Re: Musing about muzzleloaders

"Mark Borgerson" <mborgerson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
6fcq0aFb1145U2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ocean@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
ohara5.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Do smoothbore guns leave marks on the ball that can be traced to the
> specific gun?
> Do modern pyrodex inline guns with sabots on the projectile leave
> marks on the projectile?

No and No!

That would seem to be self-evident from the fact that the
sabot separates the projectile from the barrel.

Although (depending on how your "musing" is 'twisting') OTTOMH -I seem to recall some cases of projectiles from smoothbore and/or shotguns (remember the wadding!) being linked (not 100%, but moderate to high probability) to a specific weapon.
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