Got Tubes?

[gmkmd]

Time to stock up on CORRECT sized .69 caliber and .54 caliber loading tubes. These are the flat-bottomed, polyethylene tubes that everyone loves.

.69 caliber are $10 per hundred, plus postage (or pick-up at Nationals)
.54 caliber are $20 per hundred, plus postage (or pick-up at Nationals)

Send PM or e-mail gmkmd@aol.com

[hp gregory]

can you tell us a little about the 54 tubes. are these differant from the run of the mill tubes you see for sale.

hp

[bilge water bob]

Glen, can you pm me your address, I'll need a couple hundred .69's

thanks, Bob

[gmkmd]

Yes, the .54 caliber tubes are similar to the .58's that you see all over (flat-bottomed, small flange, polyethylene), but they are correctly sized for .54 caliber. I am the only one who has these, as I had them custom ordered.

A few sutlers sell tubes marked ".54 caliber", but they are really half-inch, and you have to really stretch them to cram a .54 caliber bullet into them (usually cracking the tube anyway). Some also sell the half-inch vinyl tubes, which are stretchier, but they are also fat and sticky and have sort of a nipple on the bottom so you can't stand them up.

[gmkmd]

Here are pictures of the .54 caliber tubes (red) with .533 and .548 bullets, and the .69 caliber tubes (blue) with .678 round ball and .685 Minie:

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk43/gmkmd/Tubes/IMG_0893.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk43/gmkmd/Tubes/IMG_0894.jpg

[Dan Mastin]

Glenn

I sent a PM. Please respond to zouave47@aol.com

thanks

Dan