Tallbald
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A little shy about saying so, but I now have four beautiful stainless Ruger Old Army's, the latest of which was a gift form my loving wife Penny and is a handsome fixed sight high gloss 7 1/2 inch specimen. I now want to venture into paper cartridge making and have been watching Youtube videos to learn different methods.
The price of cigarette rolling papers makes for a pricey cartridge(I guess there's a blossoming market in Colorado and Washington).
In one paper cartridge making video I've seen hair curling papers used for the paper cone, with a plain tissue paper rear end section to allow fire to reach the powder. I called a beauty supply shop and these a $3 for 1000 papers, making them very economical. Do you suppose there are different thicknesses and materials in different hair roller papers between makers? Also, they use stick style glue to make the cones. Is the glue just a paper paste like we used in kindergarten or does it dry more like stiff hard white glue? Would one be better than the other?
I've not seen it done, but I want to insert a waxed felt wad between powder and bullet. Since some makers use cereal filler to take up space in paper cartridges, can anyone tell me why a wad is not a good idea? I prefer wads under the ball instead of grease over the ball when shooting regularly, and make my own wads as taught here, for economy.
Last, I'm buying a Lee .45 caliber REAL 200 mold (not the conical but the almost pointy-top trashcan looking one, DC45CAL-200). These are what I want to use for cartridges as well as roundball. Sound like a good plan?
Thanks as always. Don
The price of cigarette rolling papers makes for a pricey cartridge(I guess there's a blossoming market in Colorado and Washington).
In one paper cartridge making video I've seen hair curling papers used for the paper cone, with a plain tissue paper rear end section to allow fire to reach the powder. I called a beauty supply shop and these a $3 for 1000 papers, making them very economical. Do you suppose there are different thicknesses and materials in different hair roller papers between makers? Also, they use stick style glue to make the cones. Is the glue just a paper paste like we used in kindergarten or does it dry more like stiff hard white glue? Would one be better than the other?
I've not seen it done, but I want to insert a waxed felt wad between powder and bullet. Since some makers use cereal filler to take up space in paper cartridges, can anyone tell me why a wad is not a good idea? I prefer wads under the ball instead of grease over the ball when shooting regularly, and make my own wads as taught here, for economy.
Last, I'm buying a Lee .45 caliber REAL 200 mold (not the conical but the almost pointy-top trashcan looking one, DC45CAL-200). These are what I want to use for cartridges as well as roundball. Sound like a good plan?
Thanks as always. Don