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In the book GUNS on the Early Frontiers by Carl P. Russell MCMLVII (1957) the author discusses Cartridges.
Not the metallic kind, the paper kind used by the Military.
Speaking of the material used to patch the ball he says "...spherical bullet enclosed in a cloth patch or a thin envelope of leather or bladder.
The Pittsburgh Arsenal records indicate that in the period 1816-1817 the government could obtain bladders for this purpose for a trifle more than six cents apiece..."

I bet after hearing this all of you traditional guys are going to be beating a path to your local grocers demanding "Bladders! We Want Bladders..." :grin:

'Course, I bet the old "Spit Patch" method of lubing them may fall out of favor. :rotf: :grin:
 
I can see by the above post, now that you are retarded( I mean retired) :rotf: , you definately have too much time on yer hands. Welcome to the farm, may yer silly time of life last long and prosper. Bill
 
Zonie said:
Military.
Speaking of the material used to patch the ball he says "...spherical bullet enclosed in a cloth patch or a thin envelope of leather or bladder.
The Pittsburgh Arsenal records indicate that in the period 1816-1817 the government could obtain bladders for this purpose for a trifle more than six cents apiece..."

I bet after hearing this all of you traditional guys are going to be beating a path to your local grocers demanding "Bladders! We Want Bladders..." :grin:

'Course, I bet the old "Spit Patch" method of lubing them may fall out of favor. :rotf: :grin:
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I would imagine there would be some issues when the young recruits were instructed to bite off the end of the bladders to expose the powder and then to dump it down the barrel...

"Say what? I ain't bitting no blatter chump..."
"Yo, I got your bladder right here!" :rotf:
 
Ya know? I can't remember ever seeing real Bladders for sale in a store. I wonder what they do with them besides putting them inside basketballs? :grin:

Seems like I've read that during the course of history, folks did actually use bladders for holding their water in leather canteens.

Then again, I've seen cows and horses whos bladders must have had some sort of defect.
So much so that suddenly they leak fast enough to drown a groundhog out of his hole. :rotf:

In fact, I've heard of some severe rainstorms have been described as "Comin' down harder than a cow Pi$$in on a flat rock" :rotf: :rotf:
 
Dang, and we wasted 'em by blowin' 'em up with air and kickin' 'em around. :haha:
 

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