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BerdanSS · March 26, 2014, 08:56 PM

The civil was group I used to be in did 12-15 school presentations a year. My little 20 minuet speal was on Civil War Soldiering and firearms. Springfield rifled musket, colt army and navy, G&G, Remington new army.....and on occasion the Philadelphia derringer.

Hats off to you sir for doing a presentation on such an important subject

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Another common round-ball "cartridge" (or charger rather since it wouldnt truly be a combustible cartridge) would be basically what you have there, but with the ball enclosed inside the paper tube; and a cotton thread tied above and below the lead ball. Nip off the pigtail end (normally with thine teeth

) dump in the powder, then rip the ball from the paper and seat it as normal. This cartridge and loading process is clearly depicted in the back of "An Introduction TO Civil War Small Arms" by E.J. Coats and D.S. Thomas.

(we always used coarse grained salt in light of powder just for the Schools red tape sake)

March 26, 2014, 08:56 PM	#2
BerdanSS Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Location: to close to other houses Posts: 1,176	The civil was group I used to be in did 12-15 school presentations a year. My little 20 minuet speal was on Civil War Soldiering and firearms. Springfield rifled musket, colt army and navy, G&G, Remington new army.....and on occasion the Philadelphia derringer. Hats off to you sir for doing a presentation on such an important subject . Another common round-ball "cartridge" (or charger rather since it wouldnt truly be a combustible cartridge) would be basically what you have there, but with the ball enclosed inside the paper tube; and a cotton thread tied above and below the lead ball. Nip off the pigtail end (normally with thine teeth ) dump in the powder, then rip the ball from the paper and seat it as normal. This cartridge and loading process is clearly depicted in the back of "An Introduction TO Civil War Small Arms" by E.J. Coats and D.S. Thomas. (we always used coarse grained salt in light of powder just for the Schools red tape sake) __________________ One day, Men in tall hats will thump their chests and proclaim..."oh, what a great sea of mud we lived in"--The unalterable fate of billy creek .... "Smoke.....it's what's for dinner" Last edited by BerdanSS; March 26, 2014 at 09:08 PM.