Nitrating Paper for Combustible Cartridges

This video provides simple instructions for nitrating paper to be used in Civil War era revolver combustible cartridges.

"Nitrating" is a term that means introducing potassium nitrate into paper so that it burns up more efficiently when fired in a black powder revolver.

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