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To load a British rifled musket, you pour the powder into the muzzle. Then because the Bullet is seated in the cartridge base first you insert bullet and paper base first into the muzzle and ram. When fired the paper bites the rifling and then is left behind by the bullet. It seems reasonable to perhaps tear off a bit of cartridge paper as there is probably excess.
The same part of the loading exercise on a musket is: Pour the powder down the muzzle, screw up the cartridge paper and the ball insert into the muzzle and ram.. On sentry duty when you may not fire as soon as you have loaded another scrap paper wadding might be a good idea.
My question is when the ball is fired does the paper burn or cling to the ball and further spoil it's already poor ballistics.
The same part of the loading exercise on a musket is: Pour the powder down the muzzle, screw up the cartridge paper and the ball insert into the muzzle and ram.. On sentry duty when you may not fire as soon as you have loaded another scrap paper wadding might be a good idea.
My question is when the ball is fired does the paper burn or cling to the ball and further spoil it's already poor ballistics.