Mercury recoil reducer - slushy or packed full for max effect?
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LUCKYDAWG13
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the ones that i have HS precision have room to slush around
ironworkerwill
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FYI If you use mercury, keep it to yourself. No one needs to know anything about it. So yes , the lead shot needs room to swap ends of the containment vessel. If it was as full it is just like adding additional weight to the rifle.
Kendal Black
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I think the issue is that some people get nerves about mercury's toxicity, but it isn't going to poison anyone if it's inside your buttstock.
As others have said: yep, it's the dead blow hammer principle. The reduction medium (whatever it is) should be free to move.
As others have said: yep, it's the dead blow hammer principle. The reduction medium (whatever it is) should be free to move.
ironworkerwill
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You know how people loose their minds over the stuff. Like schools being shutdown for broken bulbs containg the stuff.Why is that, he wouldn't be the first to do so?
There are a number of methods though.
*Plus, I'm sure it's illegal in California.
*Satire
au_prospector
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As long as you don't boil it on a hotplate and breathe in the fumes, you'll be okay.
Safetychain
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"As long as you don't boil it on a hotplate and breathe in the fumes, you'll be okay."
Been there, done that. Nearly killed my 'stay at home' Mom who spent a couple of weeks in the hospital, while I spent 72 hours in bed throwing up every half hour. Ruined that deer skin rug beside the bed. The house had to be decontaminated. Had 20% lung capacity for about 6 months before things started to get better, which took about a year. Now, 49 years later still no long term effects have surfaced other than any kind of chest x-ray results in the comment along the line of "How long have you been a chain smoker?" I've never smoked. Then they tell be that my lungs are really scarred up. I still snorkel for lobster and spear fish a lot, but my breath holding capability has slowly reduced from around 3 mins to only one now. But that's likely me just getting old and loving that beer a bit more.
As I remember it, the Drs. claimed that the lungs were slowly expelling the mercury which is then swallowed. This then mixes with the stomach acid to make a poison that is promptly expelled.
All that trying to recover about a ounce of silver that was dissolved in the Hg. I've done some crazy things in my life, that was the craziest, but not by much.
DON'T TRY IT !!!!!!!!
Been there, done that. Nearly killed my 'stay at home' Mom who spent a couple of weeks in the hospital, while I spent 72 hours in bed throwing up every half hour. Ruined that deer skin rug beside the bed. The house had to be decontaminated. Had 20% lung capacity for about 6 months before things started to get better, which took about a year. Now, 49 years later still no long term effects have surfaced other than any kind of chest x-ray results in the comment along the line of "How long have you been a chain smoker?" I've never smoked. Then they tell be that my lungs are really scarred up. I still snorkel for lobster and spear fish a lot, but my breath holding capability has slowly reduced from around 3 mins to only one now. But that's likely me just getting old and loving that beer a bit more.
As I remember it, the Drs. claimed that the lungs were slowly expelling the mercury which is then swallowed. This then mixes with the stomach acid to make a poison that is promptly expelled.
All that trying to recover about a ounce of silver that was dissolved in the Hg. I've done some crazy things in my life, that was the craziest, but not by much.
DON'T TRY IT !!!!!!!!
ironworkerwill
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Mercury vaporises below room temperature. The rate of evaporation increases with temperature.
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