skwerleater
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I have made paper cartridges with round ball for the 59 sharps. I rolled them with a 54 cal fiber wad under the ball and about 60 grains of powder. Worked pretty good.
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Roundballs in a Sharps
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it would be slow but what about a dowel sized and cut to length with breech closed on it to seal rear of barrel [like a wooden cartridge,] ,load a patched round ball down muzzle [ with a ram rod] remove stopper, load loose or paper ' cartridge' of powder . seems that way you could use a lubed patch , proper size [?] ball. and have a good seal. less leading also. yes slow , but do our type rapid fire much??? 
anyone want to try it and report back?
anyone want to try it and report back?
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I'll pass on that, thanks.it would be slow but what about a dowel sized and cut to length with breech closed on it to seal rear of barrel [like a wooden cartridge,] ,load a patched round ball down muzzle [ with a ram rod] remove stopper, load loose or paper ' cartridge' of powder . seems that way you could use a lubed patch , proper size [?] ball. and have a good seal. less leading also. yes slow , but do our type rapid fire much???
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It’s been years since I owned a sharps percussion rifle but I did occasionally use a round ball. Probably .454” and I seated them from the breech using a short starter. Then just add loose powder, cap and fire. It worked okay as I remember it. Very light recoil from a 9+ pound rifle.it would be slow but what about a dowel sized and cut to length with breech closed on it to seal rear of barrel [like a wooden cartridge,] ,load a patched round ball down muzzle [ with a ram rod] remove stopper, load loose or paper ' cartridge' of powder . seems that way you could use a lubed patch , proper size [?] ball. and have a good seal. less leading also. yes slow , but do our type rapid fire much???
