Apr 20, 2013 · Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification: A Guide traces the history of musket balls and small shot, and explores their uses as lethal projectiles and in nonlethal alterations. …

May 27, 2019 · While digging up an early 19th century dump site in central Mississippi, I found this fired round musket ball in the bones of what was once a deer. Although this particular ball …

May 2, 2013 · I found a musket ball about 7 inches underground and I am researching the possibilities of its use and in what weapons it may have been used in. The size of the ball is …

Aug 25, 2012 · How far is a Civil War round ball from a non riled musket lethal and how far is a Civil War rifled bullet lethal? It would seem like a round ball would slow down quicker.

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 …

Jul 31, 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? Pvt Monroe …

May 16, 2024 · Hello everyone, I'm new here, and I need some assistance. I collect militaria, mostly WWII, however I also have an increasing interest in the Civil War. It is for this reason …

Jun 11, 2012 · I finally got permission from a landowner to metal detect in a sugarcane field used briefly as an encampment by the US 19th Army Corps (according to a hand-drawn Federal …

Oct 17, 2010 · The pristine muzzleloader ball Round balls would have been used before, some during, and after the Civil War. To me musket balls and minie balls are "a dime a dozen" in the …

Mar 2, 2012 · The Weapons The smoothbore musket is accurate to maybe 50 yards when aimed. A round ball fired from a smooth barrel is fairly unstable and just not very accurate. At over 50 …