I just goe a Snydey Carbine from an OLD fellow who got it surplus in the 50's. The gun still has over 8-% original blue and the bore is just about perfect with only a couple of tiny blemishes. Included with the gun was a cartridge box of Kynoch loads and a few hand turned cases the old guy made himself. I broke down one of the Kynoch and it had 70 grains of what I would call 1 1/2 black powder and a 577 480 grain minie ball paper partched to 592 diameter and dipped in yellow grease. The tail on the paper patch is quite long and is folded and tucked into the hollow base. The minie itself is a thin skirt design measuring 50 thou at the bottom of the skirt and is a regular 3 band design. I got no mould with the gun and am going to try a 598 rb first and tehn maybe try paper patching a minie. The bore of the gun is 592 so I will have to see what works.
I have the old Kynoch loads but hate to pull them down and convert them to shotgun primers so I will try and find some 24 Ga brass shot shells to convert.
Now some questions...
Wads or filler
2F or 1 1/2F
Hot Primer necessary
What the heck are the two wood screws in the fore end for?
The old fellow gave 18 dollars for the gun, is my offer of $900 in line?