The stuck ball I allude to---both were made with wheel weight...hard stuff and still deformed
DD,
Had they been fired before or were they fresh out of the mold.
Zulu
I never refire lead. I always remelt and recast lead.
They were fresh our of the mould so to speak. Made up during a casting session and put aside for later use.
About 2 years ago one was dropped just prior to loading and looked okay and wasn't.
The other almost 30 years was in a box with several others and got banged up---that one also was cast in one of those cheap potmetal fishing weight mould and was not gauged before loading...hey all the others before, fit
. That was also back in the day when I thought Schedule 80 pipe made good cannon barrels...
Most of times when I suggest that folks should not use something or do something it's based on my experience...and usually if I haven't done it for a while, I will do it again just to prove I screwed up before and and can screw up again...