Does anyone know of a source of .775 roundballs or a mold? I've tried all of the usual suspects (lyman, hoch, midway, old western,etc) without luck. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
-Bob

Bob,
The best deal out there happens, for once, to be the cheapest. Check out http://www.dixiegunworks.com and look for their scissor molds. They make these in 0.005" increments for next to nothing (~$35).

I bought one for my 18 bore double rifle and the thing throws beautiful roundballs. I could not be more amazed.

The next best deal out there is a guy by the name of Jeff or John Tanner or something like that. It would take me a moment to dig him out. But he makes roundball and belted ball molds in England for a very reasonable price. I have one of these too, but have never used it.

Brent

I ordered a mold from dixie this afternoon. Thanks for the fast answer, I'd been looking for over a month!

Bob

Bob: I have had good luck using a .735 ball from a friend's mould for his Bess. I seat them over a fiber wad using an OxYoke patch and they seem to work find in my 10-gauge Pedersoli double.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Bob: I have had good luck using a .735 ball from a friend's mould for his Bess. I seat them over a fiber wad using an OxYoke patch and they seem to work find in my 10-gauge Pedersoli double.

Bill,
Does your ten gauge have screw-in chokes, like my 12 gauge? Do you shoot round balls without a choke screwed in or do you have a screw in that has no choke? Accuracy?

Boreal: My 10-gauge has the regular cylinder-choked barrels as far as I can tell. I have not worked up a serious ball load for accuracy, only plinking while working up shot loads for turkey, but the gun seems to put them where I am looking at 30 yards or so.

http://www.jt-bullet-moulds.co.uk/moulds.html

This guy is great. Super nice fellow. He will make whatever you want. The prices are way to low and the quality is top-notch. He is fast. Dealing with him is no problem despite the fact that he is not in the U.S.

i found jeff tanner"s(of jt moulds)website about the day before it was mentioned here.
i"m a lot closer to him than most of you guys, so i ordered a mould and set of lee handles from him last week.i"d been after a .775 ball to fire with a patch from my 8 bore just for the fun of it, but could"nt get a mould anywhere else.
mr tanner would have recieved my cheque yesterday(monday), and i had my mould today(tuesday), so he must have had it in the post as soon as my cheque was through his door.
i"ve just made a dozen balls with it, and i"m going to try them now.
i don"t think anyone could provide better service than that!
good shooting