I love your videos. I was in reenacting in the 1980s up till about 1994. I was in infantry most of that and if I was still young and in good shape I would join your unit.
Great job Jerad. To expedite loading and firing I use four blocks in the tins. They are made to fit loosely so that they can be flipped quickly in and out from top to bottom. It works well. Your emphasis on the Forstner style bit was perfect. I got mine in a metric measurement on one of my voyages to Germany. Keep the videos coming.
You know, I was considering trying metric. These holes are just a bit too small to hold live rounds. Which could be a big plus for safety not being able to accidentally leave rounds in from the range. But I was wondering if say a 14 or 15 mm would work better.
Excellent, your best video yet! I have a cartridge box, and a .58 cal. Snider rifle. In my book on Indian War equipment, they show a Civil War cartridge box that has wooden block inserts for the .58 cal. Rimfire rounds. I was curious about how I could copy the wooden block inserts, now I know. Your tip on using the soldering iron to repair out of square tins was perfect, I thought my tins were just poor quality, now I understand they are normal, but repairable! Thanks for the work and instructions you give! Mark D Esparza
Thank you so much for your kind words and we're glad to pass on useful information. The original tins I've seen are made much better than the imports so figuring out the soldering part was a big a-ha! Another tip when soldering is once you've de-soldered, put a wood blank, or the block you plan on using inside before resoldering. The wood will help you clamp the tin in place while soldering.
Thanks for the additional tip. My shooting friend and I are planning on trying to build this block for my cartridge box. I hope it works as well as yours did!
Linen cartridges. I think I am ready to try this, but would welcome any information about constructing this historical cartridge. I have linen, goldbeaters skin, bullets, waterglass, etc. I am thinking I need to coat the linen with varnish or shellac. Any suggestions are welcome.
1s5 Sgt, Are Sharps Civi, War cart boxes available with blacks and all in them? I was looking at C&D Jarnagin and they offer Sharps Cart Boxes and I think they come with the wooden clocks in them, but not sure . But hell, they want $189 bucks for them.
None of us have a Jarnagin box. We had Cary Davisson ($200 ea. and gorgeous!) make ours and his came with Ulrich tins. I then custom made wooden block inserts for all of them. You could ask Jarnagin, but I doubt they have blocks. Cary may still be making Sharps boxes but you'd have to ask Capt. Whitehall (email on our website). If you really needed to be set up with blocks we could probably work something out. We're here to help fellow reenactors. Our company sort of wrote the book on block inserts since no one provided them. Keep in touch.
would it be a good idea to take a wood block that is an inch and a half and then just desauder and then lay the block in the cartridge tin and sauder the top plate down with it laying on the block then just take the wood block out.
It would be and I've done that a couple of times. Whatever gets the job done. I'd just make sure to drive a screw or something into one of the holes to help with removing the block in case it's wedged in afterwards.
Fine attention to wood working detail 1st Stripe Koepp - *LIKED* another fine presentation. See you on the field, at the range, or around the camp fire pards --- *LT 1st Minn sharpshooters* channel with Civil War reenactor live fire, hard marching, and rustic adventures ... enlist today.
Beautiful work. My box from Cary Davisson came with .45 cal holes drilled in the box. My .45 Long Colt shell fits it perfectly. That is my life long story. Anytime I order something there is always a problem. Just luck.
I am still ready to load linen cartridges. The only thing I am missing is how and what to treat the linen with. I read to "size" the linen, but I just know that won't get me where I want to go. I just can't believe I cannot find info about how to treat the linen. I'm going to try varnish on the linen to stiffen it up and make it combustible. This whole thing with linen cartridges just seems to me that those folks who know how to do it are holding the process close to the vest, and will not share??? Trying to research this is like pulling hen's teeth!!! Why won't you folks that know how to do this share with us???
Try potassium nitrate dissolved in hot water, add until won't dissolve anymore . Soak fabric a few hours and dry it. That's what a lot people do for paper cartridges, don't know why it won't work for cloth. You can buy it at Menards garden dept. It is used as stump remover.
Great video, good clear instructions. Nicely done. Rob, at Britishmuzzleloaders also does a lot of fabricating of needed equipment for his channel. If you have the time give his channel a look see. Same type of content, just Victorian era. Merry Christmas to all of you.
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I love your videos. I was in reenacting in the 1980s up till about 1994. I was in infantry most of that and if I was still young and in good shape I would join your unit.
