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Dave Fox
12-16-2015, 11:56 AM
I shoot a couple Sharps percussions with Charlie Hahn's fine cardboard tubes and Rapine ring tail bullets. The ring tails fit so tightly in the tubes, a large number of the tubes split when the bullet was introduced. An experiment recommended itself to me. I ran the ring tail into a .45 calibre sizing die. The ring tail was just slightly tapered as a result and the bullets form a fine friction fit after easily sliding into the cartridge tubes. Thought I'd pass this on.

Matt Harris
12-16-2015, 09:03 PM
Superb recommendation. Thanks! I will give that a try with my Steve Brooks mould for my Shiloh 1863.

matt

Dave Fox
12-17-2015, 09:52 AM
Yes, indeed: it makes a ringtail-boattail!