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


----- Original Message ----- 
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
> 209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
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> Champaign, IL 61820
> 
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