Tula .45 smells like hot dogs and mustard

[essayons21]

And its delicious.

I'm used to the sulfurous sweet smell of burnt smokeless powder. I was shooting this weekend and a friend brought Walmart bought Tula ammo in .45, 9mm, and .223.

It was my first time shooting Tula and I noticed that the .45 was quite smoky and smelled distinctly of ballpark hot dogs and mustard. Smelled pretty good actually. Didn't notice this smell with the other calibers... too bad.

I wonder what sort of powder they are using. Anyone else noticed this? Do you know of any other ammo/powder that has a distinct smell?

 

[Lou McGopher]

My Brenneke slugs leave the air reeking of 437 grains of deer-slaying success.

 

[Dueling1911s]

i have some prvi 223 that smells like cat box

 

[357 Terms]

LOL, were you hungry?

 

[Mr.Blue]

I hate the smell of Commie ammo. It is also a lot dirtier and gives off a lot of smoke.

As written above, maybe you were hungry when you were shooting.

 

[chevyman097]

I love the smell of surplus ammo in the morning.....

 

[1KPerDay]

I must eat fresher hot dogs than you...

 

[cheesebigot]

Surplus Bulgarian 7.62x54R ammo has a tendency to smell like aged ammonia when fired from my Mosin. The same can be said of the Yugo 7.62x39 surplus...yum.

 

[Loosedhorse]

We're talking about various nitrogen compounds here: nitrates and nitrites (for the hot dogs), urea and ammonia for the others. Not sure why one smell would predominate in some rounds.

 

[speedway]

Sellers & Beloit 32acp smells like cat pee when you shoot it.

 

[gym]

They probablly loaded them up while bar-B-queing

 

[Hossfly68]

Great!! I finally figure out what a BBQ gun is and now you spring BBQ ammo on me!!! And to top it off, now I'm hungry!!!

 

[Lunie]

"But the smell, that [hot dogs and mustard] smell... Smelled like... Vict'ry."

Or something like that.

 

[Neo-Luddite]

As said, it's likely just cheap/less refined chemicals used in the powder. For target purposes I wouldn't worry. What worries me MORE is the chemicals used in the hot dogs that give rise to similar smell. My sollution is to avoid such highly nitrated and adulterated meats.

In the end therefore: 1) For plinking/target shooting cheapie ammo is probably OK. 2) Spend the savings on better quality cured/encased meats.

 

[Hunterdad]

My Brenneke slugs leave the air reeking of 437 grains of deer-slaying success.

This made me spit out my coffee...hilarious

 

[lowerunit411]

Never noticed food smells from ammo , but the last gun i bought at a gun show smells a lot like jerky. In fact, now that i think about it, the gunshow itself smelled a lot like jerky!

 

[Batty67]

So, would Israeli ammunition smell like Hebrew National hotdogs? (yum).

 

[boatme99]

Didn't notice this smell with the other calibers... too bad.

Cartridge loader dropping lunch bits on his bench?

 

[dusty14u]

The new trend in reloading is moving toward aromatic powders. Unique will soon be available in Pot Roast with Potatoes or a line of aromatherapy smells like "Mtns in May" and my personal favorite " Nantucket Beach". Keep your eyes peeled.

 

[ErikO]

I have this shooting addiction due to a love of the scent of both blackpowder and smokeless. Growing up, I was very involved with model rocketry which only used black powder for the engines and that will be one of my favorite smells until I can't smell anymore at all.

 

[Vonderek]

Wolf .45 and 9mm smells like my finger....

 

[Hossfly68]

Stop sniffing that finger!!! You don't know where it's been!

I did smell Sonic hamburgers one day, but I couldn't tell you what ammo I was shooting. It's a combo of the mustard and pickles that stands out to me.
When it becomes too strong it almost smells like sweat, not the nasty ,after football practice type, just sweat.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Wolf, the last time I shot any (2004), smelled somewhat like burning hair.

 

[TRX]

Some powders smell more like burning plastic than anything else.

 

[Lunie]

I have this shooting addiction due to a love of the scent of both blackpowder and smokeless. Growing up, I was very involved with model rocketry which only used black powder for the engines and that will be one of my favorite smells until I can't smell anymore at all.

Sorry to hear about your addiction to the sulfurous, glorious smell of Black Powder.

It has somewhat of an "egg" smell, does that count?