Black Powder Cartridge Loading

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Skorenzy

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Greetings all,

Just wondering who here has experience loading up their own BP Cartridges; I have a Kit from HC Collections and I am unfamiliar with the BP end of Cartridges.

Seeing as loading data for the 11/12mm pinfire doesn't seem to be around anymore I am having difficulty ascertaining how much BP I should be putting into these casings; I know that airspace between the BP charge and projectile has a very good chance of landing me in the hospital. I was thinking for a first go-around that I would use 2/3rds of the space available for BP and 1/3rd for a wadding material (I was thinking of using cornmeal).

Anybody have any experience to share?
 
What I do when using filler is to place corn starch (I use corn starch for no other reason than that is what my wife usually has lying around) directly over the charge. Then compress with the buillet, make certain you have a crimp so it doesn't back off on you.

For lubing, I usually pan lube using a roughly 50/50 mixture of olive oil and pure beeswax. Was shooting my Uberti with that mixture just a couple of weekends ago at around -5 and it still shot very well, no noticeable difference in fouling between warmer temps and the revolver functioned great.

I use a drop tube for rifle cartridges (like my .45-70 and .45-90) but in the interests of time I haven't been with my .45 Colt and it works well.

Whenever possible also use pure lead for bullets - although personally I find that the lube is more important than the hardness of the bullet. Your mileage may vary ;)

Good luck
 
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Presumably the gun is a revolver. I would just fill the case to the base of the bullet when loaded and allow for a bit of compression. I wouldn't bother with a drop tube for handgun shells although I always use one for rifle shells. The lube I use is 1/2 bear grease and 1/2 bees wax and I just scrape the bullet through the mix and smooth with my fingers. Like NorthCoast's mix it is soft like baby poo :>) On pinfires I do put a drop of airplane glue on the outside of the shell around the pin; not a lot and it shrinks to just about nothing when dry. I was using home made shells and had a bit of problem with the pins moving and coming partly out before the glue. I also put a tiny disc of coarse paper on top of the priming in the #11 cap because I worried about the pin scraping and firing the shell. Also be sure to always use brass or copper pins because steel pins will damage the hammer

cheers mooncoon
 
mooncoon said:
Presumably the gun is a revolver. I would just fill the case to the base of the bullet when loaded and allow for a bit of compression. I wouldn't bother with a drop tube for handgun shells although I always use one for rifle shells. The lube I use is 1/2 bear grease and 1/2 bees wax and I just scrape the bullet through the mix and smooth with my fingers. Like NorthCoast's mix it is soft like baby poo :>) On pinfires I do put a drop of airplane glue on the outside of the shell around the pin; not a lot and it shrinks to just about nothing when dry. I was using home made shells and had a bit of problem with the pins moving and coming partly out before the glue. I also put a tiny disc of coarse paper on top of the priming in the #11 cap because I worried about the pin scraping and firing the shell. Also be sure to always use brass or copper pins because steel pins will damage the hammer

cheers mooncoon
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good idea with the paper i'll use that idea also good to know about the brass pins
 
Alright, I got the cartridges loaded up, There isn't a lot of space so I just used BP. I'll take 'er shooting tomorrow and try and post some pictures...

In theory it shouldn't blow up in my face...
 
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