Lead Balls, Gauge, Diameter, Weight - Cast Bullets For Beginner And Expert

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SECOND EDITION, 2007 - Joe Brennan

Lead Balls, Gauge, Diameter, Weight

A "12 Gauge" ball is 1/12th of a pound, there are 12 "12 gauge" balls to the pound, and a gun with a bore equal in size to the diameter of a "12 gauge" ball is a "12 gauge gun".

DIA. = IN., WT. = Grains (specific gravity of lead taken as 11.34)

(Webmaster note: Weights are in grains. 7,000 grains = 1 pound - Notice gauge (row) 1 @ 1.671" Dia. = 7,000 Gr., then row 12 (12 gauge) @ 0.730" Dia. = 583.3 gr. X 12 = 7,000 Gr.)

GAUGE	DIA.	WT.	GAUGE	DIA.	WT.	GAUGE	DIA.	WT.	GAUGE	DIA.	WT.
1	1.671	7000.0	46	0.466	152.2	91	0.371	76.9	136	0.325	51.5
2	1.326	3500.0	47	0.463	148.9	92	0.370	76.1	137	0.324	51.1
3	1.158	2333.3	48	0.460	145.8	93	0.369	75.3	138	0.323	50.7
4	1.052	1750.0	49	0.457	142.9	94	0.367	74.5	139	0.323	50.4
5	0.977	1400.0	50	0.453	140.0	95	0.366	73.7	140	0.322	50.0
6	0.919	1166.7	51	0.450	137.3	96	0.365	72.9	141	0.321	49.6
7	0.873	1000.0	52	0.448	134.6	97	0.364	72.2	142	0.320	49.3
8	0.835	875.0	53	0.445	132.1	98	0.362	71.4	143	0.319	49.0
9	0.803	777.8	54	0.442	129.6	99	0.361	70.7	144	0.319	48.6
10	0.775	700.0	55	0.439	127.3	100	0.360	70.0	145	0.318	48.3
11	0.751	636.4	56	0.437	125.0	101	0.359	69.3	146	0.317	47.9
12	0.730	583.3	57	0.434	122.8	102	0.358	68.6	147	0.317	47.6
13	0.710	538.5	58	0.432	120.7	103	0.356	68.0	148	0.316	47.3
14	0.693	500.0	59	0.429	118.6	104	0.355	67.3	149	0.315	47.0
15	0.677	466.7	60	0.427	116.7	105	0.354	66.7	150	0.314	46.7
16	0.663	437.5	61	0.424	114.8	106	0.353	66.0	151	0.314	46.4
17	0.650	411.8	62	0.422	112.9	107	0.352	65.4	152	0.313	46.1
18	0.637	388.9	63	0.420	111.1	108	0.351	64.8	153	0.312	45.8
19	0.626	368.4	64	0.418	109.4	109	0.350	64.2	154	0.312	45.5
20	0.615	350.0	65	0.415	107.7	110	0.349	63.6	155	0.311	45.2
21	0.606	333.3	66	0.413	106.1	111	0.348	63.1	156	0.310	44.9
22	0.596	318.2	67	0.411	104.5	112	0.347	62.5	157	0.310	44.6
23	0.587	304.3	68	0.409	102.9	113	0.346	61.9	158	0.309	44.3
24	0.579	291.7	69	0.407	101.4	114	0.345	61.4	159	0.308	44.0
25	0.571	280.0	70	0.405	100.0	115	0.344	60.9	160	0.308	43.8
26	0.564	269.2	71	0.403	98.6	116	0.343	60.3	161	0.307	43.5
27	0.557	259.3	72	0.402	97.2	117	0.342	59.8	162	0.306	43.2
28	0.550	250.0	73	0.400	95.9	118	0.341	59.3	163	0.306	42.9
29	0.544	241.4	74	0.398	94.6	119	0.340	58.8	164	0.305	42.7
30	0.538	233.3	75	0.396	93.3	120	0.339	58.3	165	0.305	42.4
31	0.532	225.8	76	0.394	92.1	121	0.338	57.9	166	0.304	42.2
32	0.526	218.8	77	0.393	90.9	122	0.337	57.4	167	0.303	41.9
33	0.521	212.1	78	0.391	89.7	123	0.336	56.9	168	0.303	41.7
34	0.516	205.9	79	0.389	88.6	124	0.335	56.5	169	0.302	41.4
35	0.511	200.0	80	0.388	87.5	125	0.334	56.0	170	0.302	41.2
36	0.506	194.4	81	0.386	86.4	126	0.333	55.6	171	0.301	40.9
37	0.501	189.2	82	0.385	85.4	127	0.332	55.1	172	0.300	40.7
38	0.497	184.2	83	0.383	84.3	128	0.331	54.7	173	0.300	40.5
39	0.493	179.5	84	0.381	83.3	129	0.331	54.3	174	0.299	40.2
40	0.488	175.0	85	0.380	82.4	130	0.330	53.8	175	0.299	40.0
41	0.484	170.7	86	0.378	81.4	131	0.329	53.4	176	0.298	39.8
42	0.481	166.7	87	0.377	80.5	132	0.328	53.0	177	0.298	39.5
43	0.477	162.8	88	0.376	79.5	133	0.327	52.6	178	0.297	39.3
44	0.473	159.1	89	0.374	78.7	134	0.326	52.2	179	0.296	39.1
45	0.470	155.6	90	0.373	77.8	135	0.326	51.9	180	0.296	38.9

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