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**Mike Irwin** · May 21, 2002, 03:51 PM

You could probably get decent short-range accuracy with silver out of a smoothbore using a tightly patched round ball, the same as you can get decent short range accuracy with a musket if you take time to patch the ball tightly.

May 21, 2002, 03:51 PM	#15
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	You could probably get decent short-range accuracy with silver out of a smoothbore using a tightly patched round ball, the same as you can get decent short range accuracy with a musket if you take time to patch the ball tightly. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.