What makes BP so corrosive?
03-01-2008, 09:39 PM
#11
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Roy, Wa
Posts: 49
RE: What makes BP so corrosive?
Once I was bore brushing my old renegade after a few blasts of BP and the Kansas breeze carried some of the fouling powder into my eye. Burned like fire and thought I would go blind. (now if I can figure out which button I accedently pressed to make this Italics.)
03-07-2008, 06:17 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Kitchener Ontario
Posts: 245
RE: What makes BP so corrosive?
Black powder is corrosive even before you shoot. It's in the nature of the ingredients. Potassium nitrate (saltpetre, a salt) Sulphur (a mild acid in the presence of moisture), and Charcoal (attracts moisture and holds it because it is porous) This is a recipe for rust from the get go and after it is burnt it only gets worse.
