Apr 20, 2013 · Daniel M. Sivilch (Author) University of Oklahoma Press (March 18, 2016) In the past, an excavated musket ball might simply have been catalogued as either a “spherical lead …

Aug 25, 2012 · I compared the 69 cal 1842 musket firing a 412 grain ball and a 730 grain mini, a 1855 musket with a 510 gr mini, and a AR15 with 55 gr. bullet. Most of my time was taken up …

May 2, 2013 · A dime is approximately .70 caliber in width, so that probably is a round lead ball for a .69 caliber musket. U. S. musket balls made up until about the mid-1850's were cast and …

Jun 24, 2011 · The B & B round made the musket very deadly within 100 yards. During both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 the British Army issue load for the Brown Bess was a …

Nov 28, 2010 · I am trying to find a mould to make round balls for my 1842 Springfield Smoothbore Musket. I have been told to find a 65 caliber round ball mould. Any Suggestions? …

Jun 11, 2012 · Iron Musket Ball?! Thread starter skb8721; Start date Apr 19, 2017; skb8721 Corporal. Joined Sep 10, 2014 ...

May 4, 2014 · Considering the range of reported bullets used in these (belted ball, winged conical, Minie and plain ball) one wonders what bullets these were sighted for, or if the sights were just …

Oct 31, 2011 · 0.69 caliber smoothbore (nominal) -- ball = 463 grains, powder = 110 grains (this is for regulation 1822 and 1840 pattern muskets.) Note that this is from page 52, on page 74 …

May 27, 2019 · Although this particular ball pre-dates the civil war, these round balls were used extensively during the conflict. View attachment 446184 It hit the flesh of the deer and …

Jul 12, 2007 · A good description of the sound of the minie ball and the round buck and ball, by Lt. John M. Gould of the 10th Maine Infantry at Cedar Mountain: "The enemy were armed with …