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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP24 Jun 2025 5:36 p.m. PST

"At least three different versions of Enfield cartridges were made during the service life of the rifle, which we might call the "Pritchett cartridge," the "Hay Cartridge," and the "Boxer cartridge" respectively. Here we will limit our discussion to the making of Boxer cartridges, which used the undersized .550 Boxer-style bullet.

Enfield cartridges are quite complex by comparison with some types of paper cartridges (although the design was common in Europe), which tended to be simple tubes to hold a bullet and powder. Three types of paper are used: A stiff paper tube forms the base of the powder chamber, which is wrapped with a thicker paper to complete the powder chamber. The powder chamber is mated to the bullet and both are rolled together into a very thin paper, the outer wrapper, which is tied off at the base of the bullet with twine. A "gummed band" is then used to secure the powder chamber inside the outer wrapper…"


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