Sedalia Dave Posted January 12 Posted January 12 (edited) He is very informative but talks really slow. If you change the playback speed to 1.25 it really helps. Edited January 12 by Sedalia Dave 1 Quote
Sedalia Dave Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Got lost in the Prairie Dog Town, did you? Yep I had seen a reference to an insert in period bullets and wanted to know why some did and others didn't Edited January 12 by Sedalia Dave 1 Quote
Trailrider #896 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 55 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: Yep I had seen a reference to an insert in period bullets and wanted to know why some did and others didn't Rifle muskets were much faster to load if the bullets were smaller than the groove diameter of the rifling. It was thought necessary to include the base plug in the Prichett bullets to expand them to take the rifling. The Minnie bullets were simply hollowbase, which proved all that was needed to get the bullets to slug up from the BP gases. Quote
Sedalia Dave Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 11 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said: Rifle muskets were much faster to load if the bullets were smaller than the groove diameter of the rifling. It was thought necessary to include the base plug in the Prichett bullets to expand them to take the rifling. The Minnie bullets were simply hollowbase, which proved all that was needed to get the bullets to slug up from the BP gases. Watch the videos, there is a lot more to it. It really is worth the time. Quote
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