Mark,
Could you please send one to me as well.
Thanks
Bill Liebeknecht
Hunter Research, Inc.
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LeeAnne
Wendt
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:54 AM
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Subject: Re: Lead Ball Conversion Table
Please send me one as well. Thanks.
LeeAnne Wendt
Lab Director
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From: "Mark Branstner" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:21 PM
Subject: Lead Ball Conversion Table
> Hey Guys,
>
> Although I'd be very surprised to learn that I was the first person
> to do this, here goes:
>
> Given the frequency of finding round lead ball and shot on historic
> sites, and the fact that it has often been distorted in use, making
> it difficult to accurately measure, I came up with an Excel table
> that allows you to simply weigh the large shot or ball, and determine
> gauge and/or caliber. Of course, this assumes the shot or ball was
> originally round and is still essentially whole ...
>
> I created the conversion table to range from 1-200 Gauge or 1.671 -
> 0.28 caliber, which should cover most anything firearms-related (and
> even small cannon :-) ). I realize that there were 2 and 4 gauge
> market shotguns out there, but it would be unlikely for them to be
> shooting solid full-bore projectiles. By the same token, anything
> smaller than .28 caliber would almost certainly fall into the
> buckshot or shotgun pellet range, where caliber measurement would be
> largely unnecessary.
>
> Note that I have cross-referenced GAUGE, CALIBER, GRAIN WGT, GRAM
> WEIGHT, and ROUNDED GRAM WEIGHT and ROUNDED CALIBER. This should
> cross-correlate with historic sources, as well as modern literature,
> and lab data.
>
> I have not added information about standard sizes of buckshot,
> shotgun pellets, etc., as that data is pretty readily available on
> the web (Wikipedia).
>
> If anybody wants a copy, please send me an e-mail and I will forward.
>
> Mark
>
> P.S. Again, if somebody has already done this in a easily accessible
> format, just ignore.
>
>
> --
>
> Mark C. Branstner, RPA
> Historic Archaeologist
>
> Illinois Transportation
> Archaeological Research Program
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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>
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