I occasionally take my son's re-enactment Bess down to the range to give it a rest from shooting blanks. Not too often mind as it needs around a 100 grains of powder a shot...

So, I thought I ought to have one too and contemplated building another Track kit but then a Pedersoli came up and I got that a few months back now but have been waiting for the range to open before I shoot it.

Then, I bought a Pedersoli mould 'to go with it' more than anything. Pedersoli suggest .732 ball and 10 thou patch - fair enough, but the mould actually casts pretty near a .75 ball which is a tolerance fit in the muzzle end. Although in theory, you could shoot it with wads, at least once, it does seem to be a recipe for a stuck ball.

I wonder why they made this mould for their musket?