Too much trouble.....

[wiscoaster]

You can’t buy nitrated cigarette papers, buts is easy enough to make with potassium nitrate and water. ....

You can get it as Spectracide Stump Remover at any lawn and garden department. Just stir it into and dissolve it in water until the solution is saturated - ie no more will dissolve.

 

[Sun City]

You can get it as Spectracide Stump Remover at any lawn and garden department. Just stir it into and dissolve it in water until the solution is saturated - ie no more will dissolve.

Thank you!

 

[Sun City]

These look a little rough but they'll work! I'm getting better at it as I learn more of the little subtle refinements! Got some 220 grain all-lead Kaido bullets to load.

IMG_4882 by Sharps Man, on Flickr

 

[buttap]

I like them as then you can load a cap and ball gun fast.

 

[AlexB]

After the second or third cylinder I was having issues with the paper clogging the nipples to the point picking would not clear it took disassembly to remove the plugs.

 

[Sun City]

Since we don't have anyone trying to take our scalps loading fast shouldn't be a requirement. Rather our kits these days are fairly easy to carry on ones person. Doesn't take very long to drop the powder into a cylinder along with an OPW, couple or three pills of soy wax and then the bullet atop that! At 85 I don't shoot comp. I sit at my bench in my back yard and shoot on steel at 40 to 50 yards.

 

[Terrier]

After the second or third cylinder I was having issues with the paper clogging the nipples to the point picking would not clear it took disassembly to remove the plugs.

Note this post:
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/too-much-trouble.186342/post-2721335

 

[wiscoaster]

To update this reactivated thread about making nitrated paper cartridges:

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...did-you-do-today.134755/page-864#post-2767393

It's not that hard but does take some practice. Expect to waste some paper until you get the hang of it. It took about 30 minutes to make those 25 cylinders using already nitrated curling papers. I still have to punch out and glue on the 5/8 in. circles for their bases. Maybe another 30 minutes for that before I can load them with 25 gr. 3F powder and about 7 gr. filler.

And about paper clogging the chambers, you want to make sure there's only a single layer of paper for the cap to fire through:

Besides wanting the cap to perforate the base you know the detonation will push back against it, so it needs to burn up in place, because it won't get blown out.

 

[smoothshooter]

You can’t buy nitrated cigarette papers, buts is easy enough to make with potassium nitrate and water. Just dip the paper in and hang it to dry. I’ve used coffee filters and now I use papers used for perming your hair. Not your hair specifically but hair in general!

Where does one get potassium nitrate without arousing suspicion of terrorist activity?

 

[Smokerr]

Just asking has the Feds hot on your trail!

 

[AlexB]

Note this post:
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/too-much-trouble.186342/post-2721335

I tried that as well and still the same issue.
When I don't use paper I don't have ftf so I don't use paper any more.

 

[D Yager]

Where does one get potassium nitrate without arousing suspicion of terrorist activity?

Amazon has fireworks grade potassium nitrate. Pretty cheap too. Nu Wave end papers work well, they are tougher than cigarette papers and burn completely. They do leave a ring of paper in the bottom of the chambers that is from the glue from the end cap. They don't cause any problems. Just load over them and dig them out when you're done shooting.