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Dfariswheel · January 13, 2008, 07:47 PM

This dates back to the early days of guns.

In the Revolutionary war, the muskets were often ordered to be loaded with "Buck and Ball".
A large solid ball and several buckshot.

It can still work, but the larger ball or slug tends to disrupt the pattern, so you may have patterns with holes in it due to the larger slug disrupting it.

January 13, 2008, 07:47 PM	#3
Dfariswheel Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 7,478	This dates back to the early days of guns. In the Revolutionary war, the muskets were often ordered to be loaded with "Buck and Ball". A large solid ball and several buckshot. It can still work, but the larger ball or slug tends to disrupt the pattern, so you may have patterns with holes in it due to the larger slug disrupting it.