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    Can you use fiber wads in carbine ammunition?

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maillemaker View Post
    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
    Well I have been using cream of wheat filler in my Maynard, and a "Wad" in my
    wife's Gallagher.

    Revolver using cream of wheat filler.


    Rules may be different for for Sharps???????????

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maillemaker View Post
    Can you use fiber wads as filler in carbine or other cartridge-based long arm ammunition in N-SSA competition?

    Steve

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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.

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    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.


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    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.

    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!

    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.
    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.

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Bodner View Post
    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
    At face value, there must be a typo error with this rule. You cannot use wads in Smoothbore or any muzzleloading arms, of which, a single shot pistol is both.


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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Bodner View Post
    Paul,

    You found a conflict in rules...

    Rule 20.7.3-j says NO to wads over powder is smoothbore guns, including pistols..

    BIG book!!

    Boots
    Not a typo, error or conflict, it's an exception
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris Sweeney View Post
    Not a typo, error or conflict, it's an exception
    There is no exception for the use of filler or wads in Single Shot pistol. Please clarify.


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