Balls For 100 Bore Pepper-box Pistol:

I was day-dreaming about bidding on an auction antique 100 Bore ring-trigger pepper-box pistol - but was curious as to what caliber or size the bores might actually measure .. well, I didn't know.

Something like

- So I started searching online for an  answer ..

Now I fully understand that I'm "not the sharpest knife in the box" - but there are only so many ways to ask a simple question eh ..

"WHAT SIZE IS THE BORE OF AN OLD "100 BORE" PERCUSSION PISTOL?"

- The first site pleased me by being very detailed and helpful .. however it didn't go small enough down scale to have the required information ..

https://www.marstar.ca/html/reflibrary/BallandBullet.html

and the next I found was also great .. but ultimately disappointing & lacking.

http://www.civilwarartillery.com/shottables.htm

- the world-wide-web has plenty of crap floating about - and then there is the good stuff like "The Mathematical Shooter" - but, no - they too failed me ..

http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/math.html

and "Bob's Blackpowder Notebook"

http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/index.html

.. SO MUCH READING OUT THERE .. If you can't find what you need here - I'd give up.
But then -

https://www.chuckhawks.com/index2h.muzzleloader.htm

That's great reading about GUNPOWDER - BLACKPOWDER and a full list of reference articles:

this is but one example .. all about gunpowder ..
http://www.cherrytreefamily.com/blackpowderhistory.htm

I'll tell you true - each of those sites is a bloody interesting valuable resource and full of helpful accurate stuff that is real ... BUT not the answer to my particular query. - Ah I did spot one wrong-un - one writer did an woopsie when he typed that his Ruger Old Army uses .357 inch balls - when .. even at my most OBTUSE I know that should be .457".

ROA .45" With my Home Made Stocks (Grips) & Knife 'Bolsters'.

- .457 inch balls are the best in this .44 (or 45") caliber muzzle-loading Ruger six shooter but .453" balls will do if that's all you can find.

- So to date I still didn't know what sized balls the old 100 Bore pistols used in their day .. but I'm still looking ..

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I'VE FOUND IT - YIPPEE:

How? .. after wandering around the p.c for hours I tried a different search by typing-in "140 Bore" instead of 100 😃😃!
Link to list:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/britishmilitariaforums/english-bore-to-caliber-conversion-t11574.html

100 Bore is said to be 0.360 inch. (140 Bore = .3215").

.. 9 MM would be 103 Bore, .357 Magnum = 102 bore, the .32"s might be 150-148 bore, & .45" should be 51 Bore ..

Marty K.
- Link here to an article that discusses effectiveness of muzzle loading bullets, knock-down and kinetic energy and how very low energy arrows can produce fatalities (clue .. exsanguination):

https://www.chuckhawks.com/terminal_performance_muzzleloading.htm