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Description: | A lead alloy musket ball of Post Medieval date, about 1600 - 1800. It is sub-spherical. The sprue has been removed with nippers, leaving two facets. It has a well developed cream patina. The ball displays a very slight set-up band or swaging. This is deformation caused by the ball being squashed against the inside of the barrel when fired, leaving a flat band round the circumference of the ball. This ball also has a circular indentation opposite the sprue.. This is an indication that it was fired from a "turn-off pistol"; a pistol loaded by unscrewing the barrel. Upon reattaching the barrel, the ball can be squeezed against the mouth of the powder chamber leaving a circular impression (Harding, page 53). The weight of the ball is consistant with use in a pistol (Harding 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War, page 31).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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