coopieclan
01-20-2011, 12:59 PM
The muzzle loading hobby has natural insect by products.
I don't have any wasps in my area.
I wanted to use a different over ball wad in my little brass gun (Snake Eyes Derringer).
The original suggestion for this gun is newspaper and it works fine.
BUT I have tried packing peanuts made of starch and they work O.K too.
Not the ones made of styrofoam but made of starch.
This is how you tell:
Get peanuts from a cardboard box.
They should be gray or white.
Examine them, if they are just an extruded tube shape try dropping a little water on one.
Starch packing peanuts will melt with water.
The stuff compresses well it held balls in my gun for a while.
Even when bouncing around, putting away.
It did not affect my shot as far as I could tell.
It practically disappears, I saw no flames, nothing.
What do you guys think of Starch Packing Peanuts
I use wonderwads over my powder and I see chunks of them flying whenever I shoot. I got a half a wonderwad stuck in my target once (a little low and to the right)
I have a substitute for bee's wax.
I have tried it over the ball in my BP revolver.
Candy Wax Lips
Coopieclan
I don't have any wasps in my area.
I wanted to use a different over ball wad in my little brass gun (Snake Eyes Derringer).
The original suggestion for this gun is newspaper and it works fine.
BUT I have tried packing peanuts made of starch and they work O.K too.
Not the ones made of styrofoam but made of starch.
This is how you tell:
Get peanuts from a cardboard box.
They should be gray or white.
Examine them, if they are just an extruded tube shape try dropping a little water on one.
Starch packing peanuts will melt with water.
The stuff compresses well it held balls in my gun for a while.
Even when bouncing around, putting away.
It did not affect my shot as far as I could tell.
It practically disappears, I saw no flames, nothing.
What do you guys think of Starch Packing Peanuts
I use wonderwads over my powder and I see chunks of them flying whenever I shoot. I got a half a wonderwad stuck in my target once (a little low and to the right)
I have a substitute for bee's wax.
I have tried it over the ball in my BP revolver.
Candy Wax Lips
Coopieclan