What is the cause of my freezing cold and dripping wet moderator after 75 shots?

rodjava said:

Texan .257 LSS shooting AVS 85 grain slugs tethered at 3100 psi 1020 fps
Range at Petaluma CA. 65 degrees humanity 40% precipitation 1%

After aprox 75 shots, the moderator on my Texan 257 LSS gets "very cold to the touch" just below freezing and soaking wet.

I'm sure the freezing end of my barrel affect my POI.

I'm no "brainiack" and wonder what causes this wet and cold condition. And how I can prevent it?
Rod in San Francisco

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Podna said:

Look up the Joule-Thompson effect. The Cliff notes are; when you drop the pressure of a gas across an orafice it cools. If there is moisture in the gas it also cools and will coalesce. If the ambient temp is cool enough the condensation can and will freeze.

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Stubbers said:

It's Joule–Thomson and that's a bit different than the adiabatic expansion of air going down a barrel, fwiw...

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Podna said:

Excuse me. You should have replied first and saved me being embarrassed.

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Stubbers said:

Adiabatic expansion of air coupled with an inefficient (or super high power) tune.

Adiabatic process - Wikipedia

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You can try to dial back the power, or get a longer barrel/run higher pressure so you don't have so much valve dwell.

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MEC17670 said:

Do you have a video in English? Sorry, I not sure what language that video is in.

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rodjava said:

I would like to thank all of the members who chimed in so far.
Your contribution is appreciated. It really is.

However, I'm a simple minded man. (68) with only few years of community collage back in the 70s.

It's taken several months and more than a1000 rounds to perfect "the tune" for my Texan. Proof is my ability to split playing cards at 200 yards. So I'm not likely to change anything.

The Texan LSS has a shrouded barrel and I wonder if I insulated inside as well as outside of the shrouded barrel is it would cut down on the condensation?

The Texan is also a single shot loader. I typically shot a single shot every 12 seconds or so. And typically shoot 5 to 6 shots in a row, take break to analyze the shot groups and then rinse and repeat. Perhaps I'm shooting to fast and too often?

I use a oil/water separator with a molecular sieve on my air compressor. So I don't think very much water is in my tethered tanks.

So, I'm still looking for an simple explanation that a 6 year old would understand. lol

Rod in San Francisco

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rodjava said:

I would like to thank all of the members who chimed in so far.
Your contribution is appreciated. It really is.

However, I'm a simple minded man. (68) with only few years of community collage back in the 70s.

It's taken several months and more than a1000 rounds to perfect "the tune" for my Texan. Proof is my ability to split playing cards at 200 yards. So I'm not likely to change anything.

The Texan LSS has a shrouded barrel and I wonder if I insulated inside as well as outside of the shrouded barrel is it would cut down on the condensation?

The Texan is also a single shot loader. I typically shot a single shot every 12 seconds or so. And typically shoot 5 to 6 shots in a row, take break to analyze the shot groups and then rinse and repeat. Perhaps I'm shooting to fast and too often?

I use a oil/water separator with a molecular sieve on my air compressor. So I don't think very much water is in my tethered tanks.

So, I'm still looking for an simple explanation that a 6 year old would understand. lol

Rod in San Francisco

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Loren said:

Develop or adapt one of these to warm the barrel.

Amazon.com

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