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    Hmmm... I wonder about the flintlocks I've seen then, if there wasn't some other culprit.

    Although I suppose sweat or bodily oils COULD have provided the electrolyte...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Strings View Post
    Hmmm... I wonder about the flintlocks I've seen then, if there wasn't some other culprit.

    Although I suppose sweat or bodily oils COULD have provided the electrolyte...
    Yes, there is always moisture in wood. Couple that with what could have been salts in the wood, or applied to the wood via perspiration, and BINGO: you have an electrolye.

    Despite what I consider way above average attention and care, I have had a few guns suffer from proximity to the salt: the salt water aerosol carries how far inland?

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