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B.L.E. · May 2, 2010, 08:30 AM

You can buy nipples for muskets that are designed to take standard #11 caps. A standard #11 nipple should be about 0.17 inches in diameter or about the diameter of a BB. A musket cap nipple is about the size of a pencil eraser.

I understand that the standard military issue load for .58 caliber muskets was 60 grains of black powder wrapped in a paper cartridge along with a Minié bullet.

May 2, 2010, 08:30 AM	#7
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 2,603	You can buy nipples for muskets that are designed to take standard #11 caps. A standard #11 nipple should be about 0.17 inches in diameter or about the diameter of a BB. A musket cap nipple is about the size of a pencil eraser. I understand that the standard military issue load for .58 caliber muskets was 60 grains of black powder wrapped in a paper cartridge along with a Minié bullet.