Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Subject: Paper cartridges.... Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:06 am
Hi all
Can we put paper cartridges in a bandollier ?
Cheers
Pascal
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7811 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Paper cartridges.... Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:40 am
I think the only answer to that would be ...possibly... but not with any success. Could be wrong but I think after a while of movement it would be like putting a packet of cigarettes in the spin dryer. Hmmmm no dont think it would work.
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Paper cartridges.... Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:59 am
I know that Westley-Richards rifles had paper cartridges and that NNH had bandolliers for ammunition for their carbines Westley-Richards, but Richard Scolins drawing to the Zulu warriors of the Nokhenke regiment armed with muskets or muzzle loading rifles bearing their cartridges in bandolliers ...
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7811 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Paper cartridges.... Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:10 am
I dont understand why you felt the need to ask the question if you had the answer? Sounds like my wife.......she who knows all.
Neil Aspinshaw
Posts : 552 Join date : 2009-10-14 Location : Loughborough
Subject: Re: Paper cartridges.... Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:15 am
Look at a photograph of any Boer C1880, especially Jubert and his Majuba men, they all wear bandoliers of paper cartridges for their Westley Richards.
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Subject: Re: Paper cartridges.... Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:45 am
Hello Neil and Springbok
Yes I know it was done for the paper cartridges of Westley Richards...With the NNH...
But for firearms of a more ancient model,like the old muskets or muzzle loading rifles of the Zulus?
If the cartridges were of a most ancient manufacturing model, maybe it was not ...?
Springbok Well, I was asking for muzzle loading muskets and rifles ...
Best regards
Päscal
Neil Aspinshaw
Posts : 552 Join date : 2009-10-14 Location : Loughborough
Subject: Re: Paper cartridges.... Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:51 am
Pascal As paper was not a commodiity commonplace in Zulu society, bullet or ball would be kept in shoulder bag, powder in horn.
NNH would have ordnance ready made uniform ammunition, issued from stores.
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Paper cartridges.... Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:50 pm
A thousand times thank you Neil
You see I had my doubts, my intuition is always good, but I wanted the opinion of a specialist ...
Again, I say do not trust illustrators, even when there are very good ...
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