Paper Cartridges With Powder Coated Bullets

[kev74]

I'm looking into making some paper cartridges for a black powder rifle. Most of the information I see says to assemble the cartridge with a clean bullet, then lube the groves in the bullet to prevent leading of the barrel.

I'm thinking about powder coating the bullets and avoiding the lube all together.

Any thoughts?

 

[turbobike]

You don't "need" lube, it just keeps the fouling soft for easier cleaning and usually you can get to load more rounds before it gets to gummed up to ram the bullet down the bore...coated bullets in my Sharp's really reduces the leading!

 

[CaseHardened]

This is such a cool topic.

Some old information states the best paper is flash paper, which disintegrates quickly in a ball of flame.

Sometimes available in magic stores.

 

[kev74]

This is such a cool topic.

Some old information states the best paper is flash paper, which disintegrates quickly in a ball of flame.

Sometimes available in magic stores.

I haven't seen flash paper for sale in over 30 years. I still have a little bit of it.

One of the methods I've been reading about includes soaking the paper in potassium nitrate solution to make it burn up more completely.

 

[CaseHardened]

I ordered some on eBay, from China.
It was really inexpensive, and it never arrived

I actually forgot about it until now. They were counting on that.