Perfect instruction! Greetings from Germany.
Great job Jerad. To expedite loading and firing I use four blocks in the tins. They are made to fit loosely so that they can be flipped quickly in and out from top to bottom. It works well. Your emphasis on the Forstner style bit was perfect. I got mine in a metric measurement on one of my voyages to Germany. Keep the videos coming.
You know, I was considering trying metric. These holes are just a bit too small to hold live rounds. Which could be a big plus for safety not being able to accidentally leave rounds in from the range. But I was wondering if say a 14 or 15 mm would work better.
Excellent, your best video yet! I have a cartridge box, and a .58 cal. Snider rifle. In my book on Indian War equipment, they show a Civil War cartridge box that has wooden block inserts for the .58 cal. Rimfire rounds. I was curious about how I could copy the wooden block inserts, now I know. Your tip on using the soldering iron to repair out of square tins was perfect, I thought my tins were just poor quality, now I understand they are normal, but repairable! Thanks for the work and instructions you give!
Mark D Esparza
Thank you so much for your kind words and we're glad to pass on useful information. The original tins I've seen are made much better than the imports so figuring out the soldering part was a big a-ha! Another tip when soldering is once you've de-soldered, put a wood blank, or the block you plan on using inside before resoldering. The wood will help you clamp the tin in place while soldering.
Thanks for the additional tip. My shooting friend and I are planning on trying to build this block for my cartridge box. I hope it works as well as yours did!
Linen cartridges. I think I am ready to try this, but would welcome any information about constructing this historical cartridge. I have linen, goldbeaters skin, bullets, waterglass, etc. I am thinking I need to coat the linen with varnish or shellac. Any suggestions are welcome.
How much would you charge to make a wooden insert for a 54 caliber sharps
1s5 Sgt, Are Sharps Civi, War cart boxes available with blacks and all in them? I was looking at C&D Jarnagin and they offer Sharps Cart Boxes and I think they come with the wooden clocks in them, but not sure . But hell, they want $189 bucks for them.
None of us have a Jarnagin box. We had Cary Davisson ($200 ea. and gorgeous!) make ours and his came with Ulrich tins. I then custom made wooden block inserts for all of them. You could ask Jarnagin, but I doubt they have blocks. Cary may still be making Sharps boxes but you'd have to ask Capt. Whitehall (email on our website). If you really needed to be set up with blocks we could probably work something out. We're here to help fellow reenactors. Our company sort of wrote the book on block inserts since no one provided them. Keep in touch.
would it be a good idea to take a wood block that is an inch and a half and then just desauder and then lay the block in the cartridge tin and sauder the top plate down with it laying on the block then just take the wood block out.
It would be and I've done that a couple of times. Whatever gets the job done. I'd just make sure to drive a screw or something into one of the holes to help with removing the block in case it's wedged in afterwards.
Fine attention to wood working detail 1st Stripe Koepp - *LIKED* another fine presentation. See you on the field, at the range, or around the camp fire pards --- *LT 1st Minn sharpshooters* channel with Civil War reenactor live fire, hard marching, and rustic adventures ... enlist today.
Beautiful work. My box from Cary Davisson came with .45 cal holes drilled in the box. My .45 Long Colt shell fits it perfectly. That is my life long story. Anytime I order something there is always a problem. Just luck.
I am still ready to load linen cartridges. The only thing I am missing is how and what to treat the linen with. I read to "size" the linen, but I just know that won't get me where I want to go. I just can't believe I cannot find info about how to treat the linen. I'm going to try varnish on the linen to stiffen it up and make it combustible. This whole thing with linen cartridges just seems to me that those folks who know how to do it are holding the process close to the vest, and will not share??? Trying to research this is like pulling hen's teeth!!! Why won't you folks that know how to do this share with us???
Try potassium nitrate dissolved in hot water, add until won't dissolve anymore . Soak fabric a few hours and dry it. That's what a lot people do for paper cartridges, don't know why it won't work for cloth. You can buy it at Menards garden dept. It is used as stump remover.
Great video, good clear instructions. Nicely done. Rob, at Britishmuzzleloaders also does a lot of fabricating of needed equipment for his channel. If you have the time give his channel a look see. Same type of content, just Victorian era. Merry Christmas to all of you.
Thanks for your wonderful comment. We are all big fans of British Muzzleloaders and his great work. Merry Christmas to you, too.
You might want to roll up your sleeves, as a loss of fingers or hand will mess up your project building.