Blinking while shooting

[TMan]

I mentioned to my shooting buddy today that I thought I was blinking while shooting. He was shooting a video while I was shooting.

Tonight I got an e-mail from him entitled: "Why you were blinking."



Shooting black powder is fun, but I'll never complain about cleaning my other guns again.

[MLB]

Nice picture. That's a good way to catch those "fireball" shots.

[5ontarget]

A few of my shooting buddies have taken to using synthetic motor oil as lube/gun oil substitute on their guns. I have used some as well, and it works nicely. (also have a quart of synthetic ATF, but that is another story) The friends that use it in their BP firearms comment that they are easier to clean since they've been using it regularly. The speculation is that the detergents and other additives in the oil are designed to combat carbon buildup in car engines also work with carbon fouling in bores of BP guns. I run a dry patch through my guns (not black powder, as I don't own any) before shooting, but I'm sure there is still a film of oil there. I don't know if I notice a lot of difference, but the few BP shooters say differently. I use it because I always have some on hand, unlike little bottles of gun oil that get misplaced, and I can buy a quart of it for about the price of 2oz of gun oil.

[TMan]

5OT, the "experts" say to not use any petroleum based products in a BP gun because it makes gunk that is hard to get out. I'm using T/C's bore butter as a general purpose grease on the Pietta, and it is easy to get the carbon off, but still a pain in the butt because you have to completely disassemble to be sure to get all the burnt powder out or you will get rust.

I have a quart of Mobile 1 upstairs in the gun room and I've used that on guns that had been giving me trouble. It is a good lubricant. If someone was using regular gun oil on a BP revolver, I think they would probably see quite an improvement in cleaning if they were using a synthetic oil.

I picked up the Ruger at the Post Office this morning. Good Grief, it is a big beautiful gun. I'm going to shoot the snot out of the Pietta before I start shooting the Ruger. I want to make sure that I know all there is to know about cleaning as to not have rust. (Yes, SS will rust too). Since the Ruger's are no longer in production, they are a bit hard to find and expensive. Speaking of expensive:

After buying the SIG P220 Sport a few years back, I then bought the SIG P226 Sport. Shortly thereafter, they were both dropped from the product line. I can't remember exactly what I paid for the 226, but I know that it was no where close to the $2200 that Cabela's is asking for the one they have in the display case in the Fort Worth store.