Missionary
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I would not venture to write the Round Ball is superior to all other fired projectiles. But it sure has served our world well through these last 600 hundred years of history.
In the 18th century in America It was common practice to load a rifle ball with enough energy only to pierce both sides of the deer's flesh and be able to recover the lead under the skin to remelt it into another round ball! The documentation on the Eastern Longhunters, meat hunters for a settlement, did this every time they could! A lead ball was the source of their livelihood & they did not want to waste it!my younger brother has a couple of rb that are found under a deer's hide. unfortunately fer me, the rb is thru-n-thru. when i went with the lyman left fl deerstalker in 50 cal, it was a 80gr goex ffg with the rb. it was also a maxiball(345gr?) that was 80gr too. nowadays, its a CVA Hawken lh fl in 50 cal with 70gr of Goex ffg.
I used a lot of steel round balls when I was a kid, of course we called them BB’s! English Sparrows, starlings, crackles and pigeons were my favorite targets but sometimes bees and spiders got in my sights too.