Casting Round Ball for a Flintlock Rifle

[@rickyburton4642]

You did a fine job! Thanks for the video!😃👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@meatloafzombie]

I live in a town in Montana. Lewis and Clark stayed here. I was metal detecting and found a cool lead ingot about 16 inches underground. Really made me wonder when and who last handled it. So much cool history out there.

[@sargefaria]

Preciate that man, I really do. Thank you very much. Be great to meet you as well

[@opalprestonshirley1700]

Great video Sarge. Looks pretty easy making the balls. Thanks.

[@sargefaria]

Thanks buddy. Ladel from amazon i think....mold from either crasycrow or turkeyfoot, cant remember....had all this for a while now

[@sargefaria]

Yes I can. I hunt here actually. Once in a great while I carry my Ruger, but not typically, and definitely not during hunting season as its illegal in MA

[@westvirginiasurvival]

Good stuff Sarge. I can't wait to see how it shoots.

[@timothyscott3116]

Awesome! Didnt know you did this till now.. sorry for commenting so much just a big fan of your channel

[@MrPoppabear255]

Casting your own round ball is always very satisfying.

[@MarkNovy]

Alot of things are explained in earlier vids. ie; cal. .54 so the mold is a .54 round ball, getting lead ..he got his from turkeyfoot trading company and forge llc, along with most of his equip...pouring lead ball or anything lead is easy if you heat your lead to molten and then be careful to never get water on molten lead it explodes..This is however too much fun to do.

[@DixieLiving]

Really enjoying this series. Thanks. 3 books I'm sure you have 1) A Pilgram's Journey by Mark A. Baker (Vol. 1 my favorite), 2) Firearms, Traps, and Tools of the Mountain Men by Carl P. Russell and 3) which you recommended, Seedtime on the Cumberland by Harriette S. Arnow. Keep this series coming!

[@ramsessilent]

yeah i even had the flash hole bored out. but just so wet here in wisconsin during season i gave up.

[@ramsessilent]

well bro i hope you have better luck then me with your mussle loader. I had 2 flint locks both failed 8 outof 10 times. before i broke down and got a thompson/center.

[@Jeremy09jm]

love your vids, but can you do a video and xplain every step like were u get led, how do you break it down, what size mold for your gun etc

[@Nativesurvival]

did i hear yotes at :38?.... that looked like fun.. making ammo on your campfire.. awesome.

[@longtrekker]

That's a Jeff White hand forged high carbon steel nessmuk, check ebay under Jeff White Knives it tell you a little info on it. Jeff makes some fine knives in my opinion.

[@sargefaria]

Appreciate that brother. Have all 3 books myself haha. Picked up the other two on recommendations a while back. Thanks

[@sargefaria]

Thanks man......MA at the moment but that is soon to change

[@liddell157]

Nice background music . Had a good tune.. Keep up the videos your doing a good job

[@sargefaria]

Thanks Mark

[@sargefaria]

Thanks a lot brother......I reckon it will

[@bsjett]

Probably in the wrong place, bro. This isn't zombie apocalypse prepping. It's self-reliance.

[@davidclarke4040]

hi sgare good vid nice to be able to make your own shot wont run out that way all the best dave

[@ChrisCollier]

Great video Derek! I'm surprised it takes so short of time for the lead to firm up. If the old timer's carried lead bars to make their own bullets - what would they have used to break them up into smaller pieces? An axe maybe? Thanks for posting this video, and am looking forward to see you shoot the flintlock!

[@MarkNovy]

Good video Sarge..Looked like alot of tin floating on that lead..Hope it wasn't wheel weights. Tin ruins the rigling in the barrel. If you need pure lead let me know I have 300# of it. 20 round ball = 20 deer right? This should be fun to watch you shoot

[@drcsep]

Sarge. It is important to mention that lead must be handle with caution and that appropriate personal protection is deemed necessary. lead poisoning is a very serious condition to health and hunting/ eating small games with lead bullets is a concern. Could you use bismuth-tin instead of lead for making round bullets? nice video. Gracias.

[@sargefaria]

LOL...you caught that eh? YES...they were, and they were close as hell lol. I found some yote turd right at my fire pit too....pretty fresh when I got there.

[@sargefaria]

I will try and explain that stuff here in some other vids....sorry bout that man thanks

[@sargefaria]

right on man, thank you

[@sargefaria]

Agreed...thanks man

[@Redshift313]

If a picture's worth a 1000 words... then this video has to be worth 10,000 words. Thx Bro

[@SurvivalInFlames]

Where those coyotes yapping at around 40 seconds in?

