Friend of mine gave me 6.8 lbs of these. What do I have here?

[Ole]

I was going to melt them down for the lead, but figured I'd better ask here first just in case they are worth something.

[swamp]

They look to be T/C or Lyman Maxi- Balls for muzzle loaders. What is the diameter? Need to wait for the whole pic to download. By the tape they are .50 cal.

[mag_01]

50 Cal. black powder projectiles more than likely soft lead --- mix with FW and mix should be fine

[Leslie Sapp]

Maxi balls, probably .50 or .54 caliber. They could be any of several different weights,320 gr, 370gr, 420gr, etc. I'd post them on the Swap and Sell page before I melted them.
I just checked the price on a box of 20 .50 caliber ones I bought last year from a local gun shop- 14.00 dollars.

[dmize]

Yup those are Maxi Balls.try to sell them before ya smelt them

[MT Gianni]

Put them over 70-90 gr of Pyrodex RS in a TC hawken, and you have a lot of dead critters. Set them over the Holy Black and your gun will be even happier.

[Sloffie]

I have a Lyman mold that casts those in 50cal. Excellent bullets. Very accurate. You see them in my avatar. Please note the one in my avatar was one of the first ones I cast. They look a lot better now.

[Bob Krack]

A picture of a tape does not a scientific measurement make.

It is a Maxi-Ball and my straight edge held up to the screen shows a little over 1/2 inch. My call is .540.

Bob

[Ole]

Thanks for the info gents. I put my calipers to them and they do appear to be 54 caliber flavor.

I listed them here at $1/lb + shipping.