Quote Originally Posted by loiner1965 View Post
not at all tac.......
we are discussing fillers and what we / others are using.
for instance,
i will put one of my east india company F version on ticket so i can make the loud stick bang and asked on another forum what they recomment.
Some use 110gns of bp in a paper cartridge with a .690 ball loaded sharpe rifle style.
the legend mr Bill Curtiss suggests 120 gn of bp, then using a thick wad inserted in the muzzle then place the ball on top with loads of lube then place another thick wad on top of that, he then says using your ram rod you gently push the whole lot down the barrel on top of the powder.
Another suggested a small load of 50 gns of bp with the same amount of a filler on top. then a .730 ball with a 20 thou patch loaded on top.
we all have different ways on reaching , hopefully a safe goal.
As demonstrated by Mike Beliveau on his duellist1954 YouTube channel.