[@sargefaria]

Thanks brother....me too

[@sargefaria]

agreed...thanks man

[@sargefaria]

yup

[@JDKnifeworksjoedishaw]

Looking forward to sighting in the rifle !!..joe in ny

[@sappervet1980]

yeat again a great vid. i follow ur vids regularly and watch carefully. you are a great teacher, mentor and all around blessed. hope to get the honor and privilage to meet u someday. hope that dosent sound corny but ive learned through the military is friends are hard to come by and when u do stay by them and someday i hope we meet and become friends. hell i will take u out with my boys either huntin yrappin or fishin lol. have a great one bro

[@sargefaria]

LOL...right on Gino! Thanks man

[@longtrekker]

Thanks Sarge

[@sargefaria]

right on joe

[@draco2202]

hey great way to cast in the field .I prefer a lee double mold myself .

[@sargefaria]

Thanks man....it is

[@tomritter493]

great vid sarg sounds like ppl are getting the word

[@sargefaria]

Thanks buddy....wish I could!!

[@bushcraftchip]

Really enjoy your vids,very informative. Thank you...

[@sargefaria]

thanks

[@sargefaria]

Thanks brother

[@sargefaria]

What exactly do you want to know man? it is in y knives video if you haven't seen it. They don't give much info about it so hard to do a complete review or anything

[@coolkat10001]

Sarge, you may have said in the past but what kind of Ruger do you carry? I think a Ruger vid would be cool.

[@sargefaria]

It may be....but I wouldn't mess with that, and im not 100% sure to be honest.

[@vikingjoe93]

Couple questions sarge. Can you shoot on that public land? Do you carry any type of hand gun?

[@sargefaria]

after the first couple it is heated. the misformed ones here were from lack og lead....needed more in the mold LOL@old fart

[@lr5585]

Can you make a video of that jas town knife

[@LeeWolfLittle]

My nephew received the adapter for the 410 shotgun, is it possible to make iron round balls to fit the 410?

[@sargefaria]

I bought the bars from turkeyfoot I think. Figured they were legit molded lead. LOL @ 300# WOW. Yes....20 balls 20 deer Thanks bro

[@ryafc16]

How do u protect against human predators

[@sargefaria]

thanks man

[@sargefaria]

thanks bro

[@EatCarbs]

Molding balls.. doesn't seem like a bad way to spend some time in the woods.

[@fireguzzi.]

Looking forward to the shooting video.

[@sargefaria]

Awesome

[@sargefaria]

Cant remember off top of my head brother....could have been turkeyfootllc tho

[@longtrekker]

Sarge, where did you get the lead bar stock at?

[@sargefaria]

LOL....right on brother!

[@ltramel275]

In my opinion this is the only way to do it if your shooting a true muzzleloader. Make all your shot yourself. Great video series.

[@ryafc16]

Can u do a video on self

[@bsjett]

Sure, but my point was that I don't see there being any Tae Kwon Do video lessons anytime soon. He's casting round ball, there's your defense against humans. It shouldn't have to be spelled out that if you're attacked, you brandish your weapon. Unless you want videos of forging brass knuckles and how to strategically hide knives under your pillow. Simply: protecting yourself is self explanatory. Preparing yourself, watch the videos. Not everything has to be prepping for martial law.

[@MrJedral]

remeber Sarge to stay away from a kead vapours

[@ryafc16]

Protection

[@smd482000]

where you get that ladle at its a nice one I got my paps its getting a little thin

[@shadowcastre]

Sarge.. There is nothing like casting your own round ball. Let's get that smoke pole fired up! Don't let anyone tell you that you can't shoot wheel weights (it' a a load of bunk) and must use pure lead only in a rifled muzzle loader. As long as you don't use an extremely hard alloy, you will be just fine and it won't hurt a thing. A smooth bore however, will shoot most anything that you put down the barrel. If you like casting round ball, it won't be long before you are making buck shot and bird shot as well, all of which can be done with simple tools and a campfire. Shad

[@sargefaria]

.45 bro

[@beebob51]

Nice video Sarge. Bring that gear down to Kentucky and thin some of these deer down :)

[@sargefaria]

LMBO!!! nice

[@sargefaria]

Seen it ; )

[@henrypuyi5485]

Mass blows except for the Red Sox. I'm sure the environmental do gooders would be freaking out that molten lead was out in the open. Alert the hazmat crews. Great vid! I'm looking to get out of the People's Republic when my kids are out of high school.

[@sargefaria]

Coyotes....thanks man

[@flyvet46]

cant wait until you stoke it up and touch it off your going to have a blast no pun I hope

[@sargefaria]

Thanks.....LOL

[@sargefaria]

Well then.....me too haha. That stinks man, sorry to hear that

[@sargefaria]

from a far distance! lol.....really bro?

[@sargefaria]

lol

[@EatCarbs]

Is it hunting season on those Coyotes yet? >_o

[@fireguzzi.]

Lookin

[@bowdog62010]

warn your mould first this stops some of the misformed balls, I have been doing this since 76. Yes I am an old fart.

[@sappervet1980]

trappin lol

[@sargefaria]

Thanks brother