C.B. Wads - what are they

[jmace57]

Here is another of the things passed on to me by a friend who inherited a box of reloading stuff from a guy who died about 45 years ago.

It's a box of Winchester C.B. Wads. shows as .38/55 in pen. When I open the box, I see a bunch of little cardboard (?) disks that do look to be about 38 caliber. There was also a tin that originally held percussion caps filled with a smaller size of these. I am presuming these were used in reloading? Maybe put between the powder and bullet? I'd be curious to learn what these are. Thanks


236456

236457

[skeettx]

Power, wad, bullet in that order
Protected the base of the cast bullet from powder gasses

Mike

more stuff

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010391437/walters-wads-over-powder-wads-bag-of-1000

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/list/item.aspx/173/1

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/archive/index.php/t-58138.html

[jmace57]

Thank you for this information, sir.