lead bullet weight ?
well jus some possibly helpful info:
a .68cal lead ball (fishing sinker) weighs 24grams
hope this helps a little.
a .68cal lead ball (fishing sinker) weighs 24grams
hope this helps a little.
Are you talking new made lead shot or a old school back in napolian's day?
The old school lead musket balls wernt actully balls they where more like todays bullets just solid lead.
If its a sinker type thing it shouldnt be over 25-30 grams?
Bubba
The old school lead musket balls wernt actully balls they where more like todays bullets just solid lead.
If its a sinker type thing it shouldnt be over 25-30 grams?
Bubba
no way man, u mis-calculated something there.RDX, wrote:2oz is about 57grams,can it really weight so much
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1 ounce = 28.3495231 gramsIs
so he was right....and bubba thought he was
so he was right....and bubba thought he was
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the balls I mean are solid lead? and diameter is 0.315"
like those http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.e ... mid=786830
like those http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.e ... mid=786830
there is no way they are 2oz, if there .315 and .68 are 24grams(i measured myself!) there is no way they weigh more,
my guess is just a bit more than 12grams.
my guess is just a bit more than 12grams.
Ok there musket BALL rounds. i got confused im sorry i thort you was taking about the muzzel loaded bullets witch look like bullets but are solid lead.
Those things arnt used in single shot aplacations in muskets they was used in a pakaging with 4 to 6 balls witch where used to break up ranks back in the day when they used to line up in pritty lines and take pot shots at each other. so the old musket was like a shot gun really dispersing large amouts of lead into the enemy.
The round ones you showed me a pick of should be about 10 to 15 grms
Bubba
Those things arnt used in single shot aplacations in muskets they was used in a pakaging with 4 to 6 balls witch where used to break up ranks back in the day when they used to line up in pritty lines and take pot shots at each other. so the old musket was like a shot gun really dispersing large amouts of lead into the enemy.
The round ones you showed me a pick of should be about 10 to 15 grms
Bubba
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To calculate the volume of a sphere:
4/3 pi r<sup>3</sup>
And then you multiply that by the density (11.3 g/cm<sup>3</sup> for lead, IIRC)
Assuming I'm right about that 11.3 g/ml bit, they are 3 grams (~50 grains)
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Anyways, not all muzzle loading firearms are muskets, nor even longarms. 32 caliper is popular in cap-and-ball pistols and in rifles, IIRC.
...and the classical bullet shaped "minie ball" wasn't deployed very (as far as I know) much until about the crimean war (it was invented in 1840) - and it was to be fired from rifled bore. Napoleon died 20 years too early to use them.
And muskets very often did use single projectiles.
4/3 pi r<sup>3</sup>
And then you multiply that by the density (11.3 g/cm<sup>3</sup> for lead, IIRC)
Assuming I'm right about that 11.3 g/ml bit, they are 3 grams (~50 grains)
*****
Anyways, not all muzzle loading firearms are muskets, nor even longarms. 32 caliper is popular in cap-and-ball pistols and in rifles, IIRC.
...and the classical bullet shaped "minie ball" wasn't deployed very (as far as I know) much until about the crimean war (it was invented in 1840) - and it was to be fired from rifled bore. Napoleon died 20 years too early to use them.
And muskets very often did use single projectiles.
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arent Minie Balls basically an old-school airgun pellet? i got a look at one and the back was all hollowed out, and the tip was very thick and solid. i dont see why you needed rifling to make the thing fly straight.