Rubber wadding???particulzrl

[palladius]

I know this is probably a stupid question but I was reading a particularly bad historical novel that takes place in 1802. One of the characters was using a Nock gun said he used rubber wadding to lessen recoil. It didn't make sense to me.

Now, numerous other historical facts are wrong in the book and this one is too but was wondering if there was something to it.

 

[BrownBear]

Sounds like the book was written by a politician. Not a single one of them stands up to fact checks, so the book could be written by any of them.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Perhaps they were referring to a makeshift recoil pad... :idunno:

 

[Alden]

Rubber wadding? 1802!? That was only used in the Nock Volley Gun.

Kidding! But I'm sure they coulda used it.

 

[palladius]

Perhaps they were referring to a makeshift recoil pad... :idunno:

I wondered that myself. Maybe the author just didn't know the terminology, which says something about their research.

(and I have no idea how "particulzrl" got at the end of my subject line!)

 

[palladius]

Rubber wadding? 1802!? That was only used in the Nock Volley Gun.

Kidding! But I'm sure they coulda used it.

But would that affect the recoil at all?

 

[necchi]

Yes, but only in the authors mind.

 

[Claude Mathis]

(and I have no idea how "particulzrl" got at the end of my subject line!)

After posting, you have 15 minutes to proof read and edit your posts.

 

[Scota4570]

Vulcanization was not patented until 1844. Before that rubber was amber pencil erasers, not the tough kind we know today.

 

[Zonie]

I'm sure it was the creation of the authors mind just to add something interesting.

As with most people who have never bothered to learn about the things they write about,
"rubber wading" probably sounded like a good idea at the time.

How many of you folks learned that using silk to patch a roundball would do great and wondrous things?
As I recall, another author said it did. :rotf:

 

[Vaino]

Perhaps the author was mixing old w/ the new. Rubber wadding could cushion the shot as does a modern cup wad w/ a built in inertia "shock absorber".

When a load of shot is fired, two factors will deform shot....inertia and the outside BBs rubbing against the bbl.

This is a "tough", analytical crowd, but most who read the book, won't know the difference and can't be blamed for their ignorance.

I no longer read much because of failing eyesight, but do watch a lot of movies and so I don't question premises and details because that would destroy the enjoyment.

I've watched Jeremiah Johnson a few times and ignore the incorrect MLers he uses in the movie.....Fred

 

[palladius]

Perhaps the author was mixing old w/ the new. Rubber wadding could cushion the shot as does a modern cup wad w/ a built in inertia "shock absorber".

When a load of shot is fired, two factors will deform shot....inertia and the outside BBs rubbing against the bbl.

This is a "tough", analytical crowd, but most who read the book, won't know the difference and can't be blamed for their ignorance.

True. Considering after I posted that I came upon a reference to Brown Bess "rifles" in the book tells me all I need to know about the author.