Hi, Charles.
 
Smoke Pfeiffer's Cartridge Ammunition biblio is posted at:
http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/cartridg.html
 
While mostly related to cartridges, there are some references there that
may help you.
 
Megan Springate
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At 08:35 AM 3/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>Can anyone recommend sources that formally define and describe (e.g.,
>diameter, weight, shape, etc.) of 17th-18th c. ball/shot varieties, such as:
>swan shot, Bristow, Calliver bore, Dutch, East India bore, Mould Goose,
>Pistoll bore, Plover, and Drop no. 1?
>
>I have consulted M.L. Brown's Firearms in Colonial America (1980), T.M.
>Hamilton's Indian Trade Guns (1982), H. L. Peterson's Arms and Armor in
>Colonial America (1956), and T.M. Hamilton's Colonial Frontier Guns (1980),
>but found no fully adequate descriptions.
>
>Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Thank You,
>
>Charles Heath
>