i was somewhat worried about the material that the pellets were, but i have had trouble locating lead otherwise (seeing as how environmental concerns seem to be forcing it farther and farther out of the common market) Is there any way to tell exactly the consistancy of the lead i have?

Ill definately look into round shot (I confess i never considered them to be very accurate and ive never seen anyone shooting round either), though ive talked to a few people who claim they got great accuracy with the enfield with conicals, so i think its rather likely that any problem that applies to the minies would carry over to roundshot. Thanks for the thoughts