so, we have a lot of them to.Half Irac lives here. :hmm:

 

[Old Charlie]

You said aliens, do you mean immigrants

Immigrants are here legal Aliens are here illegal.
Old Charlie

 

[sr500]

OK.