Book review: Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification: A Guide by Daniel M. Sivilich (Oklahoma Press, 2016) [BUY NOW ON AMAZON]The title of this book makes it sound like a highly technical tract interesting only to those doing very sophisticated analysis or hoping to attach significance to a relatively featureless object. Key Point: Musket balls are spherical projectiles fired from muskets and other smoothbore firearms. They were made of lead, with varying sizes. With their diameter usually matching the bore of the musket. This article covers the evolution of musket balls.
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Typically, musket balls range in diameter from 0.39 inches to 0.80 inches. The British Brown Bess musket had a 0.75 inch bore but took a .693-inch-diameter ball. Charleville-style French muskets, which were supplied to the Continental Army, had a .69-inch bore but took a .63-inch ball. Introduction This guide covers a variety of types of shot or ammunition, including cannon balls, musket balls and bullets. It has drawn heavily on a guide for FLOs produced by Amy Downes (FLO South and West Yorkshire) and on a guide to recording battlefield assemblages produced by Glenn Foard ( Foard 2009 - download the pdf here ). Based upon this chart a .490 ball should weigh 177 grains. I opened a fresh box of .490 round balls and weighed all 100 of them, putting them in groups that were within 0.5 grains of each other. I had some balls as light as 175 grains, and others as high as 181.5 grains. That is quite a large variation in weight. Since that time the ball cartridge construction followed the same pattern until they disappeared from the Ordnance manuals in 1861. Let's follow the words of the 1841 U.S. Ordnance manual to get closer to the time of musket balls. The flints. Selecting the right size, form and quality flint for a musket is a key factor if we want our shots to.
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actually varied from 18.87 mm to 22.35 mm (mean diameter = 19.87 mm) (Eyers, 2006). The true calibre of 10 bore equates to 19.70 mm (i.e. the diameter from a sphere of lead weighing 1/10th of a pound) (Eyers, 2006). There are many references to the calibre of 17th Century muskets in the literature e.g. Location. PA. May 2, 2013. #1. 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 .65 cal - .93 oz or 408.96 grains. If this size of round were used in the war of 1812 or even in the American revolution, I would have to say that. The barrel was 46 inches with an overall length of 62.5 inches. The weight was 10.4 pounds. It had a barrel bore of .75 caliber. The typical round or shot in use was around .69 caliber. The Bess was fitted with a 17 inch triangular cross-section bayonet. Musket Balls of Various Sizes. This is a grouping of lead balls of various sizes that would be shot from weapons. For source and more details, click here. Hamilton Picks. Alexander Hamilton. $14.99. (19134) Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording (Explicit Version) $23.73.
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Mar 23, 2013 #2 Haversack62 said: What was the common size round ball used with the model 1842 smoothbore. Also did they use a patch with the ball during the civil war. Also was it common to use a 58 cal cart. box or they used a 69 cal. box. They had a cartridge box for the .69 cal. muskets and no patch was used as it is a smoothbore. 7 x 16mm Dia (15.8-16.2mm) (23.5-24.1 g) 4 x 18mm Dia (18.-19.0mm) (29.5-31.0 g) The chart below was reproduced from an old topic on here, thanks to user "mrscott" for the original image upload, if you download it and resize it by 200% it is a bit clearer, Dave Minelab Manticore : 11" Coil Minelab Equinox 800 : 11" Coil
1. Lead balls were packed in boxes each containing 100 pounds of balls. 2. About four pounds of lead in each 100 pounds was lost in casting. Source: The Little Bombardier and Pocket Gunner London: T Egerton; 1801. P. 30 Placed on the Napoleon Series: March 2005 napoleon Measure the ball's diameter. 18th-century musket balls range in diameter from 0.39 inches to 0.69 inches. The British Brown Bess musket carried a 0.693 inch diameter ball. American rifles took smaller balls, measuring less than 0.60 inches in diameter but no smaller than 0.39 inches.
U.S. Model 1842 Civil War Musket .69 caliber, Harper’s Ferry lock dated 1843. PRE1898
1. What is the most common caliber ball for a musket? The most common caliber ball for a musket is around .69 or .75 inches in diameter. 2. Can I use a regular ruler to measure the caliber ball? It is not recommended as a regular ruler may not provide the precise measurement needed for a musket caliber ball. 3. Start typing and press Enter to search
