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use a paper cartridge can you simply put it down the chamber/barrel, or do you have to tear it open first?
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No you would not want to do that ... the old Muskets and Rifles during the War between the State, the paper was torn open and poured down the barrel than paper cart and boolit rammed down on the powder.
Unless you have a Sharps breech loading Paper Cutter rifle that cuts the cartridge where the musket cap channel is.
Revolvers have a direct path to the paper cart and usually ignite them without having to rupture the paper before loading...one can always use a nipple pick or paperclip to puncture though the flash hole of the cone. Loading and ramming the boolits usually opens the powder to the flash hole.