.457 round balls
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 267
.457 round balls
I accidently picked up Hornady .457 round balls because the price tag covered thediameter and I saw .45 round balls for muzzleloader on the package. Realized the error after I couldn't get a patched round ball down the barrel and the ballalone barely went down. Box of 100 minus 1 that I shoved down andfired. Midway sales for $11.79.
Anyone have any use for these? Will trade for some projectile you have no use for that can be fired from a .45 or .50 caliber rifle. Let me know what you have.
Thanks.
Anyone have any use for these? Will trade for some projectile you have no use for that can be fired from a .45 or .50 caliber rifle. Let me know what you have.
Thanks.
#2
RE: .457 round balls
If you didn't already know, .457 balls are made to fit the Ruger Old Army revolver. Maybe this is a sign that you should eventuallybuy one!
If you wanted to try to tumble them down, you could put them in a large coveredbucket with some sand and let them roll around in the car trunk or in a truck bed for a long time until they wear down to size. It's based on the same principle as a rock tumbler [which BTWis also sold cheap at Harbor Freight].
Or rub down a ring around eachone by scrapingit on sandpaper, and load them carefully either into a sabot [i.e. - like the Hornady Hardball loads]or with a patch.
All of the cap & ballrevolvers shave a ring of lead off the ball when they're loaded into the cylinder which makes them a little out of round, and they're still capable of excellent accuracy.
Or you can alwaysmelt them downand cast them into something else if you don't sell or tradethem.
If you wanted to try to tumble them down, you could put them in a large coveredbucket with some sand and let them roll around in the car trunk or in a truck bed for a long time until they wear down to size. It's based on the same principle as a rock tumbler [which BTWis also sold cheap at Harbor Freight].
Or rub down a ring around eachone by scrapingit on sandpaper, and load them carefully either into a sabot [i.e. - like the Hornady Hardball loads]or with a patch.
All of the cap & ballrevolvers shave a ring of lead off the ball when they're loaded into the cylinder which makes them a little out of round, and they're still capable of excellent accuracy.
Or you can alwaysmelt them downand cast them into something else if you don't sell or tradethem.
#3
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 267
RE: .457 round balls
No ruger old army in my future. I don't do any casting, but have been reading what I can and am thinking about it. So I thought about saving them and melting them down, but would like to trade them off to someone if I could. I just thought that if someone can use them and has a projectile they or their gun dislikes. For the price of shipping we each get something we could use. Thanks for the suggestions though.