Sarge Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I am starting to enjoy asking these kinds of questions. I recently saw a shooter shooting with an oxygen tank on his back and the nostril attachment. I know it was on because with electronic muffs on he sounded like DV. Dangerous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Only if you shoot the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I wouldn't think so. Your ammunition doesn't require external O2 to burn, so it wouldn't effect that. Unless he is in an enclosed area where the O2 can accumulate and concentrate, I don't even think the flash (leftover powder burn) would be effected. Just my thoughts, I'm not a chemist dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Only if you shoot the tank. That is hilarious! But what I was looking for was the oxygen mixing with ignition train of thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I don't see how having 100% O2 near an explosion can be a really good idea but I would guess that normal shooting has the blast far enough from the O2 to not light it off. Now a squib or case separation may be a different thing. One little ash in the face you have can have some serious trouble. Later, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgood Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Oxygen itself is not flammable. But it makes just about everything it comes in contact with extremely flammable. (Chemically, fire = something reacting with oxygen.) In a hospital room with a patient on oxygen, you can not have flame, or even a spark. The bed sheets and just about everything else in the room are saturated with oxygen and easily ignited. A muzzle flash, for instance, might set it off. (I wouldn't risk trying.) But that's in an enclosed space. I seriously doubt this would be a concern at even an indoor range, and certainly not at an outdoor range. Unless he's doing live fire practice in his bedroom, I don't think there's an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 (edited) Kinda sounds like Las Vegas. Geriatrics, oxygen bottles, slot machines and combat walkers Edited April 12, 2009 by Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Max flow out of a nasal cannula is under 6 Liters per minute and the "usual" rate is 2 or 3 because anything over about 6 is rather uncomfortable. That isn't enough to do anything to the local air volume in terms of oxygen saturation even in a small room. It is only working for the person because they are taking it in directly to the lungs. Gotta give that guy points for not letting it take his sport away from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 This thread is useless without pics! I am turning 40 tomorrow, and this just made my heart a great bit happier! Thanks, Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgood Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Gotta give that guy points for not letting it take his sport away from him. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 This thread is useless without pics! I am turning 40 tomorrow..... They let children play here? I've got boots older than that! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 When you dive on a boat, if they have emergency oxygen on board that automatically prohibits smoking. Whether the O2 is inuse or not. I'd think it isn't the safest thing in the world. Maybe not even from the shooting perspective - most matches I go to there are several smokers of both cigarrettes and cigars. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dunn Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Not a concern. Grandmas across the country are cooking Easter breakfast over a gas stove, wheeling their O2 tanks behind them. The biggest hazard with home O2 is tripping over the tubing and breaking your hip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Knight Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Not a concern. Grandmas across the country are cooking Easter breakfast over a gas stove, wheeling their O2 tanks behind them. The biggest hazard with home O2 is tripping over the tubing and breaking your hip. +1 Unless there is a serious problem with the tank leaking Kimel's got it right. Not enough flow from medical O2 tanks to cause any problems especially if it is on a demand flow system(only works when a breath is taken). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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