File:Lead Ball (FOUS 1023) (c8be841f-1dd8-b71b-0bf0-b6301ea9b2a7).jpg

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English: Lead Ball (FOUS 1023)
Photographer
English: NPS photo
Title
English: Lead Ball (FOUS 1023)
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

.60 caliber lead ball.

This .60 caliber lead ball was probably used in a muzzle-loading gun. Muzzle-loading guns like smoothbore muskets are loaded by pouring and ramming a measure of powder and a ball down a gun’s barrel. How did a hunter load a gun while chasing game on horseback? Both American Indians and Euro-Americans could reload by keeping several balls in their mouths; after firing, these hunters would pour a measure of new powder down the barrel and then spit in a ball. The powder and ball could then be forced down the barrel by banging a gun’s butt against a saddle or the ground.

  • Keywords: fort; union; trading; post; national; historic; site; artifacts; trade; plains; indians; american; fous
Depicted place
English: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Date Taken on 2 January 2017
Accession number
c8be841f-1dd8-b71b-0bf0-b6301ea9b2a7
Source
English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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FOUS

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