Quote Originally Posted by Eaglelord17 View Post
The rifle would have just used a round ball, with maybe very late in its life using a minie ball. The minie ball didn't come out until I believe the late 1840s, this rifle is significantly older than that (being a flintlock conversion).
That is a pretty darn big chunk of lead. Would you gents be willing to put a rough guess on a date? Down to a decade or two? ��