Quote:
In this case I think it might be more likely that the ball richeted off the ground which altered it's trajectory. Hope you don't have to convince a jury it "couldn't have happened" : )
This has nothing to do with the post but it made think about it,last summer i cut down a few old oak trees that were on there way out,while i was splitting them for firewood i found altogether 9 musket balls and 2 flint arrow heads embedded in the wood.
We are CW reenactors and yes is the OP's question.
However I don't get the story about the CW bullet penterating a woman, impregnating her OR the story about some bullet traveling so far to kill a woman dead on her feet in her kitchen. They have to be close by to kill someone like that.
It should, you can shoot a ball out of a modern muzzleloader, and a sabot. If you can shoot a ball out of a modern one then you should be able to shoot a saboted bullet out of an older one. Since those bullets fit in modern guns that hold balls they should fit in his. The reason i switched is because I hate sabots, and these have more knock down power and longer range.
Quote:
You can't(well you can but it's not accurate at all) shoot a ball from the modern inline muzzle loader,the rifling is not right.Most manufactured today have a 1:28 twist which is to much for a ball.