Fly320s
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So I went to the range this morning to give my AR-15 a workout. The first few shots were from the bench with a light wind in my face.
Bang! A little flash, a little kick and a little smoke. Then the smell gets to my nose. That odor is very distinctive to me. It takes me back to Army Basic Training and my first encounter with the M16/AR-15 rifle.
So what causes the smell? Is it the primer and powder combination or the type of cleaning agents used or the type of lubrication used? Today I was using Winchester white box ammo in a gun that had been cleaned with CLP and lightly lubed with Miltec-1. But I've encountered the same smell using other combinations of ammo, cleaner, and lube.
Do other guns have a distinct odor?
Bang! A little flash, a little kick and a little smoke. Then the smell gets to my nose. That odor is very distinctive to me. It takes me back to Army Basic Training and my first encounter with the M16/AR-15 rifle.
So what causes the smell? Is it the primer and powder combination or the type of cleaning agents used or the type of lubrication used? Today I was using Winchester white box ammo in a gun that had been cleaned with CLP and lightly lubed with Miltec-1. But I've encountered the same smell using other combinations of ammo, cleaner, and lube.
Do other guns have a distinct odor?