To each their own, but I never use wheel weights for muzzleloader projectiles. The old fellow that taught me, used to use wheel weights, but said be sure to scrub the bore with a brush and solventafter each trip to the shooting range,to get the lead out.

I casted today and I could not believe how perfect the things turned out. I weighed 10 .50 caliber roundball and eight of them weighed 178.2 and the other two weighed 178.3. The REAL conicals all weighed between 326.6 and 327.2 which is outstanding. I can't wait to shoot them. I also casted some .530 & .535 ball for the .54 caliber. I suspect my Lyman Trade rifle might like the .535 because when I was shooting it the other day, it seemed to load really easy with a .530 roundball, so we will see if it likes a tighter load.

I casted for six hours and my poor old body is not used to sitting on a hard wood chair for that long, so I decided that was enough for one day. I sure went through a lot of lead today...