Video - Shooting cap & ball with paper cartridges

Here you go!

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The cap gets it going without ripping or pricking
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Perhaps, but I imagine there'd be a bit of a delayed fire if it had to burn through the nitrated paper first (paper ain't powder). My bet is that the end does tear some when the cartridge is rammed down the cylinder. Would be interesting to seat a cartridge, remove a nipple, and check it out.
 
Great video! It looks like his cartridges work nicely. Am curious - did you grease over the ends of the cylinder chambers after loading or leave them un-greased and shoot with just the cartridge in the chamber? Thanks! :)
 
I enjoyed the video Mike. Got to make me another similar batch of those out of magician nitrated paper. Love to hear you ring that gong!



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Great Video.
I made up cartridges using cigarette papers that also worked well using balls.
I was wondering though: The aforementioned paper cartridges looked like they were made up using the old-original style conicals. I was wondering if the maker used the small iron/brass double mold to cast them.
 
Duelist - still curious as you don't show it on the video - did you grease over the projectiles or just load them and shoot? Thanks.
 
This thread has given me the bug and I have been thinking about starting to "roll" my own cartridges for my C&B pistol using conicals, so I have some questions. Having only used round balls in my pistol where a ring was shaved off, I assume from the video that you do not shave off a ring of lead with conical bullets. So what diameter bullet do I use in my .44 cal revolver (Pietta Colt replica)? Do they have a hollow base the expands like the Minnie bullets? If I mould my own bullets, do I lubricate them?

Thanks
Darwin
 
You reminded me that I also have a booklet that came with my revolver, however the chart in it only indicates the size of ball to use. It doesn't have the chart you scanned. Mine is about 5 years old. so my booklet is no help. I must say I'm puzzled that it would say to use the same diameter conical bullet as round ball. That just seems to me it would be quite difficult to load a conical of that diameter.
 
85.00 for a six cavity lee mold without handles when the standard bp conical molds work just fine. I don't think so.
 
I have the standard two cavity Lee conical molds for a .36, .44, and .58 mini ball. All three cost me about $65.....total. For $85, he can keep them.
 
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