help finding 45 cal round balls

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Does anybody have any sources for 45 cal .457 round balls? Williams Lake is dry. Wholesale and Cabelas are too. hoping to get some soon. any help would be great..
Thanks in advance
 
The sprue is created where the cut-off plate on the mold cuts the ball/bullet from the excess lead poured into the mold. On Lee molds, there is only a flat spot remaining on the ball surface; whereas on a Lyman mold, a slightly elevated (max 1/32") flat spot remains. Either style will fly straight if the sprue is centred when the ball is loaded into a cartridge or muzzle-loading barrel. Get a Lee mold and be done with it: for the price of shipping a box of a hundred balls you could have the Lee mold.
 
Ol' Flinter said:
The sprue is created where the cut-off plate on the mold cuts the ball/bullet from the excess lead poured into the mold. On Lee molds, there is only a flat spot remaining on the ball surface; whereas on a Lyman mold, a slightly elevated (max 1/32") flat spot remains. Either style will fly straight if the sprue is centred when the ball is loaded into a cartridge or muzzle-loading barrel. Get a Lee mold and be done with it: for the price of shipping a box of a hundred balls you could have the Lee mold.
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Ah, cheers. I always put the "sprue" facing down on the patch. Should it be facing the other way around?
 
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