Traditional Muzzleloading Association

Shooting Traditional Firearms and Weapons => General Interest => Topic started by: irish on June 12, 2008, 10:50:42 AM

Title: hc speed loaders????
Post by: irish on June 12, 2008, 10:50:42 AM

is there any historical record on the use of a type of speed loader? brass tube and cork??        irish

Title:
Post by: Minnesota Mike on June 12, 2008, 10:51:41 AM

Bullet boards.

r/
MM

Title:
Post by: BEAVERMAN on June 12, 2008, 11:02:10 AM

HC to what time frame?

Title:
Post by: irish on June 12, 2008, 12:47:42 PM

1840s to 1860s  or so.    54 cal percussion dixie gun works kit.  irish

Title:
Post by: RichW on June 12, 2008, 01:00:44 PM

Brass tube, yes.  With a partition in the middle, and spring loaded caps on each end.  I don't know, but I think they may have been intended for powder and shot.  They go back to at least the 1840's.

Title:
Post by: Riley/MN on June 12, 2008, 01:03:38 PM

Quote from: "RichW"

Brass tube, yes.  With a partition in the middle, and spring loaded caps on each end.  I don't know, but I think they may have been intended for powder and shot.  They go back to at least the 1840's.

Pics? or ref? (I wanna get me sum)

Title:
Post by: RichW on June 12, 2008, 01:18:42 PM

Drop by the house and I'll show ya a picture.

It's actually in a book, and copyright.

Philip Walker, The Victorian Catalogue of Tools for Trades and Crafts (Studio Editions, London, 1994)

Title:
Post by: Captchee on June 12, 2008, 04:36:33 PM

speed loaders go way back .
 but that depends on what you call a speed loader .
Technically the paper cartridge rolls used by the British soldiers where are speed loaders .
Same thing with  whats commonly called , the 12 apostles of the 17th and 18th centuries .
 These are speed loaders .
 Laoding blocks ?  There is a lot of  discussion as to if these can be accounted for  pre 1840