About twenty years ago I thought I would try to make my Sharps cartridges out of a little more durable paper then the cigarette papers I was making them out of. So I tried soaking the cartage papers in Saltpeter ( Potassium Nitrate ). My thinking was the stronger the solution the better they would burn. If my memory serves me right I think I used a heaping tea spoon full in a cup of water. I don't think you can make it to strong. It worked fine but every once in a wile I would still have a little on burnt paper residue in the chamber. To me letting the papers soak in the solution and then hanging them up to dry and then waiting for them to dry was more of a pain in the ass then it was worth . So I went back to making my cartage's out of EZ Wide Double Wide cigarette papers,they always burn up completely.
Ron S.
Formerly 6587V
NRA Benefactor-Life
Of all the things that I have lost it's my mind I miss the most.
Great Grandson of William Gibson ( Canal boat builder ) ( 1862 Militia South Mountain )
( Co. C 116 Infantry, 106th Pennsylvania Regiment, Gettysburg
Rev.22:20 - 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-17 The Best Is yet To Come
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