barnettshale
36 Cal.
On the 26th I took my 18 year old granddaughter and one of her friends to the Red River Renegades range in Electra, Tx. I only took the two revolvers. I also took some combustible cartridges I had made nearly two years ago. These cartridges were not pristine by any stretch of the imagination. Coffee filter paper, homemade dowels and blocks, Potassium nitrate soaked /Stump-out. 44's were loaded with 30 grains 3F, .454 ball with a lubed felt wad. Tough to load with the wad. Will leave that out next time. .36 caliber were 22 grains 3F, .375 Ball and lubed felt wad. Next time will be .380 ball, no wad. Regardless of how suspect the cartridges looked I had exactly 2 hang fires. They all fired with one cap. When I checked the chambers I found a small piece of paper left in one chamber of each revolver. I am actually pleased with the results. Those cartridges had been stored in my shop with at least one hard North Texas winter and one extremely hot (+110 degrees F) summer. The lubed wads definitely gave up the lube and wicked into the paper but they still fired. We also fired some rounds loading with loose powder and ball. We all had a great time anyway.
