So, here I am with no cartridges to load. Boxes of 45 Colt, 44 Special and 38 Special and I got bored. Consequently I sat down this afternoon to load some paper cartridges for the Dragoon. Here's my question:
The powder end of the cartridge is folded not twisted. I'm assuming that the act of ramming the ball into the chamber is going to puncture the paper sufficiently for firing. I've watched a couple of video's on YouTube where the guy tears the end off and pours the powder in. It seems like if I was gonna do that, I'd just load out of the flask like I've been doing.
Do you who use the paper cartridges for cap & ball get any significant hang-fire using these? Any tips regarding loading them in the gun would be appreciated.
Even though making them is a pain, I think it's about as efficient as loading 45 Colt etc. with Black Powder. I think the up side is going to be that I might be able to skip taking a heavy shooting box with all the fixin's.
The powder end of the cartridge is folded not twisted. I'm assuming that the act of ramming the ball into the chamber is going to puncture the paper sufficiently for firing. I've watched a couple of video's on YouTube where the guy tears the end off and pours the powder in. It seems like if I was gonna do that, I'd just load out of the flask like I've been doing.
Do you who use the paper cartridges for cap & ball get any significant hang-fire using these? Any tips regarding loading them in the gun would be appreciated.
Even though making them is a pain, I think it's about as efficient as loading 45 Colt etc. with Black Powder. I think the up side is going to be that I might be able to skip taking a heavy shooting box with all the fixin's.