Zigzag cigarette papers?
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saskgunowner101
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I've watched a few videos on youtube of guys doing this. I'm going to give it a try when my conical mold arrives. Looks to be an exercise in patience....
Did you end up finding a cheap cap n ball revolver??
Did you end up finding a cheap cap n ball revolver??
I've watched a few videos on youtube of guys doing this. I'm going to give it a try when my conical mold arrives. Looks to be an exercise in patience....
Did you end up finding a cheap cap n ball revolver??
Thanks sincerely for the reply on this topic !
(I seriously searched and searched to see if anyone had asked something similar about this before
, but nadda....
)I ended-up learning that most modern-manufacture cap & ball revolvers aren't all that cheap....
...but a very pleasant CGN'er did help me on my way to a pair of quite decently priced 1851's....Because I personally dislike getting all fiddly at the range (remember, I said personally - I'm the kind of guy who lands up with a ton of loose gear at the end of a range-day, and is forever second-guessing himself and driving-back to see if a scope-cap or hex-set or set of "ears" was left behind
), I'd prefer to "pre-load for" the range, rather than "re-load at" the range; hence the interest in paper cartridges....
saskgunowner101
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- middle of Sask
It's really not too bad for reloading once you find a system that works for you. I still want to try the paper cartridges, if for no better reason than "just because". The traditionalists would probably slap me if they caught me, but here's what I do and it goes quite quick.
I dump my powder into a small coffee cup, and use Lee scoops (1.3cc each of pyrodex P and cream of wheat). Put revolver in loading stand, throw a powder charge in each cylinder hole, then rotate the cylinder again throwing the cream of wheat, then seat each ball one at a time (with this combo, I seat the round ball lower than flush for a bit of compression). Rub some lard cut with canola oil over the face of the cylinder, cap and good for bang x6.
but here's what I do and it goes quite quick.I dump my powder into a small coffee cup, and use Lee scoops (1.3cc each of pyrodex P and cream of wheat). Put revolver in loading stand, throw a powder charge in each cylinder hole, then rotate the cylinder again throwing the cream of wheat, then seat each ball one at a time (with this combo, I seat the round ball lower than flush for a bit of compression). Rub some lard cut with canola oil over the face of the cylinder, cap and good for bang x6.
Does anyone use these to make "paper cartridges" for BP revolvers ?....
They cost less than $0.02/paper....
A very good friend of mine uses old paperback book pages to do this. You could probably get a lot out of 1 page too.
I use them all the time. I made a cylindrical wood dowel that I use to form the cartridge, I lick the paper and wrap it around the dowel and then crimp the end and put a dab of white glue to hold it. I make about 30 or so while I am watching TV.
With the paper in a cylindrical tube, I measure out 25 grn of holy black and put it in the cylinder and then place a ball on top and with my fingers I twist the top tight against the ball, fold it over and glue the end down so it will not open.
So now I have a paper cartridge that is ready to go. Some people talk about nitrating the cartridge to make it burn better but don't worry about that it will light no problem.
So when I get to the bench I put a complete paper cartridge into a cylinder, rotate it to the seating position and ram it home. Then I proceed to load the other cylinders.
I take a small brass pin and just to make sure the paper broke inside the cylinder when it was rammed home, I push thru the open nipple into the cylinder on each one that is loaded. Probably don't need to do that but I have never had a miss fire so I do what I am used too.
I use some bore butter on the balls, cap each nipple and away I go.
If I am going to be shooting conical bullets then I make the same cylinder paper cartridges but I just load them with black powder and that is it. The conical bullets are already lubed and sitting in a tin box so when I am at the bench I simply drop a paper cartridge into each cylinder then ram home a conical on top, make sure each paper cartridge is broken in the cylinder by pushing the brass needle into the nipples, cap it and away I go.
Might sound like a lot of work but honestly you can load each cylinder in under a minute, rotate the cylinder and poke thru the nipples in under 10 seconds, cap it and away you go with a total time of about 2 minutes max.
With the paper in a cylindrical tube, I measure out 25 grn of holy black and put it in the cylinder and then place a ball on top and with my fingers I twist the top tight against the ball, fold it over and glue the end down so it will not open.
So now I have a paper cartridge that is ready to go. Some people talk about nitrating the cartridge to make it burn better but don't worry about that it will light no problem.
So when I get to the bench I put a complete paper cartridge into a cylinder, rotate it to the seating position and ram it home. Then I proceed to load the other cylinders.
I take a small brass pin and just to make sure the paper broke inside the cylinder when it was rammed home, I push thru the open nipple into the cylinder on each one that is loaded. Probably don't need to do that but I have never had a miss fire so I do what I am used too.
I use some bore butter on the balls, cap each nipple and away I go.
If I am going to be shooting conical bullets then I make the same cylinder paper cartridges but I just load them with black powder and that is it. The conical bullets are already lubed and sitting in a tin box so when I am at the bench I simply drop a paper cartridge into each cylinder then ram home a conical on top, make sure each paper cartridge is broken in the cylinder by pushing the brass needle into the nipples, cap it and away I go.
Might sound like a lot of work but honestly you can load each cylinder in under a minute, rotate the cylinder and poke thru the nipples in under 10 seconds, cap it and away you go with a total time of about 2 minutes max.
