Can you use fiber wads as filler in carbine or other cartridge-based long arm ammunition in N-SSA competition?
I'm going to experiment with using fiber wads between the powder wad and the bullet in my Sharps.
Steve
Can you use fiber wads as filler in carbine or other cartridge-based long arm ammunition in N-SSA competition?
I'm going to experiment with using fiber wads between the powder wad and the bullet in my Sharps.
Steve
Steve Sheldon
Commander
4th Louisiana Delta Rifles
NRA Certified Muzzleloading Instructor
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Steve,
Are you using Charlie's tubes or rolling your own? I roll mine because my .50 cal Shiloh likes the tubes so much it doesn't want to part with them and they remain in the chamber about 60% of the time.
If you roll your own you might want to try a tapered mandrel. My tubes fit a Brooks bullet base at the wide end and taper to about 5/32 at the other end. This reduces the volume sufficiently to bring the end of the tube about 1/16 in from the face of the breach while holding 43 gr of powder with no need for filler.
Rick
To answer your question: YES
22.1 AMMUNITION, GENERAL
a. Ammunition shall consist of a lead or lead alloy projectile and a pre‐measuredcharge of black powder.
b. Projectiles may be coated with a lubricant, and hollow bases may be filled withlubricant.
c. Carbine I and II, revolver, single‐shot pistol, and breechloading rifleammunition may include non‐explosive, non‐metallic filler, such as Cream ofWheat or wads.
-Boots
Mike 'Bootsie' Bodner
Palmetto Sharpshooter's, Commander
9996V
Thanks Rob! I just keep a PDF of the rules on my phone. I was just lazy and didn't want to go digging for the info.Brother Steve,
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22.1 AMMUNITION, GENERAL
a. Ammunition shall consist of a lead or lead alloy projectile and a pre‐measuredcharge of black powder.
b. Projectiles may be coated with a lubricant, and hollow bases may be filled withlubricant.
c. Carbine I and II, revolver, single‐shot pistol, and breechloading rifleammunition may include non‐explosive, non‐metallic filler, such as Cream ofWheat or wads.
Thanks Michael! I was hoping someone would dig it out for me!
I roll my own. I'm using the Eras Gone Richmond Sharps bullet, which has a very long heel close in diameter to the chamber. So there isn't much room for a cardboard tube wall. Basically .007-.009" of wall thickness is all you get. I love the bullet because with the long heel the bullets stay in the cartridge and don't fall out/off.Are you using Charlie's tubes or rolling your own? I roll mine because my .50 cal Shiloh likes the tubes so much it doesn't want to part with them and they remain in the chamber about 60% of the time.
If you roll your own you might want to try a tapered mandrel. My tubes fit a Brooks bullet base at the wide end and taper to about 5/32 at the other end. This reduces the volume sufficiently to bring the end of the tube about 1/16 in from the face of the breach while holding 43 gr of powder with no need for filler.
Originally I was making my tubes out of simple rectangles of paper glued and rolled around a mandrel.
But I recently adopted the Ordnance Manual pattern for the Sharps cartridge, shortened in length to 1.5" long to match my Pedersoli 1859 chamber length. I also started using plain computer paper. Did a load workup last weekend, and it works very, very well. I used to use 17 pound vellum, which fractured and exited the chamber fully. But it turns out that these spiral-wrapped tubes almost never leave any remnants behind, and when they do, it's a small bit of charred husk that crumbles to nothing if you touch it. I really like these spiral-wound Ordnance Manual tubes as they make a very strong cartridge. When you shove them in the chamber they don't collapse or crumple like my first cartridges did.
One thing I hope to gain from the internal wad is it will make the cartridge that much more rigid and durable. If it doesn't help accuracy I won't bother though.
Steve
Steve Sheldon
Commander
4th Louisiana Delta Rifles
NRA Certified Muzzleloading Instructor
Paul,
You found a conflict in rules...
Rule 20.7.3-j says NO to wads over powder is smoothbore guns, including pistols..
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Boots
Mike 'Bootsie' Bodner
Palmetto Sharpshooter's, Commander
9996V
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