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CajunPowder · September 24, 2010, 09:33 PM

Is it possible to procure or to home brew copper round balls, that are jacketed or plated or coated with lead.

How thick would the lead jacket have to be in order to allow proper swaging into the muzzle during loading?

How thick would the lead jacket have to be in order to allow proper swaging in the barrel in order to engage the grooves so that twist would be imparted?

*** hair in the brain

Could one drill two very small holes through centers in a copper ball, perpendicular centers ... that would provide for "tunnels" through the copper ball so that thin pins could be placed into those center holes to form a support structure that held the copper ball in the middle of a lead round ball die. So that when lead was poured into the mold, it would form a jacket around the copper ball. And if lead pins were used through the holes in the copper ball, then those pins would melt into the jacket.

Has this ever been done, can it be done simply?

September 24, 2010, 09:33 PM	#1
CajunPowder Junior member Join Date: April 1, 2010 Location: Louisiana - Cajun Triangle Posts: 223	Lead jacketed OR solid copper round ball Is it possible to procure or to home brew copper round balls, that are jacketed or plated or coated with lead. How thick would the lead jacket have to be in order to allow proper swaging into the muzzle during loading? How thick would the lead jacket have to be in order to allow proper swaging in the barrel in order to engage the grooves so that twist would be imparted? *** hair in the brain Could one drill two very small holes through centers in a copper ball, perpendicular centers ... that would provide for "tunnels" through the copper ball so that thin pins could be placed into those center holes to form a support structure that held the copper ball in the middle of a lead round ball die. So that when lead was poured into the mold, it would form a jacket around the copper ball. And if lead pins were used through the holes in the copper ball, then those pins would melt into the jacket. Has this ever been done, can it be done simply? Last edited by CajunPowder; September 25, 2010 at 07:48 PM.