Alloy for muzzleloader conicals

[brewer12345]

My next casting session will be round balls and tc maxi balls for my 50 cal. The goal is working up a cow elk load with the conicals. What alloy is preferred? Default option is pure, soft lead.

[Walks]

Pure soft lead.

Best Projectile every invented.

Roman Army used them. Their Balerian Auxiliarie Slingers would form on the flanks and rain lead into the enemy.

2000yrs ago the best projectile ever invented, still the best. Every where the Roman ever Encamped the Archaeologists found piles of them.

(Pardon my spelling)

[Ozark mike]

In a ml pure lead but I do like harder stuff in the cartridge guns

[ShooterAZ]

+1 on pure soft lead, sometimes I will add a tiny touch of tin. Stick on WW works pretty well too.

[brewer12345]

I have a bunch of SOWW ingots, which I believe I have read are almost pure. Not too hard to use, right? That would be ideal.

[elk hunter]

For hunting elk I use a modern in-line rifle. I use very soft lead as it is easier to load and it needs to bump up to take the rifling. When shooting a patched round ball in a traditional rifle I will use what I have but still prefer soft if I have it. I don't hunt elk with a round ball but would if I had a larger, something above 60 caliber, rifle. I've been lusting for an English stalking rifle in 16 bore as a friend has a one and tells me a 400 grain round ball ahead of 140 grains of 2 FG is real elk medicine.