ernbar
45 Cal.
That’s why I use an electric hot plate. No flame to worry about .
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My first ever combustible envelope cartridges
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Sounds like a plan, are they separate bricks or mixed already? If not what percentages of each?
ernbar
45 Cal.
Lol sorry for the double post. They are pre mixed, just slice and melt. It’s great for dipping conical grease grooves to load loose.
Eutycus
Cannon
Would it be feasible to drop one of these "bullets" down the barrel of a pistol then ram it home? I'm not talking about a revolver but a single shot pistol.
Absolutely eutycus.... a cylinder is just a barrel that rotates
Eutycus
Cannon
May have to give it a try.
Hc oj
Walks with wheels.
32 Cal
Looks like you made some good 'uns.
Re: cartridge material. I used plain ol' white gift wrapping tissue soaked in very warm super saturated 'tree stump remover' solution. The paper was already cut to make handling easier.
Re: lube. I never really got into the conical bullets as round ball worked for my purposes. For lube I dipped the un-powdered cartridge, after the ball was tied off, in a beeswax (75% by vol.) and Crisco shortening (25% vol) to just shy of the tie string. This was done to prevent any contamination by wicking during hot weather. Well, coming across some unused rounds 30+ years later, they look usable.
I never really worried about ignition after loading as the envelope folded end was off center enough so that when it ruptured the powder spilled around the cylinder base. One thing I never got a chance to try was traditional ACW & IW issue paperless cartridge. I manged to get the powder set in a conical shape, with wad and ball attached, but never did find some arsenal equivalents to duplicate the waterproof outer coating.
Re: cartridge material. I used plain ol' white gift wrapping tissue soaked in very warm super saturated 'tree stump remover' solution. The paper was already cut to make handling easier.
Re: lube. I never really got into the conical bullets as round ball worked for my purposes. For lube I dipped the un-powdered cartridge, after the ball was tied off, in a beeswax (75% by vol.) and Crisco shortening (25% vol) to just shy of the tie string. This was done to prevent any contamination by wicking during hot weather. Well, coming across some unused rounds 30+ years later, they look usable.
I never really worried about ignition after loading as the envelope folded end was off center enough so that when it ruptured the powder spilled around the cylinder base. One thing I never got a chance to try was traditional ACW & IW issue paperless cartridge. I manged to get the powder set in a conical shape, with wad and ball attached, but never did find some arsenal equivalents to duplicate the waterproof outer coating.
Eutycus
Cannon
You got me scratching my head over that line about ..."just shy of the tie string".
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