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The historical size for military muskets was .640” for the French and early US. Then the US increased the diameter to .650” in the early part of the 1800s (IIRC). Make your former about .005” over ball size. Newsprint or painters masking paper makes great wrappers. Feel free to ask any more particular details you wish to know, I just might have the answer in an old book about the subject.

[QUOTE="Clark Badgett, post: 2623433, member: 62720"] The historical size for military muskets was .640” for the French and early US. Then the US increased the diameter to .650” in the early part of the 1800s (IIRC). Make your former about .005” over ball size. Newsprint or painters masking paper makes great wrappers. Feel free to ask any more particular details you wish to know, I just might have the answer in an old book about the subject. 🙂 [/QUOTE]

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