I have never weighed a ball. I inspect for waves, frosty or visible holes, about 20% give or take
But
I’m going to bet it’s the same or maybe worse than swagged. However…
You buy a box you have a hundred ball.
You run a hundred ball and maybe forty are in your limits as weight.
So you drop sixty back in the pot. In an hour you have another hundred to go through.
What do you do with the ones not up to par from bought ball.
Track doesn’t want them back.
You can make two piles. One for plinking one for hunting and ‘blood shooting’ , but all in all you buy a box you’re stuck with a box.
You run your own you only have ones that fit your limit.
Honestly, you pour powder in to a measure, do you fill exactly the same, with in three grains? You grease your patch, are they all the same? Ram home your ball. Do you get the same pressure… within ounces?
You sight over plain iron. How perfect is your sight picture? How perfect is your ignition? Even nipple huggers vary. Cold your barrel is smaller than warm.
You swab between shots, but how clean is your bore by the second shot, or the tenth.
Constancy is the key, ask the ghost of the late Dutch Schultz. But in the final watch are you as consistent that five grain, 2% difference in a .50 enough to change your shooting if you don’t make any other mistakes in loading?