Musket balls?

[Misuraco]

Could these be musket balls? Sites pretty old I’ve found blow hole buttons and half reals etc here. Never found a musket ball before so wondering if that’s what these are.

 

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[sawmill man]

The small one sure looks like a pistol or rifle ball , but dont know about that big one, maby a fired 69, just guessing.

 

[lairmo]

are they both lead?

 

[Misuraco]

Thanks they both have a small indent on them if that helps

 

[Misuraco]

As far as I can tell both lead

 

[bradyboy]

look kind of flat for balls
Maybe seals?
IMO

 

[BosnMate]

The half inch ball is possibly intended for a .52 caliber firearm. That's a little small for a musket. As previously stated, it's probably a rifle or pistol ball. Ball sizes were slightly smaller than bore size because they were patched and loaded from the muzzle. The larger ball ------ It's 7/8's of an inch. A Brown Bess musket bore was around 3/4's, or 12 balls to the pound. 7/8's is really large. That could be for something like a swivel or wall gun.

A swivel gun aboard a boat.



Swivel gun and wall gun mean the same thing, except a wall gun was mounted on top of a fort wall. Both could be used on land or sea.