01-03-2022, 01:42 AM
StoneHendge... Mine is home made from brass tubes I got at a local hobby shop. My original was 30" long for loading black powder cartridges (cut in half now). 1F, 2F or cartridge grade black powder is pretty chunky stuff. Brass for today's BP cartridges is a lot thicker than the original cases from the late 1800's. To get the amount of powder used in the old days is near impossible. To get close to those charges now days you need a drop tube to get as much powder into the case as possible. I've often used my shortened tube when loading extruded powders in small cases.
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