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Unread 10-31-2010, 10:14 AM   #1
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any body got any suggestions on a round ball for the 8 ga...i need any info i can get on the size or measurments of a lead ball.. would like to make up a round ball or slug load if possible...any body got any ideas... thanks charlie
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It would certainly be a bruiser, Charlie! WRA Co. loaded 10 gauge ball loads at 1-1/8 ounce. That was their largest in my catalogs (1881-1928). I do have some gaps in my catalogs, so I may be missing a short lived load, if it was available. Austin has some catalogs, too. Maybe he can find something. Good luck!
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thanks mark im hoping i can use a bruser load on a fine fat doe if i can get me a load ready in time..do you think a round ball of 1 1/2 ounse would be all right..im thinking that this would be ok...i know that a 1 1/2 ounce of shot is a light load so there should be no problem with round ball at that weight... charlie
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Nominally, eight guage means eight round balls to the pound (2oz each), the diameter of the ball equaling the bore diameter. A short Minie of an ounce and a half or so with a cast diameter no greater than the choke diameter would work best. Thats the way factory "rifled" slugs are designed. I think Lee used to offer molds to order like this.
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will be good if lee still makes the custom made moulds...you are right a short conical bullet would beat the round ball in accurcy....this old reloading stuff is really getting in my blood now....charlie
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have been hunting hard for a round ball orconical bullet for the 8 guage but have not found one yet...will keep looking..have found that the round ball would measure at .835 down to .820....charlie
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Charlie,

Just read this and thought it might be a start on where to find bullets. http://www.calpappas.com/id77.html

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have been hunting hard for a round ball orconical bullet for the 8 guage but have not found one yet...will keep looking..have found that the round ball would measure at .835 down to .820....charlie
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Try Jeffery Tanner in the UK for a round ball mold: http://www.jt-bullet-moulds.co.uk/

I believe a round ball mould up to .850 were $45 the last time I checked, and he will make them larger than that if needed. The moulds fit the inexpensive, standard Lee handles.

I ordered a specially sized ball mould from him for a flintlock breechloading rifle I built, and his service to the U.S. is very quick and efficient.
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the gent in the uk does indeed have the round ball mold for the 8 gauge...all ive got todo tommorrow is measure the bore and get intouch with the maker...this was a answer to my prays thanks for the info fellas...this gent makes about any sizeround ball or cannon ball a person needs..if i get every thing in high gear i should be able to have a round ball load to be able to hunt with soon....thanks charlie
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Great news Charlie and I look forward to read the recap of your results with this 8 ga round ball load!
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