Hey,
I'm new here and also new to black powder shooting. I've taken interest in making combustible paper cartridges and being curious i've been measuring the conical bullets and round balls that i've been using. It might be normal, but seems weird to a newbie that when i measure .454 RB or conical with my digital caliper i get readings .451, .452, .458 and so on. I'm thinking it most likely is user fault, allthough i think i center it quite close to the center. Could it be a cast flaud or are .454 round balls always consistently .454 diameter if done properly?
Second question is when i ram the combustible paper cartridge to the cylinder does the ball make a seal between powder and outside of ball even if the ball is partly covered by the paper?
About the same looking that i have. Is it dangerous if a granule or few of bp get caught between the ball and paper? What if the paper cone is bigger than the ball and i seat it over the black powder and the there is free space between paper which i need to seal with glue?
Third question is about bird/snakeshot. I've heard that some people have done those using paper creating a snakeshot cartridge. How is this done? What kind of felt/wad could be used in those between powder and lead balls? I'm also unable to find a tool to cut proper sized wads for example from milk cartons.
Thanks all for help!
I'm new here and also new to black powder shooting. I've taken interest in making combustible paper cartridges and being curious i've been measuring the conical bullets and round balls that i've been using. It might be normal, but seems weird to a newbie that when i measure .454 RB or conical with my digital caliper i get readings .451, .452, .458 and so on. I'm thinking it most likely is user fault, allthough i think i center it quite close to the center. Could it be a cast flaud or are .454 round balls always consistently .454 diameter if done properly?
Second question is when i ram the combustible paper cartridge to the cylinder does the ball make a seal between powder and outside of ball even if the ball is partly covered by the paper?
About the same looking that i have. Is it dangerous if a granule or few of bp get caught between the ball and paper? What if the paper cone is bigger than the ball and i seat it over the black powder and the there is free space between paper which i need to seal with glue?
Third question is about bird/snakeshot. I've heard that some people have done those using paper creating a snakeshot cartridge. How is this done? What kind of felt/wad could be used in those between powder and lead balls? I'm also unable to find a tool to cut proper sized wads for example from milk cartons.
Thanks all for help!