What is this? - Page 143

Gravdigr · 11-12-2012, 04:48 PM

I was guessing a different kind of hairball.

Is it a low-quality beaver hat?

glatt · 11-12-2012, 05:21 PM

Owl pellet?

footfootfoot · 11-12-2012, 05:25 PM

chewed dried goop and cocoon are the right track.

Hairball, vomit, fur, woodchuck, mammal are all off track.

footfootfoot · 11-12-2012, 05:26 PM

Here's another clue:

It is water proof and fire resistant.

zippyt · 11-12-2012, 05:29 PM

Wet carpet
or rug

footfootfoot · 11-12-2012, 05:31 PM

I'm not sure a wet carpet is technically water proof...

orthodoc · 11-12-2012, 05:51 PM

wasp/yellowjacket/hornet nest

footfootfoot · 11-12-2012, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orthodoc

wasp/yellowjacket/hornet nest

Yes! What a mind.
The bands of color are from the different wood/plant sources. This was from the forest. I saw a lot of moss/algae on the trees, that's where I suspect the greenish bands came from.

Another close up view:

orthodoc · 11-12-2012, 06:01 PM

I've looked at them up close before.
That first picture, especially, was a great example. More than the sum of its parts, and all that.

glatt · 11-12-2012, 08:46 PM

Well done!

footfootfoot · 11-13-2012, 09:52 AM

I was reading on a muzzleloading forum that you can use the paper as wadding and it doesn't ignite when you fire the gun.

I'll have to test that out.

Lamplighter · 11-13-2012, 11:30 AM

You just have to use rather heavy weight paper, i.e. with a high cotton content...

.... like $20 bills

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2012, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I was reading on a muzzleloading forum that you can use the paper as wadding and it doesn't ignite when you fire the gun.

I'll have to test that out.

If you go to places like Sturbridge, MA, or Deerfield, MA, every home will have a Paper Wasp's nest hanging on the wall for shooting, because paper was so dear.

BigV · 11-13-2012, 11:42 AM

and linen.

Big Sarge · 11-13-2012, 03:07 PM

nitrated paper rounds can be loaded without being torn open. revolutionary war and civil war round were loaded in a paper cylinder tied off at the end. a lead ball or mini is put in nose first; then the blackpowder charge. the open end is either twisted or folded over. to load, you bite the end off of the cartridge and dump the powder. you can ram in the paper as wadding or cast it aside. of course the projectile is on top. the paper drops free 10 to 25 feet down range. sometimes it smolders and burns; other times it is just singed

11-12-2012, 04:48 PM	#1
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11-12-2012, 05:25 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	chewed dried goop and cocoon are the right track. Hairball, vomit, fur, woodchuck, mammal are all off track. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-12-2012, 05:26 PM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Here's another clue: It is water proof and fire resistant. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-12-2012, 05:29 PM	#5
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Wet carpet or rug __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

11-12-2012, 05:31 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm not sure a wet carpet is technically water proof... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-12-2012, 05:21 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Owl pellet?

11-12-2012, 05:51 PM	#7
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	wasp/yellowjacket/hornet nest __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

11-12-2012, 06:01 PM	#9
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I've looked at them up close before. That first picture, especially, was a great example. More than the sum of its parts, and all that. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

11-12-2012, 08:46 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well done!

11-13-2012, 09:52 AM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I was reading on a muzzleloading forum that you can use the paper as wadding and it doesn't ignite when you fire the gun. I'll have to test that out. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-13-2012, 11:30 AM	#12
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	You just have to use rather heavy weight paper, i.e. with a high cotton content... .... like $20 bills

11-13-2012, 11:42 AM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	and linen. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-13-2012, 03:07 PM	#15
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	nitrated paper rounds can be loaded without being torn open. revolutionary war and civil war round were loaded in a paper cylinder tied off at the end. a lead ball or mini is put in nose first; then the blackpowder charge. the open end is either twisted or folded over. to load, you bite the end off of the cartridge and dump the powder. you can ram in the paper as wadding or cast it aside. of course the projectile is on top. the paper drops free 10 to 25 feet down range. sometimes it smolders and burns; other times it is just singed __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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