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As many of you know I use Cap and ball revolvers as well as inline bp rifles and modern arms.
I took something that I learned from the cap ball revolver and tried to transition it into the inline muzzleloading world.
During the civil war it was common practice for soldiers to use paper cartridges to aid in the speed of reloading. many people who are into Cap ball revolvers also make paper cartridges for themselves.
So I thought to myself hey why not a paper cartridge built for a modern inline muzzle loader. This may be particularly useful if you need to take a follow-up shot while hunting game.
The following is the series of pictures showing a few paper cartridges that I've made for my 50 cal CVA wolf.
In experimenting some are different diameters they range from full bore to about 3/4 the size of the bore.
Eventually I hope to take him to the range to give him a final test to make sure that they ignite properly with the 209 primer caps and don't leave a large amount of unburned material or material that is ejected out the muzzle and on to the nearby grounds potentially causing a fire hazard.
I can tell you that the paper cartridges have worked with some measure of success in my cap and ball revolver.
Onto the photos...
Here's a sample of three different sizes.
The following is a series of photos showing you the basic premise.
the full bore style cartridge work similarly unfortunately the files were too large to upload however you get the idea.
I took something that I learned from the cap ball revolver and tried to transition it into the inline muzzleloading world.
During the civil war it was common practice for soldiers to use paper cartridges to aid in the speed of reloading. many people who are into Cap ball revolvers also make paper cartridges for themselves.
So I thought to myself hey why not a paper cartridge built for a modern inline muzzle loader. This may be particularly useful if you need to take a follow-up shot while hunting game.
The following is the series of pictures showing a few paper cartridges that I've made for my 50 cal CVA wolf.
In experimenting some are different diameters they range from full bore to about 3/4 the size of the bore.
Eventually I hope to take him to the range to give him a final test to make sure that they ignite properly with the 209 primer caps and don't leave a large amount of unburned material or material that is ejected out the muzzle and on to the nearby grounds potentially causing a fire hazard.
I can tell you that the paper cartridges have worked with some measure of success in my cap and ball revolver.
Onto the photos...
Here's a sample of three different sizes.
The following is a series of photos showing you the basic premise.
the full bore style cartridge work similarly unfortunately the files were too large to upload however you get the idea.