How a paper cartridge is made

How a paper cartridge is made.

To make a paper cartridge you need paper, a form and a measured portion of gunpowder. Without the addition of a musket ball it is a blank cartridge. Blank cartridges do not fire the musket ball and are used for ceremonial salutes and signalling. Adding the musket ball to the paper cartridge makes it into a live round.
A cartridge is made by rolling paper around a form; it is then closed at one end and filled with a measure of gun powder from a powder horn and then closed at the other end and sealed with wax.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
• Filmed on location at Hyde Park Barracks Museum.
• With thanks to Brad Manera, Military Historian and Manager of the Anzac Memorial, Sydney.
• Music by Warren Fahey. 'The Wild Colonial Boy', traditional Australian song, composer unknown.
• Produced by Sydney Living Museums