Aromatherapy

[Soren]

What is your favorite gun powder smell?
I prefer shotgun.

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[titsonritz]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

 

[pdx1]

Nothing like corrosive 762x54r ammo
The older the better!!!
Shot some 50s stuff, smelled like bubblegum
It's a good day if I have the Vepr or PSL out

 

[CountryGent]

What is your favorite gun power smell?
I prefer shotgun.

Powder or power? Going with the latter more broad term: Ballistol, the CLP, is a delightful scent. And 3-in-1 oil brings back memories of guns and fishing reels, from long ago to more recently.

 

[HA556]

@Andy54Hawken

 

[Andy54Hawken]

GI Bore cleaner and CLP ( Tri- Flow ) brings back memories...Some good and a few sad...

My favorite however is the smell of blackpowder...with that crisp autumn bite in the air...
Andy

 

[HA556]

My favorite however is the smell of blackpowder...with that crisp autumn bite in the air...
Andy

Yep, I had a sneaky suspicion! Followed by a nice red trail I presume?

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Smokey brain tanned leather....some gun oil on a stock....whiskey and campfire smoke...
Ahhhh....now yer talkin'....
Andy

 

[clearconscience]

Can't beat the ol' Hopps.

but any spent shell casing is a wonderful smell.

I don't shoot near as often as I want, but when I do I take a big whiff of the action after the first mag.

almost brings a tear to my eye.

 

[bolus]

Freshly blued steel wiped down with some WD40 Specialist has this rich pungent iron /metal smell that fills the room. I imagine it is what blood smells like to vampires. Intoxicating.

Another good one is a race car just after a session on the track. Hot metal smell from the engine and brake rotors with some hints of fuel, burnt rubber and a bit of coolant which is sweet almost fruity. All together just just smells like power.

 

[Samoht]

H4350 after taking a shot.
Than that coppery iron smell of blood.
Later, the smell of wild game cooking over a mopane wood fire.

Tales around the camp fire....

 

[Mike Dahlager]

Don't know about powder but Hoppe's will always be associated with guns.

 

[welderman1949]

What is your favorite gun powder smell?
I prefer shotgun.

For me it is Hoppes #9. At seventy years old it still brings back childhood memories of my dad cleaning his rifle after a hunting trip. I find that I sometimes clean my guns today just to bring back those memories.

 

[Medic!]

The little puff of smoke from my 22.
And the smell of grass under a big Montana sky.

 

[revjen45]

1) Hoppe's #9.

2) "My favorite however is the smell of blackpowder...with that crisp autumn bite in the air."
If I ever crave that smell I can eat some boiled eggs and black beans and viola! a few hours later, there it is!

 

[MannyGlocks]

Ah, Gun Guy Poetry!

 

[Mikej]

Man, some you guys are regular fricken poets! I dig it.

I don't get much from burned gun powder. Un-burned, yes. The ether smell I like. just started rifle loading. H4895 isn't pleasing.

I DO sniff the stocks on my 1918 Lee Enfield and 1902 Swede Mauser though. I like that they smell the same. And both of them, when at the range in the sun, the linseed oil treated stocks get a shine to them.

 

[Medic!]

Nice.

 

[WillametteWill]

700x
I remember as an 18 year old driving to my local trap range at the fairground on weekend to shoot. I would grab 3 freshly shot hulls when I was done and smell the still aromatic, burned powder. Nearly 40 years later, still have the same ritual. The memories come back as if I was 18 again each time.

 

[teflon6string]

Always loved the smell of that first shot outdoors - indoors not at all - centerfire pistol ammo in particular (.22 not so much). That initial whiff on the breeze augments the whole pleasurable shooting experience.

And I think Hoppe's #9 smells wonderful.

Speaking of the delightful aroma of Hoppe's #9, I'm curious about something that occurred back in 1995 or so. I went to clean guns and my Hoppe's #9 had no scent. Nothing. It smelled like water. I had used that container before and it was fine then.

So, does unsealed Hoppe's "go off" like some fuels? Or maybe was there some other nefarious use for it that a lying, sneaky teen in the house might devise - then replace it with water? (He's all better now with sons of his own to shepherd through life.) Anyone here ever notice something similar? I always wondered what happened to that one bottle.