The Smells of shooting....

I know guys that got lung cancer but never smoked. They did shoot alot though. Something to think about.

Mandles

They should have gun powder or hoppes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-6ph7NWoBM

Yeah, I gotta go with 20ga 2 3/4" paper shot shells, freshly fired. I remember the late 1960s when the changeover was really happening. Plastic hulls were pretty good too, but the paper hulls were different, and seemed to hold on to that smell for a loong time.
Thanks for bringing that memory back!

.......darn, My first double post. Sorry 'bout that.

The smell of burnt gunpowder and priming compound from Eley 22lr. As I like to call it, the "Eley Smell".

Definitely the tiny lingering trail of smoke after shooting a bunch of .22 rimfire. Why does .22 smell so much better than other gunsmoke? Oh man, I can smell it now, just sitting here thinking about it.

The smell of Louisiana marsh mud AKA "Gumbo", Winchester Super X Drylok Steel Shot, a wet Black Labrador Retriever and Deet....

Reminds me of the old days... (Like a couple years ago.. I'm not that old yet...)

If you can get that "shooting smell #5" in a air freshner for my truck...I'm in...send me a box!

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That would be in the back seat of my car.
I love the smell of burt powder, gun oil, #9 and the range bag.

The Wolf/milsurp ammo smell...

The sharp smell of wolf ammo, burnt powder, the smell of the flowers near my firing point, and the much less pleasant of at least one large man sweating profusely in the Texas heat.

I really miss Alaska sometimes.

im going to go with the smell of misty palouse morning...wheat fields recently turned, wet dog and the smell of that first 12g round. i would occ keep a shell in my jacket to sniff at...love that smell.

the smell of my dads truck too...of course, it smelled like recently turned wheat fields, wet dog and 12g. hahahha

The smell of burnt gunpowder and priming compound from Eley 22lr. As I like to call it, the "Eley Smell".

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That stuff smells like hot garbage...

Hot metal, grease and worked leather.
(er... only when shooting my leverguns)

Hoppes 9, cosmoline, canvas.

The smell of the woods in the fall, especially when it contains the trace of a 20, 16 or 12 gauge No. 6 that was just fired at a grouse, is great too.

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So true! After every shot I take at a deer - I'm very excited and I always smell the burned powder from my 12ga mixed with the smell of the woods.....

only ten weeks until I smell it again hopefully!