I've said it before that I always use round balls that are bigger than the bore
of the gun. Some of you question how to load them, or how do I get them
down the bore. Here is a picture I just took of a .323 "Buck" ball after it has
been pushed, NOT hammered down the bore. The bore is .318 across the
lands and .338 across the groove. So the ball is .005 bigger than the bore.
The patch is .010 pillow ticking lubed with a water soulable water mix. I mix
2 oz. oil to 32 oz. water. about a 6 % mixture. You can see a slight mark on
the front of the ball (right side) where the short starter is used to tap it in.
You can see how deep the patch was pushed into the lead. Patches look so
good after shooting, I could use a second time if I was cheap.
