Shawnee
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Hi Y'All...
Going a furlong or so beyond Tim's excellent thread above detailing the fabrication of paper & ball cartridges - I'll ask - how can that process be made to work for using shot in C&B rovolvers (or maybe even muzzleloaders) ?
Would it be - powder/overpowder wad/shot all wrapped in the same paper? OR...
Would it be powder/overpowder wad- and then paper-wrapped shot? OR..
Would it be powder/paper-wrapped shot?
Would you use an overshot wad?
Seems like IF a C&B revolver like the .44s including the Ruger Old Army could handle 1/2 or 5/8 ounce of shot it might be a handy vermin pill.... maybe even a squirrel proposition! Of course given equal grain-weight of ball and shot, the shot will take up more space and the paper will take up some space too - so that means a reduced load of powder, at least in revolvers. But maybe not enough to make the load ineffective. Seems like space might not be a concern with frontstuffers like the T/C "Patriot" or similar single-shots.
What say Y'All ???
Please S'Cuse the typo in the Title. S'posed to be BP shot cartridges?
Going a furlong or so beyond Tim's excellent thread above detailing the fabrication of paper & ball cartridges - I'll ask - how can that process be made to work for using shot in C&B rovolvers (or maybe even muzzleloaders) ?
Would it be - powder/overpowder wad/shot all wrapped in the same paper? OR...
Would it be powder/overpowder wad- and then paper-wrapped shot? OR..
Would it be powder/paper-wrapped shot?
Would you use an overshot wad?
Seems like IF a C&B revolver like the .44s including the Ruger Old Army could handle 1/2 or 5/8 ounce of shot it might be a handy vermin pill.... maybe even a squirrel proposition! Of course given equal grain-weight of ball and shot, the shot will take up more space and the paper will take up some space too - so that means a reduced load of powder, at least in revolvers. But maybe not enough to make the load ineffective. Seems like space might not be a concern with frontstuffers like the T/C "Patriot" or similar single-shots.
What say Y'All ???
Please S'Cuse the typo in the Title. S'posed to be BP shot cartridges?