Too I remember how I began. An older fella when I was a kid told me if I were even in a pinch in loading a muzzle-loader pistol or rifle to put the ball in my hand & cover it with powder. So I took a lead ball near the diameter for a 16 bore & covered it. When I was a kid for Christmas my relatives would buy me those CVA percussion kits where you could assemble components to make a pistol or rifle. I shot a lot of ball as a kid. I would get them together & then @ family reunions my Dad's uncles would show me how to shoot pie plates @ 50 - 60 yards or a bit more. Almost all of them had marksman badges from the War/military service. Too, they could strike matches with a 0.22" rifle.
Cheers,
Raimey
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