From: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com (hist_text-digest) To: hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: hist_text-digest V1 #1354 Reply-To: hist_text Sender: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk hist_text-digest Saturday, May 22 2004 Volume 01 : Number 1354 In this issue: -       Re: MtMan-List: Blank load ? -       Re: MtMan-List: Blank load ? -       MtMan-List: blank loads? -       Re: MtMan-List: Blank load ? -       MtMan-List: Rocky Mountain National Rendezvous ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:45:09 EDT From: Dejim55@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Blank load ? - -------------------------------1084995908 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I use tinfoil for my parade loads. You can role them up ahead of time. I make mine elongated so that they drop clear down the barrel. Jim #1798. - -------------------------------1084995908 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I use tinfoil for my parade loads.  You can role them up ahead of ti= me.  I make mine elongated so that they drop clear down the barrel.&nbs= p; Jim #1798. - -------------------------------1084995908-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:46:10 -0500 From: "Glenn Darilek" Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Blank load ? Another reason not to use any wadding is that you don't need a ramrod to poke the wadding down. In fact, don't even have a ramrod or wiping stick around when you are firing. This eliminates one step, but more importantly, there is no way the ramrod can inadvertently turn into a projectile. And don't say it can never happen. From personal experience I can say you never forget the sound when you are on the receiving end of a ramrod whizzing overhead. While we are being super-cautious, If they want you to shoot off a rifle as much as possible, is there a danger of pouring powder on a remaining ember in the barrel? I have never seen it happen, but some say they have. Of course pour powder only from premeasured papers or from a measure, not from a horn. Iron Burner Glenn Darilek John Dearing said You don't need anything over the powder if you are firing immediately after loading. Michael A. Smith asked: >the myriad times Ive fired my rifle Ive never fired a blank load and >was wondering what size charge to use and weather a precut patch would >do to tamp it down or a small wad of cloth or paper would be best? Any >thoughts would be greatly appreciated! - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:39:59 -0500 From: "Frank Fusco" Subject: MtMan-List: blank loads? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C43DB7.8AD0B660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I answered Michael off-list and told him that I never used any = wadding in my demo blank loads. The reason is as others have mentioned, = what goes up must come down. And wads are invariably burning. A larger = than normal charge must be used to get a big bang and the rifles get = dirty something awful. But the crowds love it. Frank - ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C43DB7.8AD0B660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
    I answered Michael off-list and told him that I = never=20 used any wadding in my demo blank loads. The reason is as others have = mentioned,=20 what goes up must come down. And wads are invariably burning. A larger = than=20 normal charge must be used to get a big bang and the rifles get dirty = something=20 awful.
    But the crowds love it.
Frank
- ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C43DB7.8AD0B660-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 20:24:14 -0400 From: "Addison Miller" Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Blank load ? For our battle reenactments at the Battle of Culloden, we use only paper cartridges with about a 70 Gr 3F load, and use some of that to prime with. We toss the paper and police it up afterwards... Nothing ever goes down the barrel. Regards, Ad Miller - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 14:26:21 EDT From: JOAQUINQS@aol.com Subject: MtMan-List: Rocky Mountain National Rendezvous - --part1_f.2a1aebbf.2de0f54d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just wondering if any on the list will be attending the RMNR, it begins just about time the AMM Nationals will be ending. I would currently planning on attending, and would like to put a face with some names I have seen on the list. Frank Sablan Midland,Texas - --part1_f.2a1aebbf.2de0f54d_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just wondering if any on the list w= ill be attending the RMNR, it begins just about time the AMM Nationals will=20= be ending.  I would currently planning on attending, and would like to=20= put a face with some names I have seen on the list.

Frank Sablan
Midland,Texas - --part1_f.2a1aebbf.2de0f54d_boundary-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ End of hist_text-digest V1 #1354 ******************************** - To unsubscribe to hist_text-digest, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe hist_text-digest" in the body of the message.