File:Twenty-sid Lead Balls (FOUS 1450) (b1921830-1dd8-b71b-0b97-e1b0063e6b65).JPG

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English: Twenty-sid Lead Balls (FOUS 1450)
Photographer
English: NPS photo
Title
English: Twenty-sid Lead Balls (FOUS 1450)
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
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Twenty-six lead balls.

Twenty-six .50 caliber lead ball reproductions. During the fur trade, lead balls like these would have been used in smoothbore muskets such as the Northwest trade gun. The Northwest trade gun was specifically manufactured for sale in the fur trade. It was light and reasonably priced. Of equal importance, since its bore was smooth, hunters could substitute gravel or other improvised ammunition for molded lead balls if they ran out of the latter while hunting.

  • Keywords: fort; union; trading; post; fur; trade; ammunition; fous
Depicted place
English: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Date Taken on 2 January 2017
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b1921830-1dd8-b71b-0b97-e1b0063e6b65
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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FOUS

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