Watched a short documentary on the British Enfield 1853 rifle and they talked in depth about the paper patched Pritchett bullet used by the British as an alterative to the Minnie ball of the time. Made into paper cartridges, the smooth sided hollow based bullet had a lubed paper patch that was said to load so easy the weight of the ramrod only could seat the bullet and fouling was very minimal. Another odd feature was the bullets were swaged and not poured, not sure if swaging was common practice for the time.
Is this type of loading in common use by todays black powder shooters ? Were there downsides to this bullet ? Didn't sound like it caught on or was used by other nations. Just thought it was interesting and wondered if anyone here had used them or knows more about it. Carry on.
Is this type of loading in common use by todays black powder shooters ? Were there downsides to this bullet ? Didn't sound like it caught on or was used by other nations. Just thought it was interesting and wondered if anyone here had used them or knows more about it. Carry on.