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[Eterry]

Unfortunately such matches were banned here years ago, the local versions were known as ‘wax matches’ because the stem was heavily waxed with white wax.
Story goes that fires were started because rodents gnawed the heads and one bloke, at least, had the container go off in his pocket when he fell over.
They would have been ideal for priming.

As a teen in the early 80s I worked at a grocery store. Twice I saw a case of the white tip matches fall, and both started smoking. The first time a coworker started to cut the box open but was stopped by a supervisor. Both times the case smoked several minutes and every match ignited.
I'm guessing that's why they were banned.

 

[rickystl]

Hmmm. Would it be possible to fire these guns using a top-hat cap by cutting off the brims of the cap ?

Rick

 

[Feltwad]

Caution must be taken when making and loading tube lock tubes it is not for armatures and a dangerous process where the right type of copper tube and length is used which is annealed and filled with the right amount of compound .If the compound is removed from a musket top hat for loading the tube must be done working under glass the compound from one cap will load three tubes too much compound in the tube will blow them to pieces flying in all directions Once again caution is needed.
Feltwad

 

[Colonial Boy]

Feltwad,
Thanks for that, despite my years of experience this is the first tube lock that I’ve ever handled (saw a double gun years ago), Any advice is appreciated, one is never to old to learn.
It arrived this morn and it’s as the vendor described, aged certainly but hardly used.