andrewt
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Is this a musketball? Dime for size
Is this a musket ball?
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Is this a musketball? Dime for size
Davers
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Probable .
It's Def, Smaller than "Brown Bess" or '69' cal .
Do I see a Flat spot in the picture? Where Spur ,may have been cut off?--At about the 2 O-Clock Position.?
It's Def, Smaller than "Brown Bess" or '69' cal .
Do I see a Flat spot in the picture? Where Spur ,may have been cut off?--At about the 2 O-Clock Position.?
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Carolina Tom
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An exact diameter in inches gives you the caliber...
.50" is a half inch, which is 50 caliber. The caliber can be used, along with the weight, to determine exactly what you have.
Davers wrote "spur", but he meant "sprue".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprue_(manufacturing)
My uneducated guess is pistol ball.
.50" is a half inch, which is 50 caliber. The caliber can be used, along with the weight, to determine exactly what you have.
Davers wrote "spur", but he meant "sprue".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprue_(manufacturing)
My uneducated guess is pistol ball.
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