Maillemaker
10-19-2015, 11:10 PM
OK, I ordered some 9# onion paper and it makes a great outer wrapper with the .566 Pritchet. The inner powder chamber pieces are made from regular printer paper.
Here are my first two Pattern 1855 Enfield cartridges. Since I already had a tin of SPG lube, I used that to dip them in. I find SPG has a very similar texture to 1:8 tallow:beeswax.
These fit easily down my Pedersoli P58 and P53, which like .578-sized minies, and fit more firmly in my Hoyt and Whitacre Richmond Carbine and P53 barrels, which like .576-sized minies.
After lubing, these measure .576-.578.
I did not install base plugs in these. Nor are they charged.
The Confederacy attempted to standardize on Enfield style of cartridge in 1864. Of course, being a paper-patched bullet, these are not legal for N-SSA use at this time.
http://i.imgur.com/SFSVFjh.jpg
Steve
Here are my first two Pattern 1855 Enfield cartridges. Since I already had a tin of SPG lube, I used that to dip them in. I find SPG has a very similar texture to 1:8 tallow:beeswax.
These fit easily down my Pedersoli P58 and P53, which like .578-sized minies, and fit more firmly in my Hoyt and Whitacre Richmond Carbine and P53 barrels, which like .576-sized minies.
After lubing, these measure .576-.578.
I did not install base plugs in these. Nor are they charged.
The Confederacy attempted to standardize on Enfield style of cartridge in 1864. Of course, being a paper-patched bullet, these are not legal for N-SSA use at this time.
http://i.imgur.com/SFSVFjh.jpg
Steve