Fire Retardant Paper Cartridges

[beyu]

Beyu,
I am new to black powder but I’m thinking for a shotgun or “Buck and Ball” application like mine.. I think the paper is supposed to form a cup to contain the shot balls until they leave barrel of the gun - so I actually don’t think I want them to burn up quickly in that case.
On another matter I also thought about getting a Charleville. Where did you get yours and how do you like it?

Very very long ago. I'm an old guy now; 74 this past August.

I bought my Charleville mail order from an ad in a blackpowder magazine that I was looking through with some other sailors aboard ship. We were deployed for six months in the Mediterranean in 1973. Stir crazy while at sea, we started looking for things to do.

My Charleville is a replica made and proofed in Belgium in anticipation of the U.S. Bi-Centennial Celebration that would come in 1976. It is not a real faithful reproduction of a Charleville, but has the look, at least. And the lock sparks well. It was imported by Century Arms.

 

[beyu]

Except that the purpose of the paper cartridge with a musket is entirely different than a cap 'n ball revolver. In the one it serves as wadding after emptying the charge into the barrel, whereas in the other it serves only as a container for the charge. You don't want the wadding to burn up and disintegrate inside the barrel, because it has a reason for being in there. Whereas the opposite in the revolver.

OK, I see how that would be different. Thanks for the explanation.