Load Advice for French 1822 T Bis 18mm

[German Jäger]

Hello Fellows,
I recive a matching Numbers French 1822 T Bis Musket with rifled 18mm Barrel! Nice Gun in top Condition and good Bore Condition. So i want to shoot it but has no idea how Paper Catridge RB or Minie Bullet what Diameter?! Please help

 

[Sam squanch]

You will have to slug the bore to get a correct answer. Guessing won’t work.

 

[BillinOregon]

Those are interesting percussion pistols, about .70 caliber. I would search for a .680 round ball mold. Might want to post this in the handgun forum, where it will likely get more notice.

 

[German Jäger]

No, my friend we talk about a musket

 

[Grenadier1758]

Musket or pistol, the bore diameter needs to be measured before deciding on what projectile to shoot. My inclination would be for a paper wrapped round ball cartridge.

 

[German Jäger]

So today I took my musket and measured the bore a .715 Ball fits allmost perfet in the muzzle without a path snug fit a .690 with a 0.18 gets gently and with a .20 patch little snuggy a .660 with 0.20” patcg gets tumb well in the muzzle !the bore are shiny with sharp riflings

 

[acavdragoon]

I just use 100 grain 2F powder .069 round ball on the powder and a brown shipping paper wad on top of the ball. Works like a champ.

 

[German Jäger]

Ok the paper just manure up the ball?

 

[German Jäger]

The paper knitting over the ball?

 

[acavdragoon]

Just like this….

 

[acavdragoon]

Powder then ball then paper. Add musket cap and fire away. Don’t forget to ram your paper home with your ramrod.

 

[German Jäger]

A loose piece of paper or a round cut out piece?

 

[acavdragoon]

I just rip off a piece and put it into a wad to fit the barrel, ramrod it home on top of the ball. Good grief man it’s not rocket science. Look at the picture I uploaded, the wad that I put in the barrel is on the far right of the picture.

 

[German Jäger]

Sorry I don’t have noticed the pictures, but I don’t understand how the loose boy can have Akari when it was so loose in the barrel because the .715 was more snug in the barrel, then the 690

 

[German Jäger]

I also think about 12 gauge dlugs or minie bullets?! Whats about the rifling?

 

[BillinOregon]

My mistake. When I searched for "French 1822 T Bis," several of these pistols came up:
https://www.chesterfieldarmament.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=504

 

[Relic shooter]

So today I took my musket and measured the bore a .715 Ball fits allmost perfet in the muzzle without a path snug fit a .690 with a 0.18 gets gently and with a .20 patch little snuggy a .660 with 0.20” patcg gets tumb well in the muzzle !the bore are shiny with sharp riflings

Sounds like you may have a good shooting original, consider posting photos.

If you haven't replaced the nipple, do this first to prevent injury & damage to your musket.
*In my 60+ years of shooting original flint & percussion era firearms, the vent hole in original nipples often becomes enlarged enough by corrosion enough to blow the hammer off of the lock's tumbler when fired.
A proper powder charge for your musket would be 70 grains of 2F black powder.
Relic shooter

 

[German Jäger]

Hello i have set a new nipple on it yes the bore is bright with good riflings in it