question for gun owners....

[danchez]

I am planning a shoot and I want smoke coming out of the barrel of the gun. I was thinking of cutting off a small piece of an incense stick, lighting it and sticking that in the barrel. My question, would that harm the barrel of my gun in any way? If it matters, I have a baby desert eagle 9mm. Thanks in advance.

[kamekaze]

Originally Posted by danchez

I am planning a shoot and I want smoke coming out of the barrel of the gun. I was thinking of cutting off a small piece of an incense stick, lighting it and sticking that in the barrel. My question, would that harm the barrel of my gun in any way? If it matters, I have a baby desert eagle 9mm. Thanks in advance.

*WARNING: NOT A VERY NICE POST, IF FOUL LANGUAGE AND BEING MEAN OFFENDS YOU THEN PLEASE DO NOT READ*

























If you stick anything down the barrel of your weapon minus your cleaning equipment you are a [EDITED BY MOD] idiot. I don't mean to sound rude but a pistol is not a toy and obstructing your barrel in any way is asking for loss of limb or life, so please don't do it, I dont want to see you pop up on the darwin awards...

[kamekaze]

Weird, the post is there, but its not showing up on the new posts page...

[danchez]

Originally Posted by kamekaze

*WARNING: NOT A VERY NICE POST...... blah blah blah.

I suppose I should say thanks for looking out for me, but damn.... anyway. Gun will be empty, very very empty. As in no bullets, bullets not even close. Now why do you think I am asking this question. I'm not stupid enough to just do it then go out shooting. and hope my barrel is ok. I am asking more knowledgeable people if they think any damage would ensue from having a small piece of incense in the barrel. I suppose I could have asked if anyone had any other ideas on how to get smoke to come out of the barrel too.

[Patti Edens]

Baby Eagle is a sweet gun and I wouldn't do it, but I am pretty particular about cleaning and protecting the finish on my guns.

It might depend on what finish you got. If an older model, it's probably the older finish that a lot of people don't think was very good. I don't really know much about it. But now it comes in titanium and a few other standard finishes and you can order it with a custom finish, so just about any finish is available. But, I don't know if the incense would have any harmful residue or not. It could have a slightly acidic residue which might damage the finish, but if you cleaned it immediately after your photoshoot, who knows?

I think what I would do is shoot the gun and then shoot some smoke with the same background and photoshop in the smoke.

Lots of tips on how to shoot smoke are out there.

[Kalrog]

The very minor heat from an incense stick will not harm a barrel at all. Clean well after.

[GUER03]

I wouldn't think it would harm the bore but I can't be positive. Don't know if you want to have a coat of Hoppes #9 inside the bore as it may be flammable but you know you can call to one of the local gun shops and ask.

Granted rule #1, all guns are to be considered loaded, there's a safe way to have a photo 'shoot'. I mean, if not then all my gun magazines would be all text. Be safe and post your 'shots' if you can. I'd like to see them.

BTW, does your Baby Eagle jam much? I know 2 people who've had both the 9 and the .40 and they were jamomatics.

[Jake]

Just add smoke in post. It would probably look better anyway.

[Jusselin]

Originally Posted by Kalrog

The very minor heat from an incense stick will not harm a barrel at all. Clean well after.

+1
your other option is cigarette smoke.... take a drag and exhale into the barrel slowly the smoke will linger long enough for a pic

btw here is my new baby i couldnt resist since the thread is here

[darktiger]

you can use incense or add it in post...

[J Eddington]

I would either add it in post OR put the incense on the outside, away from the camera. But unless you diffuse the smoke it will look fake.

[CaptainTom]

An interesting idea.
If you don't want to do any damage to the gun then don't try the incense thing.
I agree with Jake that photoshopping would likely look better than the real thing.
(it would be real smoke, just added later).

p.s. My daily carry has become a PT111 9mm Millenium Pro .

[Jusselin]

sweet gun tom, how do you like the trigger pull on that

[Truckman]

Originally Posted by Kalrog

The very minor heat from an incense stick will not harm a barrel at all. Clean well after.

What he said...Ben

[kamekaze]

Originally Posted by danchez

I suppose I should say thanks for looking out for me, but damn.... anyway. Gun will be empty, very very empty. As in no bullets, bullets not even close. Now why do you think I am asking this question. I'm not stupid enough to just do it then go out shooting. and hope my barrel is ok. I am asking more knowledgeable people if they think any damage would ensue from having a small piece of incense in the barrel. I suppose I could have asked if anyone had any other ideas on how to get smoke to come out of the barrel too.

Hehe, guess somebody else is the idiot with reading comprehension. I probably shouldn't post at 3 am after a beer making marathon.