Will this work

[nealglen37]

Just had a silly idea.........think it wil work. When you can't bring a Muzzleloader in the house (woman). If its cold ouside and your afraid the water wiil freeze......or you don't want to stay outside if its cold, I wonder if you could spray it with compressed air? the kind of air you find in a can at a computer store.

 

[Brasilikilt]

Hey Neal

There is a device made especially for unloading M/L guns which uses a co2 cartridge

Here is an example:[url] http://www.muzzleloadingandmore.com/products/accessories/shooting supplies/index.htm[/url]

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Hope this helps

Iain

 

[Claude Mathis]

... I wonder if you could spray it with compressed air? the kind of air you find in a can at a computer store.

If all you want to do is blow the dust off, which is what they're made for, those cans work fine. There's not enough pressure in them for anything else.

 

[tg]

When I had problems with what I wanted to do due to a woman...I got a different woman...had to do it three times before I got one that saw things my way..

 

[fw707]

Me too. :grin:
Third time's a charm. :wink: :thumbsup:

 

[feyx0006]

I think a lot of people make far more out the "smell" of black powder residue/soot than reality permits. Real black powder does have a distinct smell, but it is not putrid. The room within which you clean your gun will carry that smell, but the remainder of the house will be unaffected (and I clean in the room w/ the furnace/fan). Once clean, the smell is gone. The Mrs (who was originally concerned about it) agrees that it is all "much ado about nothing."

 

[Zonie]

The can of compressed air won't clean the fouling out of the bore and it's this fouling that causes the stink (so to speak).
It's also this fouling that will attract moisture and combine with the moisture to rust the guns bore.

Short of switching to one of the synthetic powders that "has no sulfur smell" there's not much you can do except "bite the bullet (or ball)" and brave the elements if your wife bans "stinking up the house" (like mine does).

The important thing to remember is that black powder guns must be cleaned after your done shooting them.

zonie

 

[nealglen37]

Sorry guys..........I didn't make myself clear. I was thinking about using the compressed air to help dry the parts after cleaning. If I am cleaning it in the barn it might be -5 in Decembwer............just wanted to dry it off quickly...........grease it up..........and get back in the house.

 

[feyx0006]

Oh, now I see... What may work better is to follow up your cleaning with some 91% isopropyl alcohol (available @ Target). That will actually dissolve the water in the alcohol (larger volume becomes the solvent), and prevent it from freezing. You could then try blowing that dry with the compressed air.

 

[Mike Brooks]

Yep, the solution is get a new woman. :thumbsup:

 

[sniper68]

Me too. :grin:
Third time's a charm. :wink: :thumbsup:

:shocked2: Ya mean I got one more ta go!! :surrender:

 

[fw707]

:haha: