Cold day again... Finishing up some smelting

Yeah. The soft lead for muzzle loading is required for the round ball to oval more to fill the bore, also, a lot easier to load.

The softer lead is also required for casting minie balls because the soft lead allows the skirt to expand to fill the rifling.

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I think the patch thickness vs ball size matters more than the hardness of the lead when chasing accuracy....

If you shoot patch n ball.;-)
I prefer my minies
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