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gemmer
09-22-2020, 09:00 AM
https://youtu.be/dEuKqOpoGZY

Watch how this guy loads his musket from a paper cartridge.
Greg Ogdan 110th OVI
09-22-2020, 09:13 AM
Glad they're his hands;not mine.
gemmer
09-22-2020, 10:49 AM
Glad they're his hands;not mine.

Did you notice that the minie gets rammed home still wrapped in the paper?
noonanda
09-22-2020, 11:00 AM
Did you notice that the minie gets rammed home still wrapped in the paper?

Yeah I did. I could see that if it was a buck and ball, but no need for a Minnie ball
RaiderANV
09-22-2020, 02:38 PM
Takes the spent cap off, leaves hammer off nipple and loads the next round. He hasn't lost a body part yet and may never but someone looking to this as an instructional video may....
MR. GADGET
09-22-2020, 03:00 PM
Some of you worry way too much.....
ms3635v
09-24-2020, 12:51 PM
Really unsafe loading procedures.