Steel Horse Rider
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Since the weather here has not been suitable for shooting I decided to make some buck and ball paper cartridges for my Brown Bess. I watched Mike Beliveau's video and rolled a few of my own just for the experience, which then got me thinking about some of the other front loaders I have. Is it practical or worthwhile to make paper cartridges for 50 or 54 caliber rifles? I have a lathe and it was easy to make a mandrel for rolling the tubes out of a wooden dowel rod and I borrowed a tape runner from my wife's craft room to seal the edge, which worked great. The paper will definitely not fill the gap between the ball and the rifling like a patch but it would definitely make it both easier and faster to reload. Thoughts and opinions? Especially if you have tried it.