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If you topped off a paper cap with a mixture of 67% potassium chlorate and 33% antimony sulfide, it would be similar to the H48 mixture which the U.S. Army was using for smokeless powder in the early 1900s.

The key word in my post was "future", and I have expressed my expectations - especially with regard to the Second Amendment - the U.S. Supreme Court struck down local ordinances in Heller and McDonald, and it is conceivable that they would do it again. I won't complain if it happens, at least it...

I expect that future rulings from the Swamp's high priests will be shaped more by "the governmental interests" (mentioned in your post #17) than by any consideration for the intent of the Constitution's authors.

Interesting review of the Heller decision, from a professor at George Mason University of Law - The Second Amendment and Original Meaning Jurisprudence (gmu.edu)

A fellow named Tony Calp has modified his old Tap-O-Cap to operate with a reloading press - tony calp - YouTube He doesn't provide details, but he also "enlarged" the Tap-O-Cap's innards to turn out musket caps - Making Musket Caps - YouTube

"on every question of construction, carry ourselves back to the time when the constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, & instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was past." -...

Your "cross +" punch idea reminded me of something I read years ago on the Castboolits forum. See post #86 by a fellow named "Wicket" - cap making dies - Page 5 (gunloads.com)

Black Jack Shellac, that’s good advice – Bravo! I added water to the “tan mystery powder” and let it sit overnight in an un-capped plastic vial. I pulled this “plug” of material out of the vial this morning. The top end of the plug (exposed to the air overnight) is rigid. The bottom part of...

I saw something today that surprised me..... Try this : place 1cc of that tan "mystery powder" from the PRIME-ALL kit into a test tube or some other tiny cup. Next add 1cc of water and stir it up. It makes you wonder "What were they thinking, instructing customers to use acetone or alcohol?!"

The old 1975 Lyman Black Powder Handbook lists the following data for a patched 92-grain lead ball - 2690 LUP (Lead Units of Pressure) with 25 grains of Gearhart-Owen FFFg, and 3760 LUP with 30 grains of G-O FFFg. LUP is not equal to PSI, but it should be in the ballpark. I would note that the...

AJumbo, some guys set up a cylinder to fire, removed from the gun - no barrel - and measured a velocity of 146 ft/sec. Here's an old thread which referenced those tests - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/anyone-have-an-old-beat-up-1858-cylinder.807058/#post-10310542 Unfortunately...

During the 1934 Congressional hearings which led up to the National Firearms Act, Oklahoma Rep. James McClintic asked U.S. Attorney General Homer Cummings about the feasability of even registering machineguns which were owned by private citizens -...

In spite of all the "noise" from the Establishment propaganda machine, scientific surveys show that military-pattern semiautomatics have a higher public approval rating than Congress and the Mainstream Media COMBINED...

This one looks better - https://www.theepochtimes.com/mao-zedongs-liberation-of-chinese-women_2257508.html

Several years ago, a BP substitute called "Sannadex" was commercially marketed in South Africa. According to this old thread from a South African BP forum, Sannadex consisted of 63% potassium nitrate, 35% sugar, and 2% iron oxide -...