Replica 0.69 inch Musket Ball I bought a mould for making musket balls a long time ago on a holiday in France. It was a Napoleonic era mould for a single ball 0.69 inches in diameter. The Maker's mark is Lournel. Musket balls tended to be 10% smaller than the barrel of the musket as it was wrapped in a leather patch before being fired. The mould and balls are the same diameter as balls used by the Browne Bess Musket and others.
Once we started Magister Militum I had some fun playing around making ...
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