Trigger Mike Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I was watching High Chaperal this morning and every time someone came near the ranch the cowboy on watch would fire a round into the air. Every time I watch a western and see people fire their gun I begin to worry about when they plan on cleaning it since black powder will rust fairly quickly. I recall seeing Matt Dillon cleaning his pistol but few others do. the one in High CHaperal fired at least 3 times in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cent Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 duplex load Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 In a dry climate like the desert the pistol isn't likely to rust for several days at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Actually, in a dry clime such as the High Desert, a BP handgun can go weeks without cleaning. Perhaps months. BP, in and of itself isn't very corrosive. It does attract moisture and will hold moisture against the steel to cause oxidation (rust). If there isn't much in the way of moisture, isn't much in the way of rust. Should it rain, however, all bets are off PS: Biggest problem is if the primers or Caps used are corrosive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 As long as it wasn't Pyrodex, he's OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Saw Paladin cleaning his pistol last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Directors seem to think the audience would be bored watching someone cleaning a gun. They’re right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc McCoy, SASS #8381 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Up here in New England it is the opposite weather. Way too much humidity. I can still go 8 days before cleaning (occasionally) without getting rust from my Goex powder. They grow an interesting white fuzz, but no rust that doesn't wipe off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 REALLY BIG LOUD PLUS ONE to J BAR BINKS. PYRODEX SUX!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCatcher Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 On 9/6/2018 at 5:57 PM, Trigger Mike said: I was watching High Chaperal this morning and every time someone came near the ranch the cowboy on watch would fire a round into the air. Every time I watch a western and see people fire their gun I begin to worry about when they plan on cleaning it since black powder will rust fairly quickly. I recall seeing Matt Dillon cleaning his pistol but few others do. the one in High CHaperal fired at least 3 times in the air. Seriously? You watch 1950's make believe TV and worry about authenticity? ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Late 60s, not 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 8 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Directors seem to think the audience would be bored watching someone cleaning a gun. They’re right. Got that one right! Where I live isn't quite Arizona, but it's pretty dry, and it doesn't take BP guns to start changing all kinds of wonderful colors. When I shot BP I always used the real thing, and was always pretty good about cleaning my guns the same day, and it can still happen. Brass cases sure don't take long. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCatcher Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 13 hours ago, Alpo said: Late 60s, not 50s. Oh, my bad, that makes all the difference in the world. smh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 If you said that Herbert Hoover was President when we nuked Japan, or that Eisenhower was there for the surrender signing, you'd need corrected on those also. Doesn't make "all the difference in the world". Doesn't really make any difference. We still nuked 'em. They still surrendered. But the "facts" you stated were wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Eye Ned Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Shooting into the air like that makes me wonder where the rounds go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCatcher Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 9 hours ago, Alpo said: If you said that Herbert Hoover was President when we nuked Japan, or that Eisenhower was there for the surrender signing, you'd need corrected on those also. Doesn't make "all the difference in the world". Doesn't really make any difference. We still nuked 'em. They still surrendered. But the "facts" you stated were wrong. well, I've seen sillier arguments, but what ever. Now that you have successfully defended the most irrelevant aspects of the discussion, I'll ask again about the substantial issue, are you or anyone else looking for authenticity in TV westerns of the period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 I just wonder about cleaning and wasting ammo needed to fight Apache and where does the round go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Since Hollywood rarely does anything real, I rarely worry about something I see. Gunfights are all like A-team, nobody dies, the gunfire is all fake, the guns are never dirty, the blood is chocolate syrup or catsup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 5 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Since Hollywood rarely does anything real, I rarely worry about something I see. Gunfights are all like A-team, nobody dies, the gunfire is all fake, the guns are never dirty, the blood is chocolate syrup or catsup. And horses have force fields that allow them to charge a Gatling gun and not get shot while their riders fall like flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYOBARD SASS #13025L Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 And they run their horses everywhere they go. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoky Pistols Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 And they never feed the horses, either! Oh, they talk about it, but you never see them do it. Maybe that's why you never see them picking up horse-poop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Cleaning guns, feeding horses, cleaning up their poo, or for that matter the characters taking a dump or plucking out nose hairs. Some things you really don't need to see in the course of a movie even though you know they happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 22 minutes ago, Smoky Pistols said: And they never feed the horses, either! Oh, they talk about it, but you never see them do it. Maybe that's why you never see them picking up horse-poop! So that’s why there are no road apples in the streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Louis L'Amour interview, Grit magazine, mid 1970s. This was the time of the "Adult Western" - Longarm, The Gunsmith, Sixgun Samurai, like that. They had sex. Often. Interviewer: Why don't your characters have sex? Louie: It is not germane to the story. Interviewer: But sex is a natural part of life. Louie: So is going to the toilet. I don't put that in my books either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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