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Latest data Chamber mics at .611" Loose powder load = 80gr FFg nitrate paper cartridge will only allow 65gr (I made my own paper, using #24 cotton "resume" paper and Spectracide **100% potassium nitrate,MSDS** Like shooting a mortar at 200 yds !!! LMAO I love it !!!

Hey Snuffy !! Thanks for the response. "Tube" refers to the paper tube for the cartridge. The rifle is a .54 cal., and yes, the Sharps rifles are falling block design. I've done a lot of reading about paper cartridges. Enough to make me aware of what and how they function. I just wasn't...

I just received my Sharps 1859 cavalry carbine. This is my first paper cartridge rifle, so I'm playing safe with it. Everything I've read so far says the max charge is 80gr FFg .......... I seated the bullet, rolled a tube and sealed the end, placed it in the chamber and marked it for depth...

Good morning RC ....... Like the response "Probably Can. Probably shouldn't." I think I'll make a sign with that on it and hang it over my loading bench. Thanks for the information !!

Good morning, Steve. Thanks for the reply. For the record, no jacketed bullet ever goes into my '58 Remington!! Some things just shouldn't be tolerated! LOL I haven't loaded any jacketed bullets yet with BP or Pyrodex ..... just wanted to find out a little more about it before I possibly...

My name's Eddie and I'm a new kid on the block! Has anyone done, or heard (reliably) about loading jacketed bullets with BP? I reload .45 Colt and .45-70 black powder, lead bullets; and .45 Colt smokeless. I ask this question because I have a lot of Hornady jacketed bullets and was wondering...