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OK, just for fun I'm taking out my stirring stick.
Took my little Pietta out last week and busted some of the very corrosive caps (Sharpshooter's home brew) through the Slixshot SS caps. As of late I've been soaking the nipples in oil and using wet/dry sandpaper to restore the luster to the nipples after a time at the range.
Now being a true American I hate seeing anything wasted, and some time ago my wife was going to toss a half bottle of old Canola oil, so I figured I see how it did as a patch lube in my flintlock. Experimentation is an attraction that this hobby sates. And so, as my wanderings through the fields of liquid experimentation in regards to different applications as concerning the use, care and cleaning of all things black powder, I happen to meander to soaking my (scratch that) THE nipples in Canola oil. It did hinder the nastiness of the mess left by the home brew caps whilst I cleaned the rest of the pistol, still needing to take wet/dry sandpaper to the nipples after the rest of the pistol had a proper cleaning.
Until today, a week or so after firing the pistol and (this is hard for me, a former Marine, to admit) I remembered I had forgotten to address the nipples and they had been soaking in that old Canola oil all week. So I got to them and, as usual, I wiped the oil off and ran a pipe cleaner down their throats. Then I noticed that the crud was coming off with just the pipe cleaner, almost like it was sliding off, like the skin off a rotten peach. The luster was restored without any need for sanding 5 out of 6 nipples. The one that had the stubborn staining needed a bit of sanding but it wasn't anything like before when I would clean the nipples, usually a day or two after firing.
Now this doesn't fit the scientific method of proof, I only conducted this "experiment" (accidental as it was) once. But if this works I wonder if I could sell Canola oil under another moniker.
Again, stainless steel, not sure of it's validity for mild steel or Tesco.
For those that haven't used caps made with the Sharpshooter compound, well, you don't know what corrosive is until you use these things. Even the old Finnish(?) corrosive ammo I fed my M1 was mild compared to this stuff.
Took my little Pietta out last week and busted some of the very corrosive caps (Sharpshooter's home brew) through the Slixshot SS caps. As of late I've been soaking the nipples in oil and using wet/dry sandpaper to restore the luster to the nipples after a time at the range.
Now being a true American I hate seeing anything wasted, and some time ago my wife was going to toss a half bottle of old Canola oil, so I figured I see how it did as a patch lube in my flintlock. Experimentation is an attraction that this hobby sates. And so, as my wanderings through the fields of liquid experimentation in regards to different applications as concerning the use, care and cleaning of all things black powder, I happen to meander to soaking my (scratch that) THE nipples in Canola oil. It did hinder the nastiness of the mess left by the home brew caps whilst I cleaned the rest of the pistol, still needing to take wet/dry sandpaper to the nipples after the rest of the pistol had a proper cleaning.
Until today, a week or so after firing the pistol and (this is hard for me, a former Marine, to admit) I remembered I had forgotten to address the nipples and they had been soaking in that old Canola oil all week. So I got to them and, as usual, I wiped the oil off and ran a pipe cleaner down their throats. Then I noticed that the crud was coming off with just the pipe cleaner, almost like it was sliding off, like the skin off a rotten peach. The luster was restored without any need for sanding 5 out of 6 nipples. The one that had the stubborn staining needed a bit of sanding but it wasn't anything like before when I would clean the nipples, usually a day or two after firing.
Now this doesn't fit the scientific method of proof, I only conducted this "experiment" (accidental as it was) once. But if this works I wonder if I could sell Canola oil under another moniker.
Again, stainless steel, not sure of it's validity for mild steel or Tesco.
For those that haven't used caps made with the Sharpshooter compound, well, you don't know what corrosive is until you use these things. Even the old Finnish(?) corrosive ammo I fed my M1 was mild compared to this stuff.
