Welp, now I know why my home cast round balls were hard to seat in my Rogers & Spencer on Saturday. I measured a few of them with my micrometer today and they mic at .456 - .457. There must be a little tin in the lead that I used. I'll therefore reserve the rest of the batch for my Ruger Old Army, which takes .457 balls.
The rest of the lead will be used in casting bullets for my .44-40 rifles or ~.690 balls for my Brown Bess.
I'll have to order some 99% pure lead from Rotometals.
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