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Originally Posted by Rick Losey
balls of that diameter per pound of lead
did you know that in the 18th century Pennsylvania longrifles were not defined by caliber as we do now,
they also were identified as balls to a pound - to someone going off on a long hunt who was packing in lead it mattered how many shots he got for each pound he lugged into the wilderness - and since the bores were cut by hand - they varied a lot
militia units were issued bars of lead to "run" their own balls due to the lack of a standard
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Very interesting, Thanks. You never know when this stuff will come up in cocktail conversation 
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