OT - vacuuming gunpowder
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OT - vacuuming gunpowder
Anybody have ideas for cleaning up spilled gunpowder?
My reloading room is also my living room, and after a few sessions I do have some spilled gunpowder. I always picked up what I could with tape, but I'm sure there is still some in the carpet (especially with 2400 having such small granules).
I'm not talking about vacuuming up a pile of gunpowder, but to do a general cleaning of my carpet, I will have a few specks here and there coming in.
Any other methods out there?
My reloading room is also my living room, and after a few sessions I do have some spilled gunpowder. I always picked up what I could with tape, but I'm sure there is still some in the carpet (especially with 2400 having such small granules).
I'm not talking about vacuuming up a pile of gunpowder, but to do a general cleaning of my carpet, I will have a few specks here and there coming in.
Any other methods out there?
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You should be fine with the vacuum as long as the bag is in front of the turbine that creates the vacuum. I was always more nervous of primers myself wondered if I'd wind up with a live one running through my old Kirby (didn't have the turbine after the bag) the dead ones made enough noise clanging through it. Most newer units don't use that method anymore.
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I vacuumed up a case full( except what contaminated the action & caused a total dis-assembly) of RL-7 from a 300 Sav case I ejected that flung powder around on the carpet...had the bullet stick in the rifling when I thot I had the COAL corrected.. The vacuum has the revolving sweeper feature too..No ill effects..more than a few flakes I might add.. Good luck
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My reloading area used to be in the bedroom. Bedroom was carpeted. I vacuumed it up quite often. Never a lot of powder, but some always seemed to get spilled. I never had any problems with it at all.
However ...... my mom did vacuum up a live primer once. It went off in the vacuum. She about crapped her pants. Made me laugh. I'd warned her I had live primers in the carpet, don't vacuum till I found them all. She forgot.
She also NEVER vacuumed my room again.
Joe
However ...... my mom did vacuum up a live primer once. It went off in the vacuum. She about crapped her pants. Made me laugh. I'd warned her I had live primers in the carpet, don't vacuum till I found them all. She forgot.
She also NEVER vacuumed my room again.
Joe
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I'd hate to see whats in my 5 gal. shop vac. I keep a shop vac tucked away in a special spot with only the hose coming out. I suck up powder ALL the time. As I clean it out about twice a year, I bet there's a half pound in there when it comes to cleaning time. Buts its also mixed with all kinds of other stuff.
Don't sweat it. (unless its blackpowder) Smokeless powder takes a flame or an extremely strong "hit" like from a bullet to go off.------Sixgun
Don't sweat it. (unless its blackpowder) Smokeless powder takes a flame or an extremely strong "hit" like from a bullet to go off.------Sixgun
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I always use the household vacume cleaner to vacume up my spilled powder. Done it for years. No problem. There ain't enough in the bag to blow 'ol Betsy to bits anyway.
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