black powder ammo?

[oldcodger]

Well i believe california has made lead ammo illegal if not im sure it will happen soon my question is this ive owned a blakc powder rifle 50 cal for probalbly 30 years ive always shot round lead balls or maxi balls made from lead it they make lead illegal what else can be used for black powder ammo? Ive never hear dof anyone using anyhitng but lead in flintlocks and percussion weapons.

[otteray]

I think there is been a somewhat low cost alternative being experimented with. Brass balls.

[metalliman545]

Lead ammo is illegal in condor zones.

[oldcodger]

I dont think Brass would be a cost effective replacment for lead! I heard last week that the state is trying to ban all lead ammo I thought i heard they had passed the bill.
Not many blackpowder shooters here i guess.

[oldcodger]

I thought I heard on the NRA tv show the ban on lead bullets had been passed statewide.

[MyOdessa]

AB 911 ban is for hunting only, at the moment.

[tuolumnejim]

I think there is been a somewhat low cost alternative being experimented with. Brass balls.

Brass is way to hard to replace lead in a black powder firearm, to do so might just make it into a handheld pipe bomb.

[0321jarhead]

Only use lead in a BP rifle or pistol. It IS legal in Kalifornia. As what was said earlier, "Lead ammo is illegal in condor zones". I use this in my Lyman Great Plains. I buy it from another source in Jamestown.

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000036090

http://www.bbarytraders.com/guns-n-stuff_store/index.php

[Eljay]

Brass is way to hard to replace lead in a black powder firearm, to do so might just make it into a handheld pipe bomb.

People experimenting have had pretty good luck with it replacing patched roundballs. Hardness isn't really an issue there. Obviously you couldn't use brass in a cap and ball revolver, minie gun musket, etc.

[oldcodger]

Thanks for the replies i havent shot my 50 cal for a while and just thought id start shooting it again and was wondering about ammo. Ive used it in hte past for deer hunting once archery season was over.