Smoking cigarettes around guns or ammunition ok?

[hso]

Well I WAS in the closet until you outed me!

 

[Mizar]

It takes me about 10 minutes to clean a heavily smoked pipe, just with some pipe cleaners soaked in alcohol. Tar removes easily with just water and soap - much easier then carbon buildup after a long range day. Tar buildup on guns due to smoking is more a myth then reality - I have yet to clean tar buildup on a gun and I'm a heavy smoker for more than 15 years.

Boris

 

[Miss Becky]

Just to clarify, its an outdoor range not an indoor range. The range rules don't prohibit smoking, and I've seen several of the guys working at range taking cigarette breaks before, so I'm pretty sure its allowed.

Don't really plan on quitting anytime soon, or ever really, but I definitely don't pay $20 a day for cigs. Even when smoking at least three packs a day I pay alot less. I buy my cigarettes by the carton from an indian reservation and save loads of $.

Anyways as a longtime smoker I do always try to be careful to avoid getting ash on anything nice, whether thats a nice dress, or a nice pair of high heels, or a nice 45 pistol I inherited from my father. Same goes for my snub nosed 38 too, even though its a hand-me-down and already has alot of wear on the finish.

Also, I don't reload or have any loose powder or anything around. Just the range reloads or stuff from a box. And I dont put an open flame around anything either. Its not like Im smoking cigarettes while filing up at the gas station or anything.

Oh even though I have been called an "unrepentant chain smoker" before, I actually try to be considerate around nonsmokers and blow my smoke away from them when possible. Thing is, my friend was an occasional/light social smoker herself for a long time, so its not like she minds me smoking all the time. Go figure.

 

[jp3]

Hopefully not while pulling the handle of your reloading press.

 

[St8LineGunsmith]

to the OP as long you are not reloading with open containers of propellant or stuffing a black powder charge then you are fine smoking around ammo.

 

[paintballdude902]

this video shows my concerns with the damage to guns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPPAz4HjZrM&feature=plcp

im a smoker and at the range take 3-4 steps away from people when i smoke

 

[Skribs]

Reminds me of when I worked at Albertson's and had to tell some folks who were smoking that they should probably move away from the cage where we keep both full and used propane tanks.

 

[gfanikf]

2--at the range there is unburnt powder on the ground;
shooters sweep up brass and the powder gets drifted about;
potential for flash-over if someone drops a lit smoke.
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While not triggered by a cig, that was what caused a fire that burnt (since rebuilt) range at The Firing Line in PA.

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[Walkalong]

Don't eat, drink, stick your fingers in your mouth or nose, or smoke during shooting, reloading, casting, or handling dirty fired brass or primers in general. Wash your hands thoroughly afterwards before eating, drinking, or smoking.

 

[Mizar]

Even little kids know, that pimp guns and nicotine does not mix - just ask your local youtube guru...

Boris

 

[ol' scratch]

Even in an outdoor range I wouldn't just because of the lead intake. Lead is typically nothing to worry about as I do wash up after I shoot, but I have gun shot residue on my hands and have have unburned powder up my forarms after shooting outdoors. The lead is still there. I wouldn't worry about anything going off, however.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Another Angle

If I hadn't quit smoking back in '02, I wouldn't have as many guns and ammo to smoke around. (Which reminds me, I haven't spent nearly as much on guns as I have saved by quitting the smoking addiction. I think it's time to head to the gun store!)

Woody

 

[Fishslayer]

Smoking on the range is a way to increase the uptake of lead. I've always advised smokers to keep their coffin nails off the range and to wash before handling them if they wanted to make sure that they removed that exposure route.

^^^This. I smoke while reloading but not while handling solvents, lead (non jacketed) bullets or when refilling the powder hopper.

Smoking at an indoor range is a non issue in California. Right. Gotta state of the art positive pressure ventilation system that can handle smoke & lead fumes, etc. but no no no! No ciggies! I wouldn't anyway. My hands get black shooting. Pretty sure that stuff wouldn't be great to smear on a tube & smoke it.

I've heard of C&R guys that could actually smell cig smoke on their milsurp rifles.

 

[Hossfly68]

Aaaaarrrrgggghhh! The wife was looking over my shoulder while I was readingthis thread and is trying to bribe me. I found a new gun shop within walking distance from my house and mentioned a pistol they have (while wiping away drool) and she told me if I could put away both the real smokes and go to zero nicotine juice in my electronic smokes, she will buy me ANY gun I want! To "win" the prize, I must go at least three months without!.

 

[Tinpig]

The risks associated with smoking around guns and ammunition incude:

• coronary heart disease
• peripheral vascular disease
• abdominal aortic aneurysm
• lung cancer
• emphysema
• acute myeloid leukemia
• bladder cancer
• cancer of the esophagus
• kidney cancer
• cancer of the larynx
• bronchitis
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• cancer of the mouth
• pancreatic cancer
• cancer of the throat
• stomach cancer
• erectile dysfunction
• diabetes

Tinpig

 

[Sam1911]

Answered well enough.