Yeah, yeah, kush, you win.
There you GO, again,
SCRUNCH (THAT one's to make you feel more at home). Nice to know that what you lack in attention to detail, you compensate for, with consistency.
Sorry my typing on my phone is not up to snuff.
Yes, I am sorry your typing, and worse still, your attention to detail is not up to snuff, either. BUT, they that the first step on the way to recovery is to recognize that you have a problem, so DO carry on.
Thermodynamics was a 100 level course, physical chemistry was a 200 level course, quantum mechanics was a 400 level course, inorganic chem was a 300 level course, metabolism and regulation was a 400 level course, etc, etc.
Based on your descriptions of classes and their academic levels, it is evident that you've been away from the field for a very long time. Perhaps some things have been learned in those subjects, since you "graced" a classroom with your presence.
Yes, as a matter of fact. I'm currently engaged in research of the structure-activity relationships of novel phenanthrene-nucleus mu-opioid agonists as possible higher therapeutic index central analgesics and opioid addiction treatments. Rather interesting and cutting-edge stuff! And THANK YOU for your concern over the progress of my career, but it's being managed quite well without your interest. Or was THAT too detailed?
And do you have the confidence in your own ideas to put a vinegar towel on your own gun while you wait for the lead slug to dissolve .2mm?
It would depend on the weapon involved, but yes, I would be willing to try it with a Mosin-Nagant. It might alter the finish, which is nothing that cannot be fixed in a day. To my knowledge, the soviets didn't bother applying finish to the interiors of the barrel. Your point was what, exactly?
HiBC: Hey,Kosh,but,yeah,you did leave out the peroxide,a more grievous error than a typo ,yes?Speck in Scorch's eye,log in yours?[
Not so much and not by a long shot. If all my detractors conveniently glommed onto my oversight as some glaring indictment of my skills as a chemist, I DO apologize to them. But please tell me... WHICH of THESE pointed out my oversight before they did? Scorch? HiBC? ANYone? No logs OR splinters, here, HiBC, but thanks for playing.
It is not ludicrous to suppose the vinegar will penetrate the end grain and splits,and be trapped in the bore.Swelling the wood tighter.From that point on,vinegar is present in the bore.It also interacts with the chemistry of the wood,which may (or not?) affect the corrosive properties of the vinegar.I do not know if acetic acid is more volatile than water,but,if not,would the acidity not increase as the water evaporated?
Yes, trace amounts of acetate might make it into the wood, which would ALSO convert it into CELLULOSE ACETATE, which is also (relatively) soluble in water, and not aggressively corrosive. Would it "affect the corrosive properties of the the vinegar" ? Yes, it would. It would reduce or negate them altogether.
It is not, and never has been my premise that this treatment will remove substantial portions of wood. It IS my contention that one or more such treatments would probably remove enough of the lead to free up the wooden dowel (swollen or not) enough to facilitate removal.
Was I proposing that the OP leave the Acetate/Peroxide mixture in the barrel after said treatments? Not only no, but HEAVENS NO! After 2 or 3 treatments, the gun owner flushes it with hot water.
Several times. This increases removal of the lead acetate formed, and trace corrosives remaining. I would have CHEERFULLY emphasized this given the opportunity, but I was bit busy defending the idea against
ad hominum attacks by folks who'd never entertained the possibility of it working (and probably never would because obstinacy is always so much more fun than edification).
Oh, and THANKS SO MUCH for letting me offer my suggestion in so open and welcoming a forum! Dreadful sorry that it caused any of you to recoil in terror at the prospect of considering an unorthodox approach to a fairly common problem!