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wiksmo

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The last couple of months I've been getting some .490 Hornady round balls for my .50cal pistols. Wondering if it's a good idea to keep the 100-round boxes separated by Lot Numbers? I've not found any comments on our Forum regarding ammo recalls and don't know what, if any, might be issues with round balls. Thanks.

wiksmo
 
I've not found any comments on our Forum regarding ammo recalls and don't know what, if any, might be issues with round balls.
The only problem that I could see would be poor quality control and some .451 ball gets mixed with some .454..., or some .535 gets into some .530.... or the wrong label gets put on a box so your .490 ball is really .495...
Most "manufactured" ball is swaged, not cast, so there isn't going to be air pockets trapped.
Now for casting, you might get a bad mold. I had a brass one that wasn't an actual sphere...done in a local machine shop.
You might get a mold that doesn't close right so the halves of the ball are offset or there is a very visible seam. Now a "belted ball" was once used in some ML's but for the vast majority of us...nope...
LD
 
Appreciate your insights all. :ThankYou:

I've not looked at casting since I don't shoot my pistols high volume. Might be interesting to read up some on that process though.

wiksmo
 
You don't have to shoot much to make casting worthwhile. I use a small cast iron pot (which I bought new), ladle, mold and old naphtha stove. All together, probably less than $100 to get started for me.

Never have to worry about running out of ball and, depending on how far you want to take the quest for accuracy, quality control is entirely within your hands.
 
It might be interesting to weigh and measure a few random balls from several lots to see how close they are in weight and size. That might begin to give you an answer if you are seeking the upmost accuracy.
 
The last couple of months I've been getting some .490 Hornady round balls for my .50cal pistols. Wondering if it's a good idea to keep the 100-round boxes separated by Lot Numbers? I've not found any comments on our Forum regarding ammo recalls and don't know what, if any, might be issues with round balls. Thanks.

wiksmo
It won't hurt, but you could go a couple lifetimes without any cause for worry! I have about 3 or 4 boxes of the same sitting around.
 
:ThankYou: , Everyone. Appreciate the good discussion about my inquiry. Also got similar responses of no issues with RB production from another forum I'm on. And just this morning I heard from Hornady Support as I had sent them a direct inquiry. Got back their official response:

Thanks for the inquiry. We have not ever had any recalls on any round balls to date so there should be no cause of concern. We appreciate your business.
Thank you <[email protected]>

So onward! :horseback:
wiksmo
 
:ThankYou: , Everyone. Appreciate the good discussion about my inquiry. Also got similar responses of no issues with RB production from another forum I'm on. And just this morning I heard from Hornady Support as I had sent them a direct inquiry. Got back their official response:

Thanks for the inquiry. We have not ever had any recalls on any round balls to date so there should be no cause of concern. We appreciate your business.
Thank you <[email protected]>

So onward! :horseback:
wiksmo
I can imagine the laughs that the Hornady folks had over that one.....
 
It seems lately there has been a California shift here in muzzle loading.

Folks worrying about recalls on swaged ball recalls. Static electricity.

How did the folks prior to 1865 survive shooting their guns?
 

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