Never thought about tea bags- is there much residue left in the chambers? On making the mandrel/form- I stuck a wood dowell in the chuck of a hand held electric drill and using some sand paper- I put a taper on the end of the dowel. I then scribed a line on the dowel to line up the cigarette paper. I have a cardboard "template" to trace on the cigarette paper to cut it out to size. I set it up so the gummed part of the cigarette paper is on top and INSIDE. Stick the bullet into the paper case and lick the paper- the moisture goes through and activates the glue- sticking the case to the conical.
I must be the luckiest guy in the world on the use of these cartridges. I have, at times,used newsprint, which is 3x the thickness of cigarette paper and I still had near 100% ignition. I don't understand why so many people need to pierce the back of the cartridges. I "crunch" down the load pretty good- maybe I am rupturing the cases as I load. Maybe the taper of the case is such that it ruptures as it is loaded. I do use aftermarket nipples- "spit-fire" or something like that- maybe they let more force pass through the nipples. I wonder what the opening was on the original nipples? I have had a few duds but I've attributed it to a badly fouled chamber that I didn't clean up enough. On a clean chamber I have never had any troubles, like I said, maybe I've just been lucky.
I must be the luckiest guy in the world on the use of these cartridges. I have, at times,used newsprint, which is 3x the thickness of cigarette paper and I still had near 100% ignition. I don't understand why so many people need to pierce the back of the cartridges. I "crunch" down the load pretty good- maybe I am rupturing the cases as I load. Maybe the taper of the case is such that it ruptures as it is loaded. I do use aftermarket nipples- "spit-fire" or something like that- maybe they let more force pass through the nipples. I wonder what the opening was on the original nipples? I have had a few duds but I've attributed it to a badly fouled chamber that I didn't clean up enough. On a clean chamber I have never had any troubles, like I said, maybe I've just been lucky